Witchcraft and Paganism In Australia

By: Lynne Hume

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Paperback | 23 May 2025 | Edition Number 1

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An absorbing anthropological study that examines paganism as a case study of religious difference and its place in modern society.

This book contributes in a most original way to the growing literature on comparative religion and new religious movements. More specifically, it draws attention to a new religious movement.

Neo-Paganism, or Paganism, is rapidly growing in membership throughout the Western world, and is gaining increasing interest throughout Australia. Using a multidisciplinary approach, Hume describes the emergence of a controversial worldview that has its roots in some ancient ideas but whose ideology is firmly rooted in the twentieth century.

Hume poses some interesting questions: is Paganism a religion? What do its practitioners believe and do? What place does it have in a modern nation like Australia? What are its historical roots? Is it dangerous? Is it legal? How do people learn about it? Why is it adopted as a belief system? What is the emic viewpoint; the view from the believer's perspective?

As an anthropological analysis of a social phenomenon, Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia is an intriguing and accessible study.

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Alternative Belief Systems Occult Studies Witchcraft Religion History of Religion Mind, Body, Spirit Mysticism, Magic & Occult Interests Shamanism, Paganism & Druidry Witchcraft & Wicca Satanism & Demonology

Comparative Religion

Preface
Doing is Knowing: Introduction and Approach	p. 1
Backtracking: Background to Modern Paganism	p. 16
Pagan Pathways: Worldviews and Pagan Sub-groups	p. 41
Finding the Way: Organization and Structure	p. 79
Rites of Passage: Ritual	p. 112
Preparing the Way: Magic	p. 144
Entering Other Realms: The Experiential and Emotional	p. 169
Rights of Passage: Morals, Ethics and Law	p. 205
Witch Way Now?: Conclusion	p. 226
Notes	p. 239
App. 1	p. 254
App. 2	p. 256
Bibliography	p. 259
Index	p. 269
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