Witchcraft and Magic : : Contemporary North America / / ed. by Helen A. Berger.

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• MitwirkendeR: Berger, Helen A.,; Flores-Peña, Ysanlur M.,; Foltz, Tanice G.,; Griffin, Wendy,; Wright, Stuart A.,; York, Michael,
• HerausgeberIn: Berger, Helen A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

Magic, always part of the occult underground in North America, has experienced a resurgence since the 1960s. Although most contemporary magical religions have come from abroad, they have found fertile ground in which to develop in North America. Who are today's believers in Witchcraft and how d...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. New Age and Magic
• 2. Witchcraft and Neopaganism
• 3. Webs of Women: Feminist Spiritualities
• 4. Shamanism and Magic
• 5. Lucumi: The Second Diaspora
• 6. Satanic Cults, Ritual Abuse, and Moral Panic: Deconstnrcting a Modern Witch-Hunt
• 7. The Commodification of Withcraft
• Notes
• Works cited
• Contributors
• Index