...Nicolas Boissière; Yael Dansac This special issue of Nova Religio aims to document and analyze how creativity, adaptation, and innovation occurred in contemporary Paganism and New Age during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on long-term fieldworks mainly focused on ritual practices, the four articles...

... research among contemporary Pagans of Kraków. The ritual modifications developed by the researched groups can be divided into three strategies: first, adjusting to the restrictions during actual rituals onsite; second, relocating rituals to the online sphere; and third, refraining from official public...

...Joana Martins Rituals are creative embodied and emotional practices and are central in the lived spiritual and religious experience of contemporary Pagans, strengthening their community ties. In March 2020, with the outbreak of COVID-19 and the consequent restrictions raised by the Portuguese...

.... This contributes to a sense of relatedness and moral community beyond the intrahuman, and the development of ecological conscience at Raven’s Knoll. [email protected] © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 ancestor veneration Ásatrú contemporary Paganism Heathenry...

.... By accusing Sephora of spiritual theft, Witches also largely elided their own engagement with appropriation from religious traditions. Contemporary Paganism Modern Witchcraft cultural appropriation commodification commercialization Twitter social media In August 2018, beauty chain Sephora...

...Ethan Doyle White The contemporary Pagan movement, or Neo-Paganism, constitutes a growing sector of modern Western religiosity. While much scholarly attention has focused on larger Pagan religions like Wicca and Goddess Spirituality, this has come at the expense of studies into many...