Feminitate si occultism (Femininity and Occultism)
Author(s): Mihaela FrunzãKeywords: witchcraft, religious movement, syncretism, ecofeminism, neopaganism, New Age
Journal: Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies
Year: 2003
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Publisher: Seminar for the Interdisciplinary Research of Reli
Abstract: The paper attempts to critically discuss and situate the phenomena of contemporary witchcraft (both the Wicca tradition and the feminist one). Contemporary Anglo-Saxon witchcraft is one of the components of the “mystic-esoteric nebulousness”. It gains a particular status both among the contemporary practices of witchcraft and among women-dominated religions. Among the recent philosophical trends, it has affinities with ecofeminism and neopaganism. On this line, its roots seem to indicate a connection with the ancient beliefs that characterized the matriarchal civilization of Old Europe. Finally, contemporary witchcraft finds itself well integrated in the framework of New Age movement.