Friendly Communion; A Collection of Selected Poems.enchanted Feminism: Ritual, Gender and Divinity Among the Reclaiming Witches of San Francisco

Salomonsen, Jone

ISBN 10: 041522392X / ISBN 13: 9780415223928

Published by Routledge, London ; New York, 2002

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Quarto in pale lavendar printed paper-backed boards; x, 318 pages; illustrations; bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index. "This is the first major study of the most famous Reclaiming Witch community, founded in 1979 in San Francisco, written by an author who herself participated in a coven for ten years. Jone Salomonsen describes and examines the communal and ritual practices of Reclaiming, asking how these promote personal growth and cultural-religious change." ? Publsher. / Contents: Chapter Introduction -- part Part I Guardians of the world -- chapter 1 The Reclaiming community -- A feminist, social construction -- chapter 2 Wicca revival -- Starhawk and the myth of ancient origin -- chapter 3 Utopian and generic Witches -- Revitalizing western spiritualities -- chapter 4 Holy hermeneutics -- How to ?nd truth -- part Part II Priestesses of the craft -- chapter 5 Elements of magic -- Learning to ritualize -- chapter 6 The Spiral Dance ritual -- A celebration of death and rebirth -- chapter 7 Women's mysteries -- Creating a female symbolic order -- chapter 8 Initiation -- Transforming self. / Wicca. Religion -- Comparative Religion. Body, Mind & Spirit. Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism. Near fine with minor wear to exterio. Plelase see photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Friendly Communion; A Collection of Selected Poems.enchanted Feminism: Ritual, Gender and Divinity Among the Reclaiming Witches of San Francisco
• Publisher: Routledge, London ; New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041522392X
• ISBN 13: 9780415223928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion

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Synopsis

This is the first major study of the most famous Reclaiming Witch community, founded in 1979 in San Francisco, written by an author who herself participated in a coven for ten years. Jone Salomonsen describes and examines the communal and ritual practices of Reclaiming, asking how these promote personal growth and cultural-religious change.

About the Author

Jone Salomonsen is Senior Research Fellow in Theology and Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo.