What is ritual's relation to belief? to performance? Does ritual have its own logic? Ritual and Religious Belief is a reader that brings together material exploring the problem of ritual from many perspectives. Selections from the sixteenth century to the present explore the idea of ritual as a type[...]

Few religious traditions have generated such diversity and stirred imaginations as shamanism. In their engagements with other worlds, shamans have conversed with animals and ancestors and have been empowered with the knowledge to heal patients, advise hunters, and curse enemies. Still other shamans,[...]

This work introduces the main movements and trends in paganism. Individual chapters focus on druidry, witchcraft, heathenism, goddess spirituality and magic. These are followed by discussions of shamanism and geomancy. Sources of inspiration are treated next: from real history to more imaginative or[...]

Paganism encourages people to live respectfully alongside all life and not to raise humanity above any other species. Paganism engages with some of the chief concerns of this age: ecology and feminism for example. This book explores Paganism's appeal and gives an insight into its key beliefs.[...]