Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves

This book is the first ever comprehensive study of Neo-Pagans and modern day neo-pagan festivals. Neo-paganism is the latest of new religions to emerge on the scene, its popularity growing in both Europe and North America as followers attempt to wed environmental concerns with traditional spirituality.

Sarah M. Pike is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at California State University, Chico

List of Figures

ix

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xxv

Introduction: We Cast Our Circles Where the Earth Mother Meets the Sky Father

1

(10)

Driving into Fairie: Place Myths and Neopagan Festivals

11

(30)

Shrines of Flame and Silence: Mapping the Festival Site

41

(46)

The Great Evil That Is in Your Backyard: Festival Neighbors and Satanism Rumors

87

(36)

Blood That Matters: Neopagan Borrowing

123

(32)

Children of the Devil or Gifted in Magic? The Work of Memory in Neopagan Narrative

155

(27)

Serious Playing with the Self: Gender and Eroticism at the Festival Fire

182

(37)

Conclusion: The Circle Is Open but Never Broken

219

(8)

Notes

227

(32)

Bibliography

259

(14)

Index

273

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Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves

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