Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and other Pagans in America / Margot Adler. Rev. and updated ed. New York: Penguin Books, 2006, ©1979
Description
A seminal work of Neopaganism in the United States. Margot Adler, a Gardnerian practitioner, was given unpresedented access to people and events that provides a magisterial approach to research. A must read for practitioner and non-practitioners alike to gain insight to how the movements started and evolved.
Dates
- Publication: 2006, ©1979
Creator
- Adler, Margot (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
1 Books (xvi, 646 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Contents
Preface to the new edition (p.ix-xii)
Preface (p.xiii-xvi)
Acknowledgements (p.xvii)
A note on names and languages (p.xviii)
I. Background
[Quotes from Plato and Job] (p.2)
Paganism and prejudice (p.3-12)
A religion without converts (p.13-21)
The Pagan world view (p.22-35)
II. Witches
The Wiccan revival (p.39-89)
The Craft today (p.90-139)
Interview with a modern witch (p.140-155)
Magic and ritual (p.156-177)
Women, feminism, and the Craft (p.178-239)
III. Other Neo-Pagans
Religions from the past: The Pagan reconstructionists (p.243-299)
A religion from the future: The Church of All Worlds (p.300-334)
Religions of paradox and play (p.335-354)
Radical Faeries and the growth of men's spirituality (p.355-371)
IV. The Material Plane
Living on the Earth (p.375-456)
Epilogue (p.457-460)
Appendix I: Scholars, writers, journalists, and the occult (p.461-481)
Appendix II: Rituals (p.483-490)
Appendix III: Resources (p.491-599)
Notes (p.600-622)
Bibliography (p.623-630)
Index (p.631-646)
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