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Spiral Dance?
Hi, Phyllis . I think it's *The Spiral Dance* by Starhawk -- not *The Sacred Dance*. Although I could be wrong, as I'm sure I don't have every book on the Wiccan movement in my personal collection. :) I picked up a 1979 first-edition of Starhawk's book back in the early 80s. I agree with you that Starhawk is definitely one of the people to recommend on the subject of neopaganism.I never got around to reading Margot Adler's *Drawing Down the Moon*. Interesting that this book was first published in the same year as Starhawk's. 1979 must've been a dawning year for the neopaganism movement in America.-- Nanaea
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NanaeaMea culpa, mea culpa. It is *The Spiral Dance* by Starhawk. I shoulda known since it is one of my textbooks.As for neopaganism, it was around since the early part of the '70s, but mostly underground. I guess that 1979 was theyear it became "acceptable". I'll try to find a copy of the interview I have with one of Starhawk's teachers. He's been considered eccentric even among neopagans.Phyllis
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Cool deal! :) One thing I especially enjoyed in Starhawk's book, was her description of the "Taking Back the Night" ceremony held in San Francisco .Isn't it interesting that so much of what is considered "New Age" today seems to have sprung out of San Francisco ? I mean, there was the hippy movement, and of course Anton LaVey was a San Franciscan. I sometimes wonder if San Francisco might be America's equivalent of Glastonbury -- which I found to be the New Age Mecca of England when I visited there.I'll bet there's a ley line connecting both towns, or something. ;)-- Nanaea
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NanaeaI was thinking of Victor Anderson, not Anton LaVey.If you can access http://library.uwm.edu, click on course reserves, then go to Pizza, Murph under instructor, you can read almost all of the readings we're doing in class (including the interview of Victor Anderson).Phyllis
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If you're goin' to San Fransisco...http://www.goddess.org
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Whoa, after reading all that, I think I'll stick with being an agnostic. :)And, in case anyone remains who might still have some lingering doubts as to the veracity of the Anagram Oracle..."Nanaea P., Agnostic"="Satanic Neopagan"-- Nanaea
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Brilliant!
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