Dis/enchantment: Locating Modernity Between Secularism and "The Sacred"

The survey of occultism's "Sexual Politics" will be of particular interest to gender scholars, though Owen's attention to female occultists is by no means limited to her fourth chapter.1 The Place of Enchantment profiles several female ritual magicians of note and offers a cursor...

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Published in:Women's studies quarterly 2012-10, Vol.40 (3/4), p.328
Main Author: Goodwin, Megan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Christianity
Colleges & universities
Evidence
Females
Gender
Historiography
Intellectual History
Mysticism
Occult sciences
Politics
Religion
Religious education
Religious Factors
Religious studies
Scholars
Social Change
Social Control
Spirituality
Weber, Max (1864-1920)
Women
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Summary:The survey of occultism's "Sexual Politics" will be of particular interest to gender scholars, though Owen's attention to female occultists is by no means limited to her fourth chapter.1 The Place of Enchantment profiles several female ritual magicians of note and offers a cursory explanation for occultism's appeal to women as a "unique sociospiritual environment offering personal validation and an intellectual rapport" (90). [...]occultism could be seen to support both traditional and progressive positions on the "woman question" (87).
ISSN:0732-1562
1934-1520