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Chas S. Clifton is professor of English at Colorado State University-Pueblo

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Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1951-06-13
Género
male
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugares de residencia
Colorado, USA
Ocupaciones
university professor
scholar of English language and literature
scholar of pagan studies
Organizaciones
Colorado State University
Pueblo Community College
Biografía breve
Chas S. Clifton holds a master's degree in religious studied with an emphasis on the development of new religious movements. He lives in the Wet Mountains of Colorado where he writes about Western esoteric traditions.

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Interesting perspective on the start of Wicca and Paganism in the U.S. and how it was changed by publishers who began a narrative for the Pagan market that "...Wicca had emerged in the 1970s as a sort of spiritual adjunct to the women's movement...that it was founded mainly by women, and that the Los Angeles-raised left-wing daughter of a Jewish psychotherapist - Miriam Simos, better known as Starhawk - was its prophet". This book's focus is on the early days when people were drawn to "... religion as an excursus from contemporary life". In the 1970s what began as a magical religion "adopted the additional descriptions of 'earth religion' and 'nature religion', linked to the environmental movement, which was itself politicized. What came from Europe as a "socially radical" but non-political mystery practice was burdened with a Leftist political bend that further changed the religion. It's an interesting read, with strong opinions on what happened over decades of outside influence. For those of us who are drawn to the Craft for the magical and mysterious religion, and have little interest in politics, activism, or consensus process, it illuminates that politics are not part of the Path unless you want them to be.… (más)
 
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JaeWillow | otra reseña | May 26, 2020 |
As with most anthologies, the quality of the essays varies. In general, I feel that current historical research does not support the idea that Wicca is Western shamanism--although the outer fringes of Europe may have been influenced by shamanistic practice. That given, some of the essays are more informative that others. Some are rather New Age, wish and make it so. Some are more ethnographic.
 
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ritaer | Oct 25, 2018 |
Well researched guide to the growth of Wicca and related paths in the US.
 
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ritaer | otra reseña | Sep 3, 2018 |
A good, solid reference, but with some fairly major and minor errors. Among the minor, count placing hemlock in the potato family, when it is actually in the carrot family; among the major, getting the date of the Reformation wrong. The author also has an unfortunate tendancy to (inconsistently) cite sources of information about a heretic taken only from its opponents (since in many cases their original works are not available), and present them as if they are to be taken at face value; however, in other spots, he mentions that these should be taken with some level of question. Overall, however, a good, thorough reference on early Christian heretics.… (más)
 
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Devil_llama | 2 reseñas más. | Apr 17, 2011 |

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