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Drawing Down the Moon

Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today: Revised and Expanded Edition

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An edition of Drawing down the Moon (1979)

Drawing Down the Moon

Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today: Revised and Expanded Edition

Revised and expanded edition
  • 3.5 (2 ratings) ·
  • 109 Want to read
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Margot Adler - granddaughter of the renowned psychiatrist Alfred Adler and a reporter for National Public Radio - takes a fascinating and honest look at the religious experiences, beliefs, and lifestyles of the people who call themselves neopagans. Adler interviewed a colorful gallery of diverse people across the United States who believe that each person has a different path to divinity and that monotheism is a form of religious imperialism. She attended many of their ritual gatherings and discovered, contrary to stereotypical images, that most neopagans have no gurus or masters, that their beliefs are nonauthoritarian in spirit, and that they find inspiration in ancient deities, nature, myth, even science fiction. Still the only detailed history and comprehensive report on this little-known and largely misunderstood movement, Drawing Down the Moon has been revised and expanded to include new information on men's spirituality, Druids, Norse Paganism, and a complete guide of newsletters, journals, books, groups, and festivals.

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Beacon Press
Language
English
Pages
608

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First Sentence

"In the last twenty years, alongside the often noted resurgence of "occult" and "magical" groups, a diverse and decentralized religious movement has sprung up that remains comparatively unnoticed, and when recognized, is generally misunderstood."

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition
Page vii
Preface
Page xi
A Note on Names and Language
Page xv
I. Background
1. Paganism and Prejudice
Page 3
2. A Religion Without Converts
Page 14
3. The Pagan World View
Page 24
II. Witches
4. The Wiccan Revival
Page 41
5. The Craft Today
Page 94
6. Interview with a Modern Witch
Page 136
7. Magic and Ritual
Page 153
8. Women, Feminism, and the Craft
Page 176
III. Other Neo-Pagans
9. Religions from the Past - The Pagan Reconstructionists
Page 233
10. A Religion from the Future - The Church of All Worlds
Page 283
11. Religions of Paradox and Play
Page 319
12. Radical Faeries and the Growth of Men's Spirituality
Page 338
IV. The Material Plane
13. Scholars, Writers, Journalists, and the Occult
Page 351
14. Living on the Earth
Page 372
Epilogue
Page 439
Appendix I. The 1985 Questionnaire
Page 443
Appendix II. Rituals
Page 466
Appendix III. Resources
Page 475
Notes
Page 553
Index
Page 581
Acknowledgments
Page 595

Edition Notes

Illustrations follow page 152.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
299/.93
Library of Congress
BF1573.A34 1986

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
608

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7944713M
ISBN 10
0807032530
ISBN 13
9780807032534
Goodreads
1088148

Work Description

Almost thirty years since its original publication, Drawing Down the Moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood Neo-Pagan subculture. Margot Adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse, colorful gallery of people across the United States, people who find inspiration in ancient deities, nature, myth, even science fiction. Contrary to stereotype, what Adler discovered was neither cults nor odd sects, but religious groups that are nonauthoritarian in spirit and share the belief that there is no one single path to divinity.

This fully revised edition of Drawing Down the Moon has been expanded to include an updated resource guide of newsletters, journals, books, groups, and festivals.

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