Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the InternetPsychology Press, 2005 - Всего страниц: 224 In Cyberhenge, Douglas E. Cowan brings together two fascinating and virtually unavoidable phenomena of contemporary life--the Internet and the new religious movement of Neopaganism. For growing numbers of Neopagans-Wiccans, Druids, Goddess-worshippers, and others--the Internet provides an environment alive with possibilities for invention, innovation, and imagination. Fr om angel channeling, biorhythms, and numerology to e-covens and cybergroves where neophytes can learn everything from the Wiccan Rede to spellworking, Cowan illuminates how and why Neopaganism is using Internet technology in fascinating new ways as a platform for invention of new religious traditions and the imaginative performance of ritual. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of new religious movements, and for anyone interested in the intersections of technology and faith. |
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The Modern Pagan Internet From Hyperbole to Reality and Back Again | 1 |
From Hyperbole to Reality and Back Again | 3 |
The Lay Lines of the Cyberland | 18 |
Click to Continue | 22 |
The Road to Cyberhenge Conceptualizing Modern Paganism Online and Off | 27 |
The Open Source of Modern Paganism | 30 |
The Cultures of Modern Paganism Online and OffLine | 35 |
The Pandora Problem of Open Source Religion | 49 |
The Evolution of the Wiccan Coven | 90 |
A Typology of Modern Pagan Working Groups | 94 |
Explaining Online Success and Failure | 116 |
Among the Stones of Cyberhenge Modern Pagan Ritual on the World Wide Web | 119 |
The Coven at Work on the Web | 127 |
Parsing the Online Ritual | 137 |
Translating the Body Online and the Problem of Interphysicality | 146 |
Coming Out of the Online Broom Closet Identity and Authority on the World Wide Web | 153 |
The Mists of Cyberhenge Mapping the Modern Pagan Internet | 51 |
Reality or the Illusion of Reality? | 54 |
Metaphysical Conversation and the Construction of Magickal Community | 58 |
A Web of Potential and Opportunity | 61 |
Anonymity and Disclosure on the Web | 62 |
Modern Pagan Visions of Hardware and Software | 66 |
Conceptualizing Pagan Computing Space | 73 |
Transparency and Hyperbole | 78 |
Online Solitaries and Cybercovens Re Inventing the Modern Pagan Path | 81 |
Disclosing Modern Pagan Identity Online | 176 |
Hieratic Authority and Spells for Sale | 180 |
In Conclusion A Web of Dangers Benefits and Research Directions | 193 |
The Benefits of the World Wide Web | 198 |
A Web of Research Possibilities | 201 |
Bibliography | 203 |
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