sign of the witch
Subtitle: modernity and the pagan revival
By: by David Waldron.
Series: Ritual studies monograph series
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781594605055
Subjects: Witchcraft; Wicca; Neopaganism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: The historical context of witchcraft beliefs : progenitors and antecedents; title: The end of witchcraft : the Enlightenment and the supernatural; title: Romanticism and the pagan revival; title: Gerald Gardner and the origins of wicca; title: Witchcraft and the European occult milieu; title: New Age witches : neo-paganism and the sixties counter culture; title: Eco-feminist neo-paganism : marginalization and romanticism; title: Eclectic paganism : the old religion in a post-modern age; title: Commodified paganism : where to from here?; title: Conclusion: The old religion in a post modern age.