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Making Contact

Many people email Starhawk with comments on her work, praise and thanks, condemnation, questions, requests, and invitations. Starhawk has understandably chosen to not have a public email address. She works astonishingly hard as a writer, teacher, speaker, and activist, and often travels for months at time--if she read and answered all her mail and fulfilled all requests, she'd never have time for her own work! Incoming messages actually go to Mer, her booking agent and business assistant.

Mer (also a busy woman) will answer messages of a business nature, such as event bookings, media interviews, reprint and copyright questions, translations, queries on Earth Activist Training, and so on. With regret, she is *not* able to answer personal questions or requests (but you might find useful leads in our FAQs, below). Terrapin, Starhawk's webmaster, can answer questions of a technical nature or problems with this web site. We're all grateful if you don't send us jokes, rants, petitions, or other spam, nor add us to your mailing list. Thanks!

Click here to email Mer with business messages
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Click here to email Terrapin with technical messages
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Booking an Event with Starhawk

We are glad to consider invitations for Starhawk to speak, teach workshops, lead community rituals, and so on. Please email a brief, specific proposal directly to Mer, and if needed, ask for Starhawk's fee schedule and list of topics.

Starhawk receives many invitations, and multiple factors go into creating her final calendar. Here are a few of them: We try to cluster her events regionally, so please indicate if you're flexible in your dates. (Requests for appearances in distant corners of the globe may not be possible, or may need a lot of patience!) Event organizers usually pay travel expenses and provide meals and lodging. While Starhawk largely earns her living from speaking and teaching, she does many, many free events and benefits for social change groups and spends much of her time training activists without charge or for reduced fees. If you believe your group or event falls into this category, please tell us why and we can negotiate. Otherwise, look to her fee schedule. Finally, it may take time to get a definite answer to any invitation, so patience and gentle persistence are helpful.


Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I'm a journalist and would like to interview Starhawk, obtain press photos, or verify some details. OR I'm a community radio host and hope to interview her next Tuesday. OR I'm a magazine publisher and want to reprint one of her essays.

A: Please contact Mer: mer@starhawk.org.

Q: I want to quote some of Starhawk's published work in a web page/publication I'm making. Can I get copyright permission?

A: Very short quotes may be used in work that is educational and "not-for profit." Longer quotes, or anything that is sold or otherwise "for-profit" needs written permission. For quotes from essays that are not in one of her books, contact Mer. Copyrights of the various books are owned by the publishers, and permissions need to be requested directly from them. Look in the first few pages of a particular book for this information. We appreciate receiving a copy of work that uses Starhawk's writings and work, for our archives; please contact Mer to send.

Q: I want to send Starhawk the manuscript of my own book. Would she write me an endorsement for the cover?

A: Starhawk gets many requests for endorsements. Unfortunately, she doesn't have the time to read these, and cannot blindly recommend them.

Q: I'm building a web page. May I have permission to put a link to Starhawk's web page on it? Would you add my link to your site?

A: You may put a link to Starhawk's home page (or any other www page you like) on your site. You don't need permission. If you are looking for a place to announce your page to Pagans, you might want to check out the Reclaiming "Add Your Voice" public message board at www.reclaiming.org. We're very sparing in adding links to Starhawk's site, in an effort to keep it from sprawling. Also, we rarely have the time to check out the many other web sites in order to recommend them.

Q: Can you help me with a school paper I'm writing? Please tell me all about....

A: Starhawk, who once taught college (and on occasion still does), believes that students should do their own research. It's part of the learning process! Many of her books and essays are useful to students in their research, so read up.

Q: I'm a graduate student doing original research in an area close to Starhawk's work. I'd like to interview her. OR I want to send her my dissertation.

A: On occasion, and with plenty of notice, Starhawk might be able to fit in a short interview. Contact Mer to ask. A better route might be to take one of her workshops, such as Earth Activist Training, and chat during lunch-breaks. Starhawk is not able to read or comment on long dissertations; she simply doesn't have the time. However, if your dissertation makes extended use of her work, we'd be interested in a final copy for our archives (for some future researcher!).

Q: I need Starhawk's counsel on a personal problem. OR I'm having this psychic issue... OR Can Starhawk heal my back problem? OR Can she visit my dying friend? OR My soon-to-be ex-husband is challenging my child custody because I'm a Witch...

A: Starhawk strongly feels that people experiencing problems--emotional, physical, magical, legal, or whatever--should seek help from skilled people in their home communities, face-to-face. Please take responsibility for your own needs and look for a good advisor near you, then follow through with action. Many helping professionals are Pagan themselves, or are open to the positive values of Paganism, so if that perspective is important to you, ask around to find the right person. Some networking tips: Check the Reclaiming www.reclaiming.org "Resources" page to help find a therapist/healer/priestess in your community. Reclaiming Witchcamp communities are also a good source of networking. Covenant
of the Goddess
may have some leads. Many Pagans in different regions have started local referral networks (check bookstores and Pagan magazines, or do web search.) Local Unitarian churches often have a CUUPS chapter. Anyone experiencing discrimination because of their religion needs solid legal advice. Try your local ACLU for starters, and check WARD: Witches Against Religious Discrimination (try web search for latest contact info).

Q: Can Starhawk cast a spell for me?

A: No. She does not cast spells for or about other people, and instead suggests that the most powerful spell is one you do for yourself.

Q: I want to learn how to be a Witch.

A: One good place to start is to read Starhawk's books, especially The Spiral Dance and The Twelve Wild Swans. Actually do the exercises! She rarely teaches beginner classes anymore, except as part of the Earth Activist Trainings. There are many other great priestesses teaching; check out the Reclaiming website for regional classes and Witchcamps (week-long magic intensives). There are also useful Pagan resources on the net where you can meet teachers and potential circlemates-- for example, the Covenant of the Goddess web site. Other general wisdom for beginners: Understand that Paganism is a spiritual practice of connection, not a get-what-you-want-quick scheme. Be in nature as much as possible; nature is our "sacred text." Read widely, read smart (test what you hear and read--there's a lot of garbage in print). Trust your own intuition, but also beware of projecting fears and prejudice; practice "deep listening within." You are your own highest spiritual authority; respect and hear others, but don't abdicate your power.

Q: I want to work with Starhawk in person.

A: Keep an eye on her calendar page, to see if she is doing any workshops near you (schedule is updated regularly, and sometimes events come and go quickly). A simple booksigning event is an easy way to say hello. Something like a Reclaiming Witchcamp that she's teaching at, or an Earth Activist Training session, give an extended opportunity to connect. Or you can volunteer in one of the many national or Bay Area political causes that she works with.

Q: I just want to offer my appreciation for all her amazing work in the world, great writing, clear analysis...

A: Thank you! We can't respond, but it's nice to hear, and we do pass on the gist to Starhawk.

Q: I want to let you know how awful I think Starhawk is, why she's wrong, and anyway she's a traitor ...

A: Thanks for sharing, Mr. Bush.

Q: I'm a Pagan and I don't understand why Starhawk messes around with that grubby political stuff... OR I'm a committed leftie and I don't understand why Starhawk has to include that woosie woo-woo spiritual stuff...

A: People who've only read her first book, or who haven't bothered to read her at all, often don't realize that Starhawk's life work is the fertile interaction of these two areas. For her perspective, see "Toward an Activist Spirituality" on this web site, the "Spirit and Action" chapter in her book Webs of Power, and indeed, most of her writing.

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