A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-paganism and Witchcraft in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 1570032467
- ISBN-13
- 9781570032462
- Category
- Neopaganism
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Press
- Author
- Helen A. Berger
Description
A Community of Witches explores the beliefs and practices of Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft - generally known to scholars and practitioners as Wicca. While the words "magic," "witchcraft," and "paganism" evoke images of the distant past and remote cultures, this book shows that Wicca has emerged as part of a new religious movement that reflects the era in which it developed. Imported to the United States in the late 1960s from the United Kingdom, the religion absorbed into its basic fabric the social concerns of the time: feminism, environmentalism, self-development, alternative spirituality, and mistrust of authority.
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