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Human-Nature Relationship And Faery Faith In The American Pagan Subculture, Sarah Goodrich
Human-Nature Relationship And Faery Faith In The American Pagan Subculture, Sarah Goodrich
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Within American religious culture, there is a small but significant and growing movement that overlaps and interacts with the environmental movement. It's known by many names, including Contemporary Paganism, Neo-Paganism, Earth Religion, and Nature Religion. A few years of observation at Starwood Festival, the largest annual Pagan gathering in North America, revealed that many individuals who identify as Pagan (or Wiccan, Druid, animist, or another of the identities that fall under the Pagan umbrella) include in their spiritual practice engagement with faeries or other nature spirits. My research employed qualitative methods including participant observation and interviews to examine the extent …