A monthly online consciousness-raising circle using Starhawk's Truth of Dare: Encounters with Power, Mystery, and Authority (1989) to explore liberatory healing in our inner and outer worlds.
Magic is the art of liberation! Going to the common root of feminist therapy and modern goddess spirituality, and honoring the deeply rooted model of consciousness-raising groups, Truth or Dare unpacks patriarchy as institutionalized war culture and offers beautifully clear tools for how we can dismantle and resist its inner and outer control. There are guidelines for creating spaces in which we can heal, change, imagine the future we need and anchor it in the present -- and we are allowed to know them! We are allowed to speak them out loud, share our truths with one another, and dare to resist. We can use these tools for understanding how we have been shaped by the structures of power we live in, and how we can become empowered shapers ourselves.
Every second Monday, 5-6:30pm
(Mtg day may shift based on group needs as we go)
FREE!
Hosted by Mt Shasta Goddess Temple, open to all!
Part I January - April
Chapter 1: Psychology of liberation, principles of power and magic
Chapter 2: Patriarchal history and the construct of war / the king
Chapter 3: Fierce Love: understanding human responses to systems of punishment and resisting their weaponization
Chapter 4: Patterns of empowerment: ritual and choice
Part II May - September
Chapter 5: The Judge: reclaiming body, values, ethics
Chapter 6: The Conqueror: safety, self-hatred, boundaries, solidarity
Chapter 7: The Censor: voice, reality, responsibility
Chapter 8: The Master of Servants: war culture, systems of care, dis/ability, sexual violence
Chapter 9: The Orderer: control, chaos, wonder, and mystery
Part III October - November
Chapter 10: Toward Community: group structure and leadership
Chapter 11: Building Community: Ritual and transitions
Chapter 12: Resistance and Renewal: vision and practical steps
Free pdf of chapter 1 here: https://beforebefore.net/196c/s15/media/starhawk.pdf
Priestess Arrow
Arrow (she/her) is a feminist psychotherapist and priestess of the Mt Shasta Goddess Temple. Her work has a deep interest in understanding trauma, healing, empowerment and community from lenses better than those provided by our dominant hellscape, and a focus on supporting women, mamas, and queer and neurodivergent folks in their journeys through that territory.