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Magical religion and modern witchcraft / James R. Lewis, editor.
- Title
- Magical religion and modern witchcraft / James R. Lewis, editor.
- Publication
- [Albany, N.Y.] : State University of New York Press, c1996.
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- Additional Authors
- Lewis, James R.
- Description
- vi, 423 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This comprehensive anthology examines contemporary neo-paganism ranging from goddess theology to historical-critical essays. Many of the contributors are academically trained neo-pagans, and the resulting volume is a benchmark study of a significant movement that promises to reshape the religious landscape of the next century.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0791428893 (hardcover)
- 0791428907 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^95042351^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library