Women as Initiators and Crafters of Human Growth in the ‘Reclaiming’ Witchcraft Tradition
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https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13.i10.23Keywords:
Neo-paganism, women, feminism, initiators, initiation rites, Reclaiming witchcraftAbstract
A substantial piece of Reclaiming's initiation rite is inherted from the more ceremonial Witchcraft traditions and from privileged men's secret societies at the turn of the 20th century. These traditions have all made the 'dying and rising god' theme central to the rite.References
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Conn, Joann Wolski (1993) “Toward Spiritual Maturity”. In Freeing Theology. The Essentials of Theology in Feminist Perspective (ed.) Catherine Mowry LaCugna. San Francisco: Harper
Hutton, Ronald (2000) The Triumph of the Moon. A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. Oxford University Press
Jones, Serene (2000) Feminist Theory and Christian Theology: Cartographics of Grace. Minneapolis: Fortress Press
Lacan, Jacques (1982) “God and Jouissance”. In Feminine Sexuality: Jacques Lacan and the Freudienne (eds.) J. Mitchell and J. Rose. London: Macmillan
Salomonsen, Jone (2001) Enchanted Feminism. Ritual, Gender and Divinity among the Reclaiming Witches of San Francisco. London and New York: Routledge
Ullman, Chana (1989) The Transformed Self: The Psychology of Religious Conversion. New York: Plenum Press
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2002-02-01
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Salomonsen, J. (2002). Women as Initiators and Crafters of Human Growth in the ‘Reclaiming’ Witchcraft Tradition. Pomegranate, 18(Winter), 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13.i10.23
