Ancient and Modern Paganisms
CLAS 4/51097
SYLLABUS (download)
Assignments:
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
Assignment 6
Reading/Discussion Journal
Extended essay or research paper
General websites on ancient Paganisms:
Ancient Greek Religion is a site maintained by faculty and
grad students at Berkeley to collect links related to Greek religion.
It includes a large collection of links to websites about ancient sanctuaries
including excavations, as well as numerous other resources: http://www.greekreligion.org/
Diotima is a site on women and gender in the ancient world. It includes
bibliographies of scholarly works on Greek and Roman ritual and various
goddesses: http://www.stoa.org/diotima/biblio.shtml
The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch (1911). This is
the full text of a scholarly but methodologically outdated work. It provides
masses of information on all aspects of Celtic myths and cults: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/rac/index.htm
Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean is a blog maintained by a Classics
professor at Toronto. He talks about his travels and studies from a personal
perspective. The site also contains many useful links, including "virtual
tours" of museums in Turkey and elsewhere, lists of resources, etc. http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/
General websites on modern Paganisms:
The Cauldron: has been a popular online community
for pagans for a decade. Large website includes message boards
and discussions, a pagan primer, pagan
humor, a basic grimoire, and more.
http://www.ecauldron.com/cmabout.php
The Witches’ Voice: another neopagan networking
and news website that has been operating for a decade.
http://www.witchvox.com/
Circle sanctuary: founded in 1974 by Selena Fox, Circle
serves as a sponsor of pagan festivals and a clearinghouse for information
about paganism; publishes
the Circle Guide to Pagan Groups and Circle magazine. Also sponsors
the Lady Liberty League, which works toward religious freedom and equal
protection
for pagans (e.g. in prisons, the military, etc.).
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/
Gerald Gardner.com: scholarly website by Morgan Davis
devoted to the influence of Gardner and the early history of Wicca
http://www.geraldgardner.com/
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