| Description |
x, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
American Academy of Religion academy series |
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American Academy of Religion academy series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Dancing between binary poles : life as a scholar-practitioner -- Stumbling toward wisdom -- The merry circle -- The path toward the circle -- The rite of dedication : getting behind the wheel -- Coming to the edge of the circle -- Concluding remarks -- Epilogue: She changes everything she touches. |
| Summary |
"Coming to the Edge of the Circle offers an ethnographic study of the initiation ritual practiced by one coven of witches located in Ohio. As a high priestess within the coven as well as a scholar of religion, Nikki Bado-Fralick is in a unique position to contribute to our understanding of this ceremony and the tradition to which it belongs. Bado-Fralick's analysis of this coven's initiation ceremony offers an important challenge to the commonly accepted model of "rites of passage." Rather than a single linear event, initiation is deeply embedded within a total process of becoming a witch in practice and in community with others." "Coming to the Edge of the Circle expands our concept of initiation while giving us insight into one coven's practice of Wicca. An important addition to ritual studies, it also introduces readers to the contemporary nature religion variously called Wicca, Witchcraft, the Old Religion, or the Craft."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Initiation rites -- Religious aspects -- Ohio.
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Rites and ceremonies -- Ohio.
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Witchcraft -- Ohio.
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Initiation rites -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00973473
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Rites and ceremonies. (OCoLC)fst01098216
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Witchcraft. (OCoLC)fst01176327
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Ohio. (OCoLC)fst01205075
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Heidendom.
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Godsdienstige bewegingen.
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Vrouwen.
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Initiatie.
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Initiation.
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Hexenglaube.
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Wiccakult.
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Ohio <<Staat>>.
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| Standard No. |
9780195166453 |
| ISBN |
0195166450 (alk. paper) |
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9780195166453 (alk. paper) |
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