luni, 28 noiembrie 2011

[WitchesWorkshop] Digest Number 4884

Messages In This Digest (5 Messages)

1.
Steampunk From: Tim Hartridge
2.
American Academy of Religion 2011 From: Caroline Tully
3a.
Re: AAR in San Fran From: Caroline Tully
3b.
Re: AAR in San Fran From: Graham
4.
What I did at the American Schools of Oriental Research annual meeti From: Caroline Tully

Messages

1.

Steampunk

Posted by: "Tim Hartridge" ozpagan@ozpagan.com   wwwozpagancom

Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:51 pm (PST)



Steampunk fashion and now Steampunk Tarot.

http://www.facebook.com/Steampunktarot

vinum sabbati,
Tim

http://www.witchesworkshop.com

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2.

American Academy of Religion 2011

Posted by: "Caroline Tully" heliade@bigpond.com   willowitch2001

Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:52 pm (PST)



What I did at the American Academy of Religion 2011 annual meeting in San
Francisco

Thursday 17 November, 5.00pm

I was actually at the American Schools of Oriental Research annual meeting -
an archaeology conference - at this stage, having just presented my paper
for that conference. On this night however, my friend Sam and I went out to
dinner and the opera (Carmen) with Pagans, Fritz Muntean and Deborah Bender.
I did not officially transfer over to the American Academy of Religion
conference until the Saturday night, as per below:

Saturday, November 19, 9.00pm - 11.00pm

Northern California Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess welcomes
the American Academy of Religion and the San Francisco Bay Area Pagan
Community! (Hilton Hotel).

This was an amazing event that included representatives of Afro-Diasporic,
Ceremonial Magic, Druid, Heathen, Pagan, and Wiccan groups. There were over
30 different groups, organisations, and distinguished Elders present,
representing the Bay Area's diverse Pagan and Heathen scene.

Sunday, 20 November, 7.30am

Got up extremely early to attend a young scholars breakfast organised by the
Academic Dean of Cherry Hill Seminary, Wendy Griffin (it wasn't necessarily
for 'young' people, more early career researchers). Then we all went over to
the first session, listed just below:

Sunday, 9.00am - 11.30am

AAR Contemporary Pagan Studies Group and Religion and Ecology Group

Whitney Bauman, Florida International University Presiding. Theme: Elemental
Theology and Feminist Earth Practices. Panelists: Rosemary R. Reuther,
Claremont Graduate University; and Starhawk, Earth Activist Training.
Responding: Marion S. Grau, Graduate Theological Union; Jone Salomonsen,
University of Oslo; and Heather Eaton, Saint Paul University.

Lunch 11.30 - 1.00pm

I had lunch with Reclaiming Witch, Macha NightMare, who I have known online
for years. It was great to get to chat intensively with her and I can see
that if we had more time we could go on and on talking. Hope to do that some
other time!

1 - 2.30pm

AAR Contemporary Pagan Studies Group

Graham Harvey, Open University, Presiding. Theme: West Coast Pagan Practices
and Ideas. Papers: Christopher W. Chase, Iowa State University. Building a
California Bildung: Theodore Rozak's and Alan Watts' Contributions to Pagan
Hermeneutics; Kristy Coleman, Santa Clara University and San Jose State
University. Re-riting Women: Dianic Wicca; [and unfortunately cancelled]
Kerry Noonan, California State University, Northridge. "Wish They All Could
Be California Grrrls?": The Influence of California Women on the Goddess
Movement and Neo-Paganism. Responding: Fritz Muntean, Pomegranate: The
International Journal of Pagan Studies.

3.00 - 4.30pm

Simply had to go rest in my hotel room.

