TY - BOOK AU - Pike,Sarah M. TI - Earthly bodies, magical selves: contemporary pagans and the search for community SN - 9780520923805 AV - BL2525 U1 - 299 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Berkeley, Calif. PB - University of California Press KW - Neopaganism KW - United States KW - Rituals KW - Festivals KW - Néopaganisme KW - États-Unis KW - Rituel KW - RELIGION KW - Comparative Religion KW - bisacsh KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT KW - Spirituality KW - Paganism & Neo-Paganism KW - fast KW - Religion KW - Religiöses Fest KW - gnd KW - Identitätsfindung KW - Neuheidentum KW - Ritual KW - Heidendom KW - gtt KW - 1945- KW - USA KW - swd KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-271) and index; Driving into fairie: place myths and neopagan festivals -- Shrines of flame and silence: mapping the festival site -- The great evil that is in your backyard: festival neighbors and satanism rumors -- Blood that matters: neopagan borrowing -- Children of the devil or gifted in magic? The world of memory in neopagan narrative -- Serious playing with the self: gender and eroticism and the festival fire; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Recent decades have seen a revival of paganism, and every summer people gather across the United States to celebrate this increasingly popular religion. Sarah Pike's engrossing ethnography is the outcome of five years attending neo-pagan festivals, interviewing participants, and sometimes taking part in their ceremonies UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=66033 ER -