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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"wicca"”.
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Defining Twin Cities Wicca: The Emergence of Wicca as a Polyaffiliated Pagan Movement
An exploration of the literature associated Wicca and Paganism. Bibliographies and narratives are studied to determine the most influential authors and practitioners in the Wiccan and Pagan tradition. The history of Wicca from England to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, the focus of …
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"Wicca=..." : Sosiaalisen identiteetin vaikutus wiccan määrittelyyn Suomiwicca-keskustelulistalla
Kysymys wiccan määrittelystä nousi ajankohtaiseksi vuosituhannen vaihteessa, kun joukko wiccoja päätti hakea uskonnolleen virallisen yhdyskunnan asemaa. Yritys ei onnistunut, sillä opetusministeriö piti wiccaa liian hajanaisena, eikä katsonut sen täyttävän laissa määriteltyjä uskonnon …
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Religion and the Return of Magic : Wicca as Esoteric Spirituality
… occult revival of the fin de siecle from which Wicca developed. In this thesis we contend that in the ferment of Renaissance Europe, magic remained an integral part of western esotericism, of which Wicca in the 1990s is a current manifestation. Using Antoine Faivre's characterisation of …
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By knot of one, the spell’s begun: Finding the Wiccan Path. An investigation of conversion practices within the Wicca community.
… beliefs among members of the Pagan branch called Wicca, arguing that the process of joining Wicca is characterised by a process of religious conversion as well as a process of religious affiliation. This distinction involves a challenge to the analysis of Wiccans as to be found in much …
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Family traditions
… the story of young adults who have grown up as Wiccans. Because Wicca remains a new and small religion, the vast majority of its followers converted from Christianity or other faiths, and the number of people who have been raised as Wiccans is vanishingly small. These children learn to hide …
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The Horned God as Environmental Figure in Anglophone Fantasy Fiction and Live Action Role-Play.
… pagan deity popularised by ‘grandmother of Wicca’, Margaret Murray, and associated with wild nature and chthonic forces. He is a palimpsest deity which draws inspiration from a rich variety of historical, archaeological, folkloric and literary sources. Despite his popularity in esoteric …
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Irish neo-paganism: worldview, ritual and identity
… within this movement, of which Druidry, Wicca and other forms of Pagan Witchcraft are included in this research. The present work is an ethnographic study of the worldview and ritual practices of the Irish neo-pagan community. It is an enquiry into (a) what characterises the neo-pagan …
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An Ye Harm None
In this novel, Kestrel, a Wiccan woman whose mundane name is Karen, is searching for home and love after growing up in a rootless military family. She begins to find acceptance in Reno's pagan community and in local volunteer activities. Kes becomes friends with Becky, an evangelical Christian new …
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Modern myth in performance: claiming identity through a reading of fantasy withcraft
In this dissertation, I create a Wiccan dramaturgical lens to analyze three key fantasy sites: The Wizard of Oz film and stage adaptations (especially the Broadway musical Wicked), The Chronicles of Narnia film and theatrical adaptations, and the Harry Potter films and paratheatrical adaptations. …
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Monstrous bodies: femininity and agency in Young Adult horror fiction
Young Adult horror fiction with female protagonists presents sympathetically the untenable situation of adolescent girls within society whereby they are increasingly pressured to embody a doll-like feminine ideal that deprives them of voice and agency. In Young Adult horror fiction, the monstrous …
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“God Is My Quarantine Buddy”: Debates in Ritual Practice Among North American Pagans in 2020
The past four decades of research in the contemporary paganism faith movement in the United States have focused on the creation of cosmologies based on scholarship, reclamations of heritage, counter-culturalism, and environmentalism. However, the dialogue has changed drastically in recent years due …