5.00pm - 6.30pm

Indigenous Religious Traditions Group

Jace Weaver, University of Georgia, Presiding. Theme: behind Enemy Lines.
Papers: Lee Gilmore, California State University Northridge, and Sabina
Magliocco, California State University Northridge. Pagans at the Parliament:
Interfaith Dialogue between Pagan and Indigenous Communities; Carmen
Landsdown. "Dances with Dependency": An Indigenous Theological Exploration
of Dependency and Development Theories and Their Influences on Liberation
Theology for the Twenty-first Century; [and an unfortunate no-show] Comfort
Max-Wirth, Florida International University. The Occult and Politics in
Ghana: Tapping into the Pentecostal Discourse of Demonizing African
Traditional Religion as a Political Strategy; [and another no-show!!!]
Orenda Boucher, Concordia University. Violence and the Grotesque of Sacred
Bodies: Iconography of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha.

6.30pm

Collapsed from tiredness in my hotel room.

Monday 21 November

7.30am

Through lack of sleep, unable to rise early enough to attend the Cherry Hill
Seminary breakfast. (Grrr!) Slept in sufficiently to be fresh for presenting
my paper today.

1.00pm - 3.30pm

AAR Contemporary Pagan Studies Group

Shawn Arthur, Appalachian State University, Presiding. Theme: Pagan Analysis
and Critique of "Religion". Papers: Suzanne Owen, Leeds Trinity.
Definitions, Decisions and Druids: Presenting Druidry as a Religion;
Christine Kraemer, Cherry Hill Seminary. Perceptions of Scholarship in
Contemporary Paganism; Helen Berger, Brandeis University. Fifteen Years of
Continuity and Change within the American Pagan Community; Caroline Tully,
University of Melbourne. Researching the Past is a Foreign Country:
Cognitive Dissonance as a Response by Practitioner Pagans to Academic
Research on the History of Pagan Religions. Business Meeting: Chas Clifton,
Colorado State University, Presiding.

4.00pm - 6.30pm

Western Esotericism Group

Cathy Gutierrez, Sweet Briar College, Presiding. Theme: Western Esotericism
and Material Culture. Papers: Egil Asprem, University of Amsterdam.
Technofetishism, Instrumentation, and the Materiality of Esoteric Knowledge;
Shawn Eyer, John F. Kennedy University. The Use of Tracing Boards and Other
Art Objects as Physical Aids of Symbolic Communication in the Rituals and
Practices of Freemasonry; Stephen Wehmeyer, Champlain College. Conjurational
Contraptions: "Techno-gnosis", Mechanical Wizardry, and the Material Culture
of African American Folk Magic; Henrik Bogdan, University of Gothenburg.
"Objets d'Art Noir", Magical Engines, and Gateways to Other Dimensions:
Understanding Hierophanies in Contemporary Occultism; Joseph Christian
Greer, Harvard University. Storming the Citadel for Knowledge, Aesthetics
and Profit: The Dreamachine in Twentieth Century Esotericism.

6.30 pm

European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism and Aries Reception

The European Society of the Study of Western Esotericism and its associated
journal Aries invite[d] current and potential members of ESSWE and current
and potential contributors to Aries to a reception to hear briefly about
plans for ESSWE and Aries, and to renew or extend contacts within the field.

(There was also a session on Saturday 19 November from 8.30am - 12.30pm that
I was invited to present in but which I could not attend, as I was still at
ASOR: Phoenix Rising Academy. Theme: Demons in the Academy? Renouncing
Rejected Knowledge, Again. Description: Join us for a special session
exploring the transdisciplinary options for balanced and integrative
approaches to Western Esotericism, while drawing attention to issued
relating to the focus on disinterested empiricism as the sole acceptable
method for the study of these topics. Integrative models and approaches
combining scholarly rigor with imaginative and sympathetic engagement have
long been established in many areas of the humanities and social sciences.
Yet the question of scholarly overengagment with their topic continues to be
a point of contention, while voices calling from channels of dialogue and
mutual understanding between scholars and practitioners in order to better
explore the application and potential of such epistemologies are frequently
met with suspicion in academic circles. In this session we seek to explore
ways to build bridges of fruitful communication and mutual understanding
between seemingly disparate voices and perspectives. Topics include:
Legitimate ways of knowing: experiential knowledge and/or symbolic
perception; How can we learn from each other? Bridging the
practitioner-scholar divide; Is history and discourse analysis enough?;
Paradigms for integration and applied transdisciplinary methodology.
Details: www.phoenixrising.org.gr/events

That's All Folks!

