LETTERS
Power shift
I attended the workshop .ind
lecture given by Starhawk on
\ov. 8 and was amazed by her
intelligence, courage, clarity
and insight I was thus dis
turbed to read ('aria Moser's
letter (ODE. Nov. 29) and see
the confusion this same lecture
caused her
Starhawk educated Iter audi
ence about the differences Ire
tween early Karth-goddess
based cultures where a hierar
< hie structure of domination
whs absent and the warring pa
(riarr lial dommationbased t ul
tures that cventuallv replaced
Ihese relatively peaceful. egoli
tarian soc iclins
Sht> pointed out that both
men and women lost control
over their lives when this shift
occurred from sot icties based
on power from within (cgalitar
ian) to those based on power
over (domination-based).
Starhawk did not "creativelv
interpret" or "alter" historv as
Moser states She quoted and
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relied upon substantial ev i
deni e .it’d i urri’iit anthropolog
ii <il theories
Starhawk does not mmanft
i i/i’ the am lent and she t learlv
i an differentiate histor\ from
nnth She does, however. re<
ogm/e the need to regain some
of the balanre and regard for
the Karth that we attribute to
our am eslors
She suggests the use of rit
ual. magii . i oust toiisly con
net ting with myth. Karth-cen
tered political action as path
wavs to greater wholeness, self
knowledge and the reclaiming
of a healths sense of power
In postscript, perhaps liefore
attempting to ilisi redd a si hoi
ar ol anthropology and reli
gum Moser should foi us her
com ern over the altering of his
lory on her own held of study
history, a disi ipline long
known for its politii alls moti
vated selectivity, myths, and
omissions
lane Strieker
Graduate. Anthropology
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