Embracing the Witch and the Goddess: Feminist Ritual-Makers in New Zealand

ISBN-13: 9780415303606 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 240 str.

Kathryn Roundtree; Kathryn Rountree; K. Rountree

Opis

This is a detailed survey of present-day feminist witches in New Zealand. It examines the attraction of witchcraft for its practitioners and explores witches' rituals, views and beliefs about how magic works. The book provides a detailed portrait of this section of the growing neo-pagan movement and compares the special character of New Zealand witchcraft with its counterparts in the United States, Great Britain and Australia.

Recenzje

'Recommended.' - The Cauldron

Spis treści

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Approaches to witchcraft 3. Feminists and witches 4. Feminists and the Goddess 5. Researching witches: Becoming enchanted 6. Feminist witchcraft in New Zealand: Origins and development 7. The attraction of witchcraft 8. The attraction of the Goddess: Witches' worldview 9. What witches do 10. Ritual as artefact 11. How magic works 12. Re-membering the witch and the Goddess References

O autorze

Kathryn Rountree is a senior lecturer in Social Anthropology at Massey University. As well as publishing widely in academic journals on aspects of feminist witchcraft and Goddess spirituality, she has written texts on academic writing and a series of educational books on New Zealand prehistory.