Margot Adler Drawing Down The Moon
Witches druids goddess worshippers and other pagans in america.
Margot adler drawing down the moon. Almost thirty years since its original publication drawing down the moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood neo pagan subculture. Margot adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse colorful gallery of people across the united states people who find inspiration in ancient deities nature myth even science fiction. Drawing down the moon. Witches druids goddess worshippers and other pagans in america today is a sociological study of contemporary paganism in the united states written by the american wiccan and journalist margot adler.
First published in 1979 by viking press it was later republished in a revised and expanded edition by beacon press in 1986 with third and fourth revised editions being brought out by penguin books in 1996 and then 2006 respectively. According to the new york times the boo. Margot adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse colorful gallery of people across the united states people who fin almost thirty years since its original publication drawing down the moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood neo pagan subculture. The format margot adler used to structure her book was to the advantage of readers uninformed about the topic.
Firstly the title drawing down the moonwitches druids goddess worshippers and other pagans in america today fits the content of the book perfectly. Drawing down the moon. Witches druids goddess worshippers and other pagans in america by margot adler. Now fully revised the classic study of neo paganism.
Almost thirty years since its original publication drawing down the moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood neo pagan subculture. Margot adler quotes showing 1 11 of 11 when a person assumes that his or her revelation is the only true one it only says that this person has had very few religious revelations and hasnt realized how many there are margot adler drawing down the moon.