August 1, Lammas, one of the eight key Celtic Pagan holidays on the Wheel of the Year. Lammas, traditionally, was the beginning of the harvest, when the early crops are coming in and the summer fruits are ripe. In Ireland, it was Lughnasad, the festival of the sun-God Lugh. “Lammas” comes from “Loaf-mass”—the loaf made [...]
Continue Reading →This summer has been a whirlwind of teaching permaculture and working on making a movie from my novel, The Fifth Sacred Thing. But a few days ago I took a break to attend a performance of Guys and Dolls put on by SF Arts Education, in which my fifteen-year old Goddess-child Kore [...]
Continue Reading →Our Kickstarter campaign for The Fifth Sacred Thing is going phenomenally well. We are 80% toward our original funding goal—with 25 days left to go! Thanks to everyone who has been showing us such fantastic support!
Now, we’re shifting gears. Our campaign really has two goals—first, of course, to raise the money we [...]
Continue Reading →“Who is the Goddess, Who is the Goddess? We are!”
We sing these words each year at the big Spiral Dance ritual put on by Reclaiming, the spiritual network of teachers and ritual-makers I work with.
In The Fifth Sacred Thing, the Goddess is a character, much as Aywah is in Avatar. Although the [...]
Continue Reading →This week’s Artist Feature spotlights Jessica Perlstein, a visionary artist and painter from the Bay Area who has created many of the beautiful color renderings of a transformed San Francisco circa 2048 for the film. Her vibrant, colorful work has been a fantastic addition to our project, and we are very pleased to give you [...]
Continue Reading →Thanks to you, all of our awesome supporters, we’re over two-thirds funded at the
midpoint of our campaign! I send deep gratitude to all of you who have shown their
faith in this project by donating and by clicking Like on this website. Every single
one of you is helping us to [...]
We’re halfway through our Kickstarter campaign for The Fifth Sacred Thing, and the response has been tremendous, and we’re over 70% of the way to our funding goal! With over 10,000 likes and on our page now, we are encouraging our followers to make pledges as small as $1 in an attempt to [...]
Continue Reading →Starhawk is featured on Reality Sandwich today, talking about the Magical Experiment that is The Fifth Sacred Thing Film. Have a peek!
Making The Fifth Sacred Thing Movie — A Magical Experiment | Reality Sandwich
Continue Reading →Today we begin a series of features highlighting the artists who are contributing to realizing the look, sound and feel of The Fifth Sacred Thing for the film. We’re excited to give you the opportunity to see behind the curtain and to experience a broader body of work from the talented people who are helping [...]
Continue Reading →Tomorrow marks three weeks into our Kickstarter campaign. I was hoping we’d hit the halfway mark by then—and then this morning, I woke up to find we were there, and more! Halfway to our funding point—thanks to all of you who have donated!
I won’t lie—starting a campaign like this is a nail-biting nervous-making endeavor! [...]
Continue Reading →Support Our Project!
Tags
art artists Bird book celebrations change collaboration community Declaration dedication diversity dreams Earth energy Fifth Sacred Thing freedom fundraising growth imagination interaction interviews Jessica Perlstein Kickstarter Layil Umbralux life light Madrone Marija Gimbutas Maya movie music pagans permaculture press quotes seeds solstice Starhawk The Fifth Sacred Thing The Spiral Dance Update video vision war websiteLogin
Recent Comments