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Author Higginbotham, Joyce, 1961-

Title Paganism : an introduction to earth-centered religions / Joyce & River Higginbotham.

Publication Info. St. Paul, Minn. : Llewellyn Publications, 2002.

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  299 HIG    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  299 HIGGINBOTHAM    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  299 HIGGINBOTHAM    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I : What is Paganism? -- General characteristics of Paganism ; What does Pagan mean? ; Who is a Pagan? ; How many Pagans are there? ; Where Pagans come from and what they're like ; What Pagans do and when they do it ; Earth-centered religion ; Wheel of the year ; Rites of passage ; What is a ritual? ; What happens in a ritual? ; Ritual tools and symbols ; Is ritual all Pagans do? ; What do Pagans believe? ; Principles of Paganism -- Part II : You are what you believe -- How do beliefs work? ; What is a belief system? ; Claiming the power to choose your beliefs ; Search : Paganism's spiritual foundation -- Part III : Pagan view of deity -- Concepts of deity ; What do Pagans believe about deity? ; God map ; God map story -- Part IV : What about Satan? -- How do Pagans view Satan? ; Pagans, witches, and bad reputations ; Why witch-hunts ; What happened to the accused? ; Look at the biblical witch bias ; Fabricated image ; Social roles of Satan ; Mythological roles of Satan ; Who is a Satanist? ; Can a Satanist be a pagan? -- Part V : Living universe -- Current Western mindset ; Unbroken wholeness : science and a magickal universe ; Ground of being : mysticism and a magickal universe ; Universe as a cosmic TV ; Personal experience and a magickal universe -- Part VI : Magick -- Mechanics of magick ; Iceberg ; Applications of magick ; Limitations of magick ; Your magickal pager -- Part VII : Ethics and personal responsibility -- Who are you? ; Multidimensional self ; Afterlife ; Ethics : what are they? ; Western religious ethic ; Ethics : the Pagan approach ; Pagan ethical systems.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.
Subject Neopaganism.
Added Author Higginbotham, River, 1959-
ISBN 0738702226
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