The Worker's Cauldron
A podcast about the cultural politics of the paranormal. Where Karl Marx shakes his fist at the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot speaks to us about the legacies of colonialism. We discuss the contemporary obsession with all things supernatural through a socialist, feminist lens and ask what our strange experiences and beliefs tell us about the society we live in.
The Worker's Cauldron
Witchcraft and Women's Liberation Part 3: Feminist Spirituality and Magical Politics
In this episode of "The Workers Cauldron," we delve into the intersection of feminist paganism and direct action through the lens of Starhawk and her cohorts' activism against nuclear power in the 1980s.
We navigate the rich history and dynamic landscape of the feminist pagan movement, exploring how spiritual practices intertwined with feminist ideals fuelled a potent form of activism. Drawing on the writings of Starhawk, a prominent figure in both feminist and pagan circles, the episode unpacks the significance of reclaiming feminine power in the face of environmental destruction and patriarchal oppression.
Bonus features: Anarcha-Feminism, EcoFeminism, Spiritual Feminism, Socialist Feminism, all the feminisms.
Sources:
Barbara Epstein, Political Protest and Cultural Revolution: Nonviolent Direct Action in the 1970s and 1980s
Starhawk, Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex, and Politics
The Spiral Dance: a Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess
Cynthia Eller: Living in the Lap of the Goddess: The Feminist Spirituality Movement in America
Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today
Merlin Stone: When God Was a Woman
Carol Christ and Judith Plaskow (ed): Womanspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion
Susan Griffin, Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her
Peggy Kornegger: Anarchism: The Feminist Connection
Françoise d'Eaubonne, Le Féminisme ou la Mort
Ynestra King: The Ecology of Feminism and the Feminism of Ecology