WITCH WARS: Factors Contributing to Conflict in Canadian Neopagan Communities
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13i10.10Keywords:
Neo-Paganism, Wicca, Witchcraft, witch wars, CanadaAbstract
A witch war permeates and polarises the ocmmunity to such an extent that community participants are left with two choices: either to choose a side, or to withdraw from participation in the community.References
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Farrar, Janet and Stewart Farrar. The Witches' Way: Principles, Rituals and Beliefs of Modern Witchcraft. London: Robert Hale Publishers, 1985.
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Clifton, Chas (ed). The Modern Craft Movement: Witchcraft Today. St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1993.
Crowley, Vivianne. Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age. Wellingborough, England: Aquarian Press, 1989.
Cunningham, Scott. Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner. St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1988.
Farrar, Janet, Stewart Farrar and Gavin Bone. The Pagan Path. Custer, Washington: Phoenix Publishing, 1995.
Farrar, Janet and Stewart Farrar. The Witches' Way: Principles, Rituals and Beliefs of Modern Witchcraft. London: Robert Hale Publishers, 1985.
Kelly, Aidan. Crafting the Art of Magic: Book I. St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1991.
Marron, Kevin. Witches, Pagans & Magic in the New Age. Toronto: Seal Books, 1989.
Reid, Síân. “Illegitimate Religion: Neopagan Witchcraft and the Institutional Sanction of Religion in Canada” Paper presented to the Annual General Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, 1994, unpublished.
Starhawk. The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, 1979.
Valiente, Doreen. Witchcraft for Tomorrow. London: Robert Hale, 1983 [1978].
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2000-02-01
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Reid, S. (2000). WITCH WARS: Factors Contributing to Conflict in Canadian Neopagan Communities. Pomegranate, 11(Winter), 10-20. https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13i10.10
