QOTD: Really, theres plenty of room for growth and improvement of all that we do. I think we also need to be very strong about resisting the threat of commercialism, which corrupts everything it touches. I think its also essential that we celebrate and cherish -- and maintain -- our traditional structures: covens and lineages. Its a bad mistake to think that eroding this will promote individual freedom. Structureless mass movements turn individuals into interchangeable parts. In small affinity groups, like covens, each person matters. Externally, defending our own right to exist is necessary but not sufficient. Besides a right to exist, we need a reason to exist. What I think this means is that we need to develop an effective advocacy for the sacred value of Mother Earth. In terms of our interactions with the larger society, I think we should model ourselves on the Quakers. They have been a minority for 300 years, but a respected minority because of their consistent and honorable lifeways and their clear advocacy for social justice. We could offer a similar clear and steady voice speaking for ecological sanity. - Judy Harrow, from a 2001 interview.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:34:10 +0000
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