Reclaiming (Neopaganism)

Reclaiming
TypeNeopagan witchcraft
ClassificationFeminist-orientated neopagan witchcraft
OrientationFeri Tradition · Dianic Wicca
TheologyGoddess movement
StructureCo-creating groups
RegionUnited States
FounderStarhawk and Diane Baker
Origin1979
San Francisco Bay Area, California
MembersUnknown

Reclaiming is a tradition in neopagan witchcraft, aiming to combine the Goddess movement with feminism and political activism (in the peace and anti-nuclear movements). Reclaiming was founded in 1979, in the context of the Reclaiming Collective (1978–1997), by two Neopagan women of Jewish descent, Starhawk and Diane Baker, in order to explore and develop feminist Neopagan emancipatory rituals.[1]

Today, the organization focuses on progressive social, political, environmental and economic activism.[2] Guided by a shared, "Principles of Unity, a document that lists the core values of the tradition: personal authority, inclusivity, social and environmental justice and a recognition of intersectionality".[3]

  1. ^ Salomonsen (2002:1)
  2. ^ Starhawk (1995). The Five-Point Agenda. Reclaiming. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. ^ Witch's of East Van (2014). Cultural Appropriation in Spirituality: How deepening our understandings of settler-colonialism, race and privilege can help us reland our practices with humility, accountability, and reciprocity. Witch's Union Hall.