Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies
September 6, 2021
Chas S. Clifton
Thomas Hatsis, The Witches’ Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic (Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions 2015), 304 pp., $19.95 paper; Psychedelic Mystery Traditions: Spirit Plants, Magical Practices, Ecstatic States (Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions, 2018), 288 pp., B&W illustrations, $19.99 softcover.
Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies
June 19, 2020
Karsten Fatur
1 citation
Native Faith and nature-worshiper groups in Slovenia frequently utilize “sacred” plants in their rituals. Most participants identified with the terms Rodnovera/Starovera in regards to naming their beliefs, or preferred to eschew labels. A variety of plants were used for both sacred and secular purposes, with eighty-four categories emerging when participants’ lists were combined. The most...
Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies
June 22, 2018
Robert J. Wallis
Trude Fonneland, Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway: Religion, Entrepreneurship, and Politics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), 248pp., $99 (hardcover), $97.99 (ebook).
Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies
July 10, 2016
Melissa Harrington
Professor Arthur Versluis’ introduction to Western Esotericism provides a clear account of the historical antecedents of contemporary Western Esotericism, interweaving strands and transmission, and scholars who have illuminated this fascinating field. He engagingly explores millennia of history, theology and philosophy, magic, mysticism, esotericism, and the ground between, in a remarkably...
Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies
June 5, 2011
Susannah Crockford
11 citations
Shamanic practices and practitioners in western countries are often derided as 'inauthentic' by both scholars and members of indigenous communities. The experience derived from such practices is therefore also implied to be contrived. This paper analyses shamanism in the UK as part of 'western shamanism' rather than 'neo-shamanism'. Western shamanism is understood to be a valid religious...
Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies
May 1, 2007
Nikki Bado-Fralick
John Lamb Lash, Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief (White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2006).xxv + 426 pp., US$35 (cloth), US$20
Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies
March 8, 2007
David Hill
James L. Pearson, Shamanism and the Ancient Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Archaeology (Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2002), ix + 198 pp., $72 (cloth), $27.95 (paper)
Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies
February 15, 2007
Dana Kramer-Rolls
European Paganism: The Realities of Cult from Antiquity to