{"id":2405,"date":"2011-02-26T17:04:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T00:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2011-02-27T18:48:28","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T01:48:28","slug":"the-pomegranate-121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2405","title":{"rendered":"The Pomegranate 12:1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have let weeks <\/em>go by without mentioning the latest issue of The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Here is the table of contents. All book reviews and article abstracts are free.<\/p>\n

Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Franz S\u00e4ttler (Dr. Musallam) and the Twentieth-Century Cult of Adonism”
\nHans Thomas Hakl<\/em><\/p>\n

“Walk Like an Egyptian: Egypt as Authority in Aleister Crowley\u2019s Reception of The Book of the Law”
\nCaroline Tully<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“On the Pagan Parallax: A Sociocultural Exploration of the Tension between Eclecticism and Traditionalism as Observed among Dutch Wiccans
\nL\u00e9on van Gulik<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Special Section: Idolatry and Materiality<\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

“Re-examining ‘Idolatry’ in Pagan Studies”
\nChas S. Clifton<\/em><\/p>\n

“Idolatry, Ecology, and the Sacred as Tangible”
\nMichael York<\/em><\/p>\n

“Response to Michael York\u2019s ‘Idolatry, Ecology and the Sacred as Tangible’ ”
\nMogg Morgan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“Pagans and Things: Idolatry or Materiality?”
\nAmy Whitehead<\/em><\/p>\n

“Idolatry, Paganism, and Trust in Nature”
\nBron Taylor<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Book Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave Evans and Dave Green, eds. Ten Years of Triumph of the Moon<\/em> (Bristol: Hidden Publishing, 2009).
\nSamuel Eldon Wagar<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Constance Wise, Hidden Circles in the Web: Feminist Wicca, Occult Knowledge, and Process Thought<\/em> (Lanham, Md.: AltaMira Press, 2008).
\nPaul Reid-Bowen<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

de Angeles, Ly, Emma Restall Orr and Thom van Dooren, eds., Pagan Visions for a Sustainable Future<\/em> (Woodbury, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 2005)
\nLeland Glenna<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Tyr: Myth-Culture-Tradition<\/em>, Volumes 1 (2002), 2 (2003-04), and 3 (2007-08), ULTRA Publishing, Atlanta, Georgia.
\nMichael Strmiska<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

David Waldron & Christopher Reeve, Shock! The Black Dog of Bungay<\/em> (London:, Hidden Publishing, 2010)
\nDave Evans<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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