Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/918591
- Title
- Drawing down the goddess: the ancient {female} deities of modern paganism
- Author/Creator
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Johnson, Marguerite
- Institution
- The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
- Description
- The rise of neo-Paganism and its scholarly analysis is now an established field of academic enquiry, yet there is a paucity of analysis as to the ancient (Greek and Roman) origins of this multifaceted religion. This paper is an attempt to begin to rectifY this under-researched area of neo-Pagan studies and to offer some possibilities as to the influences of ancient religious and magical traditions on modern spiritualities. The focus is on the societies of Greece and Rome, which were imbued with magical and occult sensibilities that permeated many facets of day-today life, and it is the female deities of the ancients that are of chief consideration. Therefore, the modern practitioners discussed are, in the main, followers of non-Celtic paths, non-Druidic paths (among others) but are, rather, Pagans from the United States, writers and public figures who have openly chronicled their experiences with such goddesses.
- Relation
- Handbook of Contemporary Paganism p. 311-334
- Relation
- Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion 2
- Relation
- http://ebooks.brillonline.nl/book?id=nij9789004163737_nij9789004163737_i-650
- Date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Brill
- Keyword(s)
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neo-Paganism;
modern spiritualities;
goddesses;
religious traditions;
magical traditions
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/918591
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789004163737
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