Drawing Down the Moon

by Adler, Margot (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780140195361
• ISBN10: 014019536X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Penguin Group USA

Summary

For nearly two decades, "Drawing Down the Moon", the only detailed history of a little-known and widely misunderstood movement, has provided the most authoritative look at the religious beliefs, experiences, and lifestyles of the neopagan culture. "A healthy corrective".--"The New York Times Book Review". of photos.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition	vii
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiv
A Note on Names and Language	xv
I. Background
Paganism and Prejudice	3	(11)
A Religion without Converts	14	(10)
The Pagan World View	24	(17)
II. Witches
The Wiccan Revival	41	(53)
The Craft Today	94	(42)
Interview with a Modern Witch	136	(17)
Magic and Ritual	153	(23)
Women, Feminism, and the Craft	176	(57)
III. Other Neo-Pagans
Religions from the Past---The Pagan Reconstructionists	233	(50)
A Religion from the Future---The Church of All Worlds	283	(36)
Religions of Paradox and Play	319	(19)
Radical Faeries and the Growth of Men's Spirituality	338	(13)
IV. The Material Plane
Scholars, Writers, Journalists, and the Occult	351	(21)
Living on the Earth	372	(71)
Epilogue	439	(4)
Appendix I: The 1985 Questionnaire	443	(23)
Appendix II: Rituals	466	(9)
Appendix III: Resources	475	(68)
Notes	543	(28)
Index	571