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

Author: Margot Adler

Narrator: Pam Ward

Unabridged: 20 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/24/2018

Synopsis

Almost forty 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. In this revised edition, Adler takes a fascinating and honest look at the religious experiences, beliefs, and lifestyles of modern America's Pagan groups.

About Margot Adler

Margot Adler (1946-2014) was a radio producer and journalist for many years, pioneering live, free-form talk shows on religion, politics, women's issues, and ecology. She also lectured on the subject of Paganism and Earth-centered traditions and led workshops on the art of ritual, celebration, and song. She was the New York Bureau Chief for National Public Radio as well as a well-known correspondent on NPR's All Things Considered.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi on May 16, 2020

Margot Adler talks to adherents in different traditions all across the United States, and a few in Europe, in order to banish some of the mystery and misconceptions surrounding neo-pagan groups. "Since Pagans are a very diverse group, it is wrong to say all Pagans believe this or that, but here are s......more

Goodreads review by aphrodite on November 11, 2020

wow, was this book absolutely incredible. this is the first resource pertaining to witchcraft/paganism/wicca that I’ve read and I can safely say it was an invaluable one. as far as I understand, this is one of the few (if only) historical reference to modern neo-paganism and adler did an amazing job......more

Goodreads review by Tim on March 21, 2013

I am sure there are far better reviews out there for this book than I could write but I'll say that you can believe the hype about this book. I had heard about this for many years but never actually took the time to read it and boy do I feel silly now after completing it. This is probably one of the......more

Goodreads review by Ana on August 12, 2021

I tend to prefer grounded, matter-of-fact works on Paganism. And wow, I understand now why DDTM is considered the grandmother of contemporary Pagan literature and scholarship. It's very, very good. Decidedly (but by no means exclusively) Wiccan in focus, Adler looks at the emergence of Neo-Paganism a......more

Goodreads review by Kimi on September 24, 2015

This was a good overview of modern paganism, I think, but I am using the term modern relatively. It's true, she did update the book in the 2000s, but most of the information in the bulk of her chapters was from the seventies with only minor updates at the end about how things were totally different......more

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