Cyberhenge
Subtitle: Modern Pagans on the Internet
Publisher: Routledge
Published: October 25, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415969116
First sentence: "A bit wild and a touch edgy" reads the front page of the JaguarMoon Cyber Coven Web site, "so be prepared to get shocked by viewpoints other than your own" (www.jaguarmoon.org).
Description: In Cyberhenge, Douglas E. Cowan brings together two fascinating and virtually unavoidable phenomena of contemporary life--the Internet and the new religious movement of Neopaganism. For growing numbers of Neopagans-Wiccans, Druids, Goddess-worshippers, and others--the Internet provides an environment alive with possibilities for invention, innovation, and imagination. Fr om angel channeling, biorhythms, and numerology to e-covens and cybergroves where neophytes can learn everything from the Wiccan Rede to spellworking, Cowan illuminates how and why Neopaganism is using Internet technology in fascinating new ways as a platform for invention of new religious traditions and the imaginative performance of ritual. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of new religious movements, and for anyone interested in the intersections of technology and faith.