Re-Riting Woman » (New Edition)

Re-riting Woman is an ethnographic study of Dianic Wicca, a modern Pagan religion in which the divine is solely feminine. Kristy S. Coleman explores Dianic Witchcraft, what it really means to practice Wicca today, and how our understanding of womanhood can change with the experience of a divine feminine.

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 The Circle of Aradia Dianic Witches: Organization and Herstory 13

2 The Dianic Religion: Philosophy, Thealogy, Ethics, and Practice 31

3 In Their Own Words: Circle of Aradia and the Goddess 63

4 Dianic Seasonal Rituals 85

5 Luce Irigaray's Le Féminin 123

6 Ritual Efficacy and Symbolic Alternatives 147

7 Problems and Potentials: Circle of Aradia Dianic Rites 157

8 Power: Dianic Theory and Practice 173

Conclusion 207

Glossary 211

Notes 213

Bibliography 243

Index 249

About the Author 257