Methods of Compassion or Pretension? Conducting Anthropological Fieldwork in Modern Magical Communities
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https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13i8.4Keywords:
Neo-Paganism, Wicca, Witchcraft, feminism, feminist witchesAbstract
The community I came to study was the Reclaiming Collective of San Francisco, a well-known feminist Witchcraft community founded in 1979 by Starhawk and her coven sisters .References
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Ewing, Katherine P. 1994. “Dreams From a Saint: Anthropological Atheism and the Temptation to Believe.” American Anthropologist. Vol. 96 (3).
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Jackson, Michael. 1989. Paths Toward a Clearing. Bloomington: Indiana UP.
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Rosaldo, Michelle Z. 1980. Knowledge and Passion. Cambridge UP.
Staal, Fritz. 1975. Exploring Mysticism. Berkeley: UC Press.
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1999-05-01
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Salomonsen, J. (1999). Methods of Compassion or Pretension? Conducting Anthropological Fieldwork in Modern Magical Communities. Pomegranate, 8(Summer), 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13i8.4
