In the due course the brief history of intertwining web between modern witchcraft, women’s spirituality and feminism is shown, along with the examples of Margaret A. The core stereotype of the witch (the dangerous yet very much needed Other in the Christian culture) is first presented, followed by its feminist interpretation (the free, independent woman who lives on the edge of patriarchal culture) and Pagan witch stereotype (which largely agrees with feminist interpretation). The following article deals with the socio-political image of witches and concentrates on the links between certain witch images and the ideology of some feminist movements in contemporary Poland. Keywords: Pagan studies rites of passage ritual studies ritual theory. Author accomplishes this with a broad overview of Pagan studies and ritual theory, with especial reference to rites of passage, and a sample analysis using liturgical theology of a coming of age ritual for an adolescent male from 'Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions'.
In this article, author lifts up the natural, existing connections between Pagan studies and ritual studies and argues that Pagan studies scholars can and ought to deepen the conversations by drawing on other methodologies from ritual studies and sharing their discoveries with the field of ritual theory. Important works in ritual studies are warmly incorporated into a modern religious com-munity’s sense of identity and their understanding of the history and practice of religion. The short of the matter is that many scholarly books on ritual theory are integrated into the library collections and knowledge set of Pagan practitioners (part of the canon if you will). This is a typical home office of a contemporary Pagan practitioner, whose career may vary from edu-cation, software engineering, to a government agency or social services, and so on. The desk sup-ports a messy stack of papers, a drained eco-friendly reusable Starbucks mug, and a printed manuscript with notes.
On the shelves are books by Mircea Eliade, Starhawk, Catherine Bell, Victor Turner, Robert Graves, Margot Adler, and maybe a few Tarot and oracle decks. Imagine a room with a desk and bookshelves.
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