Sarah Iles Johnston worked closely with me on the article below, and her treatment of Pagans in it seemed to me even-handed and favorable. While she is not, to my knowledge, working on a book about modern Pagans, she is very interested in how they, especially Hellenic and other groups inspired by Classical studies, make use of scholarship. She is also interested in what Pagans can teach Classical scholars about ritual.
For those of you in the US, Sarah will (hopefully) be presenting at Pantheacon in San Jose, CA in February 2012. The title of her presentation is "Dark Demeter, Women and Harvest." This will be an interactive presentation in which she will both present information about a ritual in honor of Demeter, and seek the insights of modern Pagan practitioners that could illuminate this rite for Classical scholars.
Best,
Sabina Magliocco
Professor
Department of Anthropology
California State University - Northridge
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From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Caroline Tully [[log in to unmask]]
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Yes, like her book ‘Restless Dead’ which is absolutely fascinating.
But… how will she treat modern Paganism? I can’t wait to find out. I did converse with her about it several years ago, I thought she was writing a whole book on it, but I can’t seem mention of it on her University of Ohio webpage… which seems quite out of date. She used to have this other page with more info, don’t know where that is, I probably need to search some more.
~Caroline.
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very interesting I'm a big fan of her work on classical magic and religion
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Caroline Tully <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Table of Contents here:
http://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/downloader/vital/pdf/tmp/n3956ol4ppdhljcod2d1ua7b64/out.pdf
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Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] A Classicist looks at neopaganism
Dear All,
since there are many neopagans here, or (neopagans) scholars of neopaganism, i point out this new essay: Sarah Iles Johnston, Whose gods are these ? A Classicist looks at neopaganism, in F. Prescendi et Y. Volokhine (éds.), Dans le laboratoire de l’historien des religions. Mélanges offertes à Philippe Borgeaud, Genève, Labor et Fides, 2011, pp. 123-133. I haven't already read it, but it looks very interesting, ye?
Davide
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