Magical religion and modern witchcraft
A sympathetic account of modern paganism. Covers the neo-pagan worldview and the central figure of the Goddess, the practices of magic and ritual, phases of the movement's history, morality and ethics, intersections with Christianity, and the movement's literature. The authors of the 17 es...
| Summary: | A sympathetic account of modern paganism. Covers the neo-pagan worldview and the central figure of the Goddess, the practices of magic and ritual, phases of the movement's history, morality and ethics, intersections with Christianity, and the movement's literature. The authors of the 17 essays are not identified except by name. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Annotation The contemporary neo-pagan revival / Judy Harrow -- Who on earth is the goddess? / Morning Glory and Otter G'Zell -- Emergent nature spirituality : an examination of the major spiritual contours of the contemporary pagan worldview / Dennis D. Carpenter -- Spells of transformation : categorizing modern neo-pagan witches / Shelley TSivia Rabinovich -- Ritual is my chosen art form : the creation of ritual as folk art among contemporary pagans / Sabina Magliocco -- Forging magical selves : gendered bodies and ritual fires at neo-pagan festivals / Sarah M. Pike -- As I do will, so mote it be : magic as metaphor in neo-pagan witchcraft / Síân Reid -- White witches : historic fact and romantic fantasy / James W. Baker -- The reconstruction of the Ásatrú and Odinist traditions / Jeffrey Kaplan -- The resurgence of magical religion as a response to the crisis of modernity : a postmodern depth psychological perspective / Adrian Ivakhiv -- What has Alexandria to do with Boston? Some sources of modern pagan ethics / Chas S. Clifton -- The British occult subculture : beyond good and evil? / Susan Greenwood -- Embracing Jesus and the goddess : towards a reconceptualization of conversion to syncretistic religion / Christel Johanna Manning -- Where Christian liturgy and neo-pagan ritual meet / Richard E. Kuykendall -- Works of darkness : occult fascination in the novels of Frank E. Peretti / James R. Lewis -- Rationalizing the margins : a review of legitimation and ethnographic practice in scholarly research on neo-paganism / Sarah M. Pike -- Practitioners of paganism and Wiccan spirituality in contemporary society : a review of the literature / Dennis D. Carpenter. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0585036500 |