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Offers a portrait of a frequently misunderstood religious movement - neo-paganism. This book explores larger issues in the United States regarding the postmodern self, utopian communities, cultural improvisation, and contemporary spirituality.

Table of Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: We Cast Our Circles Where the Earth Mother Meets the Sky Father
1. Driving into Fairie: Place Myths and Neopagan Festivals
2. Shrines of Flame and Silence: Mapping the Festival Site
3. The Great Evil That Is in Your Backyard:Festival Neighbors and Satanism Rumors
4. Blood That Matters: Neopagan Borrowing
5. Children of the Devil or Gifted in Magic? The Work of Memory in Neopagan Narrative
6. Serious Playing with the Self: Gender and Eroticism at the Festival Fire
Conclusion: The Circle Is Open but Never Broken
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Earthly Bodies Magical Selves

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 24/01/2001
      ISBN13: 9780520220867, 978-0520220867
      ISBN10: 0520220862
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a portrait of a frequently misunderstood religious movement - neo-paganism. This book explores larger issues in the United States regarding the postmodern self, utopian communities, cultural improvisation, and contemporary spirituality.

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures
      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: We Cast Our Circles Where the Earth Mother Meets the Sky Father
      1. Driving into Fairie: Place Myths and Neopagan Festivals
      2. Shrines of Flame and Silence: Mapping the Festival Site
      3. The Great Evil That Is in Your Backyard:Festival Neighbors and Satanism Rumors
      4. Blood That Matters: Neopagan Borrowing
      5. Children of the Devil or Gifted in Magic? The Work of Memory in Neopagan Narrative
      6. Serious Playing with the Self: Gender and Eroticism at the Festival Fire
      Conclusion: The Circle Is Open but Never Broken
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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