Re-riting Woman presents the first in-depth ethnographic study of
Dianic Wicca. Its subject, Circle of Aradia, is a branch of the
religion based in the Los Angeles area. This religion-of, by, and
for women-conceives the Divine as exclusively female, and has
infused feminism into Wicca worldwide. Kristy S. Coleman combines
ethnography with theory to present a full account of what Dianic
Witches' lived practice looks like and what it means. The theorist
of focus, Luce Irigaray, asserts that women must reclaim their own
space and imagine the Divine as female to achieve full
emancipation. Moreover, Irigaray's critical analysis of Western
culture creates a subtext that clarifies what is at stake in this
practice. Thick description of seasonal rituals dispels fears and
stereotypes about Wicca, and offers readers a comforting
familiarity and shared healing. Coleman employs ritual theory to
suggest why and how these rites wield such meaning-altering
possibilities. Practitioners' statements that describe a shift in
worldview and self-conception elicit Coleman's proposal that Dianic
rituals re(w)rite the valuation and meaning of woman. Dianic
women's stories reveal both the transformative power of the
tradition's practice and the organization's challenges related to
power politics.
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