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3a.

Re: AAR in San Fran

Posted by: "Caroline Tully" heliade@bigpond.com   willowitch2001

Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:58 pm (PST)



Hi Graham,

Yes, my proposal *sounds* like it might be poking wounds and therefore
contribute to controversy, but I don't think it did. I have interests in
both camps - the Pagan practitioner and the scholars who study them - and
the scholars who are also Pagan, and the Pagans who are also scholars. It's
not a black and white antagonistic situation, there is a gradation of more
and less scholarly approaches to Paganism, and scholars are not laying down
'last words' on Pagan subjects, but simply contributing to the ongoing
discourse. I welcome the scholarship on modern Paganism, it helps me look at
Paganism from the outside, or from another angle. I think it's really
healthy and I find it stimulating.

~Caroline.

-----------

Many thanks for sharing Caroline - from reading the proposal, I'm sure yours
would have been a very interesting conference presentation, given the
controversial and potentially sensitive nature of the topic...

BB Graham.

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3b.

Re: AAR in San Fran

Posted by: "Graham" grahfurn@yahoo.com.au   grahfurn

Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:23 pm (PST)



Yep I couldn't agree more Caroline - approaching the study of paganism from both perspectives, as both objective scholar and practitioner, is a worthy path that relatively few would tread I'd suggest. I am no expert by any means, but I have to say that someone who greatly impresses me in this area is Prof Ronald Hutton, particularly after I read his book The Triumph of the Moon. However, I understand that even this seemingly very well researched and unbiased work has attracted some criticism and controversyfrom various parties - so I guess no matter what one might produce, there will always be others who will counter it - but that's the nature of the subject I suppose... a potential minefield of differing interpretations of historical finds, mythology, traditions, lineages, etc. All compounded by the deeply personal and spiritual nature of the topic - so I definitely wish you well with your work and hope you won't be deterred by such things.

Also, I think that unfortunately, because much of the ancient knowledge and wisdom was so culturally diverse, largely passed down through word of mouth, and even repressed in more recent times, there will always be a great deal that we will never know. But that may not be such a bad thing, as it will ensure that the element of mystery remains - waiting for new followers to re-discover, interpret, develop and pass on the mystical experience in their own way, leading to neo-paganism being an adaptive path - which is one of its greatest strengths I'd suggest - something that the so-called "book religions" struggle greatly with.

Once more many thanks for all of the interesting posts you regularly provide, which are always read and appreciated :)

Blessings and best wishes, Graham.

________________________________
From: Caroline Tully <heliade@bigpond.com>
To: WitchesWorkshop@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 28 November 2011 7:28 AM
Subject: [WitchesWorkshop] Re: AAR in San Fran


 
Hi Graham,

Yes, my proposal *sounds* like it might be poking wounds and therefore
contribute to controversy, but I don't think it did. I have interests in
both camps - the Pagan practitioner and the scholars who study them - and
the scholars who are also Pagan, and the Pagans who are also scholars. It's
not a black and white antagonistic situation, there is a gradation of more
and less scholarly approaches to Paganism, and scholars are not laying down
'last words' on Pagan subjects, but simply contributing to the ongoing
discourse. I welcome the scholarship on modern Paganism, it helps me look at
Paganism from the outside, or from another angle. I think it's really
healthy and I find it stimulating.

~Caroline.

-----------

Many thanks for sharing Caroline - from reading the proposal, I'm sure yours
would have been a very interesting conference presentation, given the
controversial and potentially sensitive nature of the topic...

BB Graham.

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4.

What I did at the American Schools of Oriental Research annual meeti

Posted by: "Caroline Tully" heliade@bigpond.com   willowitch2001

Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:22 pm (PST)



For anyone who's interested, this is what I did at the American Schools of
Oriental Research annual meeting in San Francisco, November 2011 - and why I
was SO TIRED by the time I got to the Covenant of the Goddess AAR reception!
So tired..

http://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-i-did-at-american-schools-of.
html

~Caroline.

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