Some of the entries “chatty”in tone and spirit, while others a touch toward the gossipy. This is thefirst encyclopedia to havebeen primarily written by neo-Pagan their voices will practitioners themselves, and it is my passionate hopethat come are out clearly through the text itself.

They turn their souls to the gods and goddesses of our past in order to move our world into the future. Neo-Pagans are highly educated, nature-loving, compassionate people who look to preand Radical neo-Pagans? Faeries, Heathens and are an Christian forms of the divine as their focus for worship and adoration. To say that modern neo-Pagan belief has exploded is to truly undervalue the phenomenon.Pagans are still misunderstood decades after magazines started to do features on their religion as something other than just a sidethe hippie generation a fad that would blow over “shortly.” linefor States, Who are these Witches and Wiccans, Goddess worshipers Druids, they ever-growing community that chooses to consult history for concepts of divinity.

Printed in the United stored in means, a 10987654321 retrieval or States publication transmitted, of America any Contents Preface Acknowledgments About the Author vii ix Encyclopedia Appendix 315 Contributors 323 Bibliography 329 Preface I met my first neo-Pagans while 1971 in my family lived in the United when I discovered I had a Wiccan and a neo-Satanist in my high school creative of what to make of either of them writing class. No part of this exclusive may be ‘without reproduced, in system, form or by any electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Kendall to © Publishing Companyhas the All rights reserved.

Shutterstock, Kendall Hunt pudiishing company Send all inquiries to: 4050 Westmark Drive Dubuque, 1A 52004-1840 Copyright ISBN to 2002, 2011 by Shelley TSivia Rabinovitch 978-0-7575-9078-8 Hunt rights to reproduce this work, works from this work, to publicly distribute this work, prepare derivative publicly perform this work and to publicly displaythis work. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Pp MOSKe NEO-PAGANISM Cite PM sae cel) hG fan Slee eM 2.0=)1) eo)Anhela The Encyclopedia of Modern and Witchcraft Neo-Paganism Second Edition Edited by ShelleyTSivia Rabinovitch UniversityofOttawa Cover image © Inc. Table of contents : The Encyclopedia Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments About the Author A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Appendix Contributors Bibliography Citation preview

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