Cyberhenge : modern Pagans on the Internet / Douglas E. Cowan.

• Introduction 1 The Modern Pagan Internet: From Hyperbole to Reality and Back Again a) Screenshots from the Modern Pagan Web 1.1 From Hyperbole to Reality and Back Again 1.2 The Ley Lines of the Cyber Land 1.3 Click to Continue . . . 2 The Road to Cyberhenge: Conceptualizing Modern Paganism Online and Off- a) Hacking Religion: The Open Source of Modern Paganism 2.1 Personal Gnosis: The Cultures of Modern Paganism Online and Off- 2.2 The Pandora Problem of Open Source Religion 3 The Mists of Cyberhenge: Mapping the Modern Pagan Internet a) The Internet: Is It Really Virtual or Is It Merely Online? 3.1 Online Community: Reality or the Illusion of Reality? 3.2 Metaphysical Conversation and the Construction of Magickal Community 3.3 Demigods in a Box: Modern Pagan Visions of Hardware and Software 3.4 "Magick" or "Like Magic?" Conceptualizing Pagan Computing Space 4 Online Solitaries and Cybercovens: (Re-) Inventing the Modern Pagan Path 4.1 Alone and In Community: Modern Pagan Working Practice 4.2 From Gardner to Gigabytes: The Evolution of the Wiccan Coven 4.3 Cyberhenge: Typologizing Online Pagan Working Groups 4.4 Durability and Decline: Explaining Online Success and Failure 5 Among the Stones of Cyberhenge: Modern Pagan Ritual on the World Wide Web 5.1 The Mystery of the Online Ritual: In Which We Almost Catch a Coven 5.2 The Reality of Online Ritual: The Coven at Work on the Web 5.3 Performance and Paradox: Parsing the Online Ritual 5.4 Drawing Down the Electronic Moon: Translating the Body Online and the Problem of Interphysicality 6 Coming Out of the Online Broomcloset: Identity and Authority on the World Wide Web 6.1 From Dabblers to Demagogues: Identity, Disclosure, and Investment Online and Off- 6.2 Peeking Out of the Broomcloset: Disclosing Modern Pagan Identity Online 6.3 The Modern Pagan Entrepreneur: Hieratic Authority and Spells for Sale 7 (In)Conclusion: A Web of Dangers, Benefits, and Research Directions 7.1 Growth and the Illusion of Growth: A Cautionary Tale for Scholars and Pagans Alike 7.2 Potential and Performance: The Benefits of the World Wide Web 7.3 Modern Paganism Online and Off-: A Web of Research Possibilities Bibliography Index. 

• 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. From 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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Nyhedendom  (sao)

Internet  -- Religious aspects -- Neopaganism. (LCSH)

Cyberspace  -- Religious aspects -- Neopaganism. (LCSH)

Internet  -- religiösa aspekter (sao)

Neopaganism  (LCSH)

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