In the rush of travel and then preparing for the spring semester, I forgot to post the contents of the latest issue of The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies (Volume 8, no. 2, Nov. 2006).

So here is what’s happening in Pagan Studies:

“Santeria Sacrificial Rituals: A Reconsideration of Religious Violence (book excerpt),” by Mary Ann Clark.

“‘Be Pagan Once Again’: Folk Music, Heritage, and Socio-sacred Networks in Contemporary American Paganism” by Christopher Chase

“Wandering Dreams and Social Marches: Varieties of Paganism in Late Victorian and Edwardian England” by Jennifer Hallett.

“Russian Paganism and the Issue of Nationalism: A Case Study of the Circle of Pagan Tradition” by Kaarina Aitamurto.

“Challenging the Morals of Western Society: The Use of Ritualized Sex in Contemporary Occultism” by Henrik Bogdan.

(“Sex” plus “occultism.” The search engines should have fun with that.)