Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft

Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft
Title Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft PDF eBook
Author James R. Lewis
Publisher State University of New York Press
Pages 434
Release 1996-04-19
Genre Religion
ISBN 1438410727

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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.

Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft

Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft
Title Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft PDF eBook
Author James R. Lewis
Publisher SUNY Press
Pages 434
Release 1996-01-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780791428894

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Provides an overview of neo-paganism from the Goddess to magic and rituals, from history and ethics to the relationship of neo-paganism to Christianity.

Witchcraft and Magic

Witchcraft and Magic
Title Witchcraft and Magic PDF eBook
Author Helen A. Berger
Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages 220
Release 2005
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 9780812219715

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Witchcraft and Magic Contemporary North America Edited by Helen A. Berger Magic, always part of the occult underground in North America, has experienced a resurgence since the 1960s. Although most contemporary magical religions have come from abroad, they have found fertile ground in which to develop in North America. Who are today's believers in Witchcraft and how do they worship? Alternative spiritual paths have increased the ranks of followers dramatically, particularly among well-educated middle-class individuals. Witchcraft and Magic conveys the richness of magical religious experiences found in today's culture, covering the continent of North America and the Caribbean. These original essays survey current and historical issues pertinent to religions that incorporate magical or occult beliefs and practices, and they examine contemporary responses to these religions. The relationship between Witchcraft and Neopaganism is explored, as is their intersection with established groups practicing goddess worship. Recent years have seen the growth in New Age magic and Afro-Caribbean religions, and these developments are also addressed in this volume. All the religions covered offer adherents an alternative worldview and rituals that are aimed at helping individuals redefine themselves and make their interactions with the environment more empowered. Many modern occult religions share an absence of dogma or central authority to determine orthodoxy, and have become a contemporary experience embracing modern concerns like feminism, environmentalism, civil rights, and gay rights. Afro-Caribbean religions such as Santería, Palo, and Curanderismo, which do have a more developed dogma and authority structure, offer their followers a religion steeped in African and Hispanic traditions. Responses to the growth of magical religions have varied, from acceptance to an unfounded concern about the growth of a satanic underground. And, as magical religions have flourished, increased interest has resulted in a growing commercialization, with its threat of trivialization. Helen A. Berger is Professor of Sociology at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. 2005 216 pages 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-3877-8 Cloth $49.95s £32.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-1971-5 Paper $24.95s £16.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0125-3 Ebook $24.95s £16.50 World Rights Anthropology, Religion Short copy: In original essays the book explores both religions that incorporate magical or occult beliefs and practices and contemporary responses to these religions in North America and the Caribbean.

Religion and the Decline of Magic

Religion and the Decline of Magic
Title Religion and the Decline of Magic PDF eBook
Author Keith Thomas
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 853
Release 2003-01-30
Genre History
ISBN 0141932406

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Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion, and scientists were developing new explanations of the universe. Keith Thomas's classic analysis of beliefs held on every level of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700, when science and rationalism began to challenge the older systems of belief.

Magic and Witchery in the Modern West

Magic and Witchery in the Modern West
Title Magic and Witchery in the Modern West PDF eBook
Author Shai Feraro
Publisher Springer
Pages 265
Release 2019-06-26
Genre History
ISBN 3030155498

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This book marks twenty years since the publication of Professor Ronald Hutton’s The Triumph of the Moon, a major contribution to the historical study of Wicca. Building on and celebrating Hutton’s pioneering work, the chapters in this volume explore a range of modern magical, occult, and Pagan groups active in Western nations. Each contributor is a specialist in the study of modern Paganism and occultism, although differ in their embrace of historical, anthropological, and psychological perspectives. Chapters examine not only the history of Wicca, the largest and best-known form of modern Paganism, but also modern Pagan environmentalist and anti-nuclear activism, the Pagan interpretation of fairy folklore, and the contemporary ‘Traditional Witchcraft’ phenomenon.

Origins of Modern Witchcraft

Origins of Modern Witchcraft
Title Origins of Modern Witchcraft PDF eBook
Author Aoumiel
Publisher Llewellyn Worldwide
Pages 316
Release 2000
Genre History
ISBN 9781567186482

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This book sheds new light on the ancient origins of religion to give Wiccans, Witches, and the Neo-Pagans a sense of where they belong in history.

Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft

Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft
Title Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft PDF eBook
Author James R. Lewis
Publisher SUNY Press
Pages 436
Release 1996-04-19
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780791428900

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Provides an overview of neo-paganism from the Goddess to magic and rituals, from history and ethics to the relationship of neo-paganism to Christianity.