There's others on similar subjects that I'm having trouble finding at the moment. I seem to recall one feminist historian espousing the absurd idea that in early civilization, matriarchies rules peacefully, until foreign "evil patriarchal" conquerors came in and ruined everything.
In most of the other new-age Neo-Pagan religions, I'll agree, it's more often men from what I can tell.
Ahhh, okay. You're right, I'm not as familiar with some of the earlier history, honestly. New-age branches in the 80's and 90's were often presented with a heavy feminist spin. And a fair number of modern practitioners I've encountered personally have been women.
I didn't know there was a lot of actual crossover between Wicca and the Occult. And, if I recall, some crossover with Satanism as well. So you can probably understand at least some of my confusion and ignorance.
You've made clear you haven't read a single book on the topic. It's a heavily male dominated field.
I've not read any of her books, but this feminist's work has definitely had influence in various areas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doreen_Valiente
There's others on similar subjects that I'm having trouble finding at the moment. I seem to recall one feminist historian espousing the absurd idea that in early civilization, matriarchies rules peacefully, until foreign "evil patriarchal" conquerors came in and ruined everything.
In most of the other new-age Neo-Pagan religions, I'll agree, it's more often men from what I can tell.
Edit: I think I found that 2nd feminist I was referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Gimbutas
I'm referring to books on magick.
Ahhh, okay. You're right, I'm not as familiar with some of the earlier history, honestly. New-age branches in the 80's and 90's were often presented with a heavy feminist spin. And a fair number of modern practitioners I've encountered personally have been women.
I didn't know there was a lot of actual crossover between Wicca and the Occult. And, if I recall, some crossover with Satanism as well. So you can probably understand at least some of my confusion and ignorance.