{"id":5113,"date":"2013-01-19T19:52:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T02:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5113"},"modified":"2013-01-19T19:56:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T02:56:28","slug":"wicca-recategorized-by-librarians-now-by-booksellers-as-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5113","title":{"rendered":"Wicca, Recategorized by Librarians, Now by Booksellers as Well"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2007, the\u00a0 news was that books on Wicca were re-categorized by the Library of Congress from BF (psychology, abnormal) to\u00a0 BP 600<\/a>, a sort of catch-all for “other beliefs and movements.” A new Dewey Decimal number was assigned as well, for libraries using that system.<\/p>\n

Now the change is on the retail side. As Elysia Gallo blogs at Llewellyn, some Pagan books are being re-categorized for retailers as well.<\/a><\/p>\n

So here\u2019s the news \u2013 Wicca, in the eyes of the book selling industry, is now a religion. It crossed over from OCC026000 Body, Mind & Spirit \/ Wicca and Witchcraft, to two separate BISAC codes. One remains in the occult section \u2013 OCC026000 is now simply Body, Mind & Spirit \/ Witchcraft. But Wicca itself is now REL118000, or Religion \/ Wicca.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not even stop to think about what a headache it will be for me to decide whether any given book should go into the occult \u201cWitchcraft\u201d end of things or the religious \u201cWicca\u201d end of things. Sometimes this distinction is made crystal clear by its author or its content, but much more often it\u2019s a very blurry line. No, instead let\u2019s allow that to just sink in for a moment. Imagine going in to your local bookstore chain (because this will probably not change how metaphysical stores or libraries operate) and, instead of heading to the New Age section (or whatever your local store calls it), you head to the Religion section. There, next to shelves of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim books, you will find your Wicca books. Strange feeling, isn\u2019t it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But the change may confuse some book-buyers, she continues.<\/a><\/p>\n

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In 2007, the\u00a0 news was that books on Wicca were re-categorized by the Library of Congress from BF (psychology, abnormal) to\u00a0 BP 600, a sort of catch-all for “other beliefs and movements.” A new Dewey Decimal number was assigned as well, for libraries using that system. Now the change is on the retail side. 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