{"id":7758,"date":"2016-02-12T13:23:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T20:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7758"},"modified":"2016-02-12T13:53:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T20:53:34","slug":"pagan-studies-scholars-tell-their-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7758","title":{"rendered":"Pagan-Studies Scholars Tell Their Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pom<\/p>\n

The new double issue of The Pomegranate<\/em> is something different. It contains two long papers, but the rest is devoted to a special section on scholarly autobiography conceived and edited by Doug Ezzy <\/a>(U. of Tasmania).<\/p>\n

Doug visited Hardscrabble Creek in November 2014 and while holed up in the guest cabin, speed-reading my library, thought how interesting it might be to get some of the long-time Pagan-studies scholars to tell their stories. How did they get started? What obstacles did they face? Who helped them? And so on.<\/p>\n

We drew up a list of people to ask for contributions\u2014all from the English-speaking world for this volume, so I see a second special section ahead in the future. Most were happy to write something.<\/p>\n

By arrangement with the publisher, my editorial, “A Double Issue of The Pomegranate: The First Decades of Contemporary Pagan Studies,”<\/a> is a free download. Because workers deserve to be paid, the entire special section <\/a>costs \u00a317.50\u00a0 (US $25.40), normally the fee for a single article.<\/p>\n

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

“The Divine Feminine in the Silver Age of Russian Culture and Beyond: Vladimir Soloviev, Vasily Rozanov and Dmitry Merezhkovsky,<\/a>” Dmitry Galtsin<\/p>\n

“Elements of Magic, Esotericism, and Religion in Shaktism and Tantrism in Light of the Shakti Pitha Kamakhy?<\/a>” Archana Barua<\/p>\n

Special Section \u2013 Paths into Pagan Studies: Autobiographical Reflections<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“The Pagan Studies Archipelago: Pagan Studies in a Cosmopolitan World,” Douglas Ezzy<\/p>\n

“The Old Pomegranate and the New,” Fritz Muntean<\/p>\n

“Walking Widdershins,” Wendy Griffin<\/p>\n

“Playing Croquet with Hedgehogs: (Still) Becoming a Scholar of Paganism and Animism,” Graham Harvey<\/p>\n

“Navigating Academia and Spirituality from a Pagan Perspective,” Michael York<\/p>\n

“An Outsider Inside: Studying Contemporary Paganism,” Helen A Berger<\/p>\n

“The Owl, the Dragon and the Magician: Reflections on Being an Anthropologist Studying Magic,” Susan Greenwood<\/p>\n

“The Academy, the Otherworld and Between,” Kathryn Rountree<\/p>\n

“Making the Strange Familiar,” Sarah Pike<\/p>\n

“Reflecting on Studying Wicca from within the Academy and the Craft,” Melissa Jane Harrington<\/p>\n

“Pagan(ish) Senses and Sensibilities,” Adrian Ivakhiv<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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