Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America

754 Pages·2006·4.85 MB·English

by  Margot Adler

Table of Contents

DRAWING DOWN THE MOON
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
Acknowledgements

I. Background

Chapter 1. - Paganism and Prejudice
Chapter 2. - A Religion Without Converts
Chapter 3. - The Pagan World View

II. Witches

Chapter 4. - The Wiccan Revival
Chapter 5. - The Craft Today
Chapter 6. - Interview with a Modern Witch
Chapter 7. - Magic and Ritual
Chapter 8. - Women, Feminism, and the Craft

III. Other NeoPagans

Chapter 9. - Religions from the Past—The Pagan Reconstructionists
Chapter 10. - A Religion from the Future—The Church of All Worlds
Chapter 11. - Religions of Paradox and Play
Chapter 12. - Radical Faeries and the Growth of Men’s Spirituality

IV. The Material Plane

Chapter 13. - Living on the Earth
Epilogue
Appendix I: Scholars, Writers, Journalists, and the Occult
Appendix II: Rituals
Appendix III: Resources
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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DRAWING DOWN THE MOON

Margot Adler has been a radio producer and journalist since 1968, pioneering
live, free-form talk shows on religion, politics, women’s issues, and ecology. She
lectures on the subject of Paganism and earth-centered traditions and leads
workshops on the art of ritual, celebration, and song. She is currently the New
York Bureau Chief for National Public Radio as well as a well-known
correspondent on NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition. She is
also the host of Justice Talking, a national radio show on constitutional issues.
Her most recent book is Heretic’s Heart: A Journey Through Spirit and
Revolution.
Drawing down the moon: one of the few known depictions of this ancient ritual,
from a Greek vase probably of the second century b.c.e.
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First published in the United States of America by The Viking Press 1979
Revised edition published by Beacon Press 1986
Edition with an updated Appendix III (Resources) published in Arkana 1997
This edition with an expanded Appendix III published in Penguin Books 2006

Copyright © Margot Adler, 1979, 1986
All rights reserved

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library of congress cataloging in publication data
Adler, Margot.
Drawing down the moon : witches, Druids, goddess-worshippers,
and other pagans in America today / Margot Adler.
p. cm.
“The classic study revised and updated with a new resource guide:
over 300 listings of groups, festivals, publications, and Web sites.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN : 978-1-101-54976-6
1. Witchcraft—United States. 2. Cults—United States. 3. Goddess religion—United States.
4. Women and religion. I. Title.
BF1573.A34 2006
299’.94—dc22 2006043786