Understanding supernatural belief and new spiritualities (5SL502) THR September 2012 - June 2013 
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Alternative Religions - October 2003 (Paperback)0754634108,9780754634102
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Supplementary texts 18 items
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Witchcraft and magic: contemporary North America - [2006?]0812219716,9780812219715
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The channeling zone: American spirituality in an anxious age - 19970674108825
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Cults and new religious movements: a reader - 20031405101806,1405101814
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Cults and new religious movements: a reader - 2003 (electronic resource)
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American folklore and the mass media - c19940253208440,0253316774
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Aliens, ghosts, and cults: legends we live - c20011578063256
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Paranormal beliefs: a sociological introduction - c20001577660765
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The nature of magic: an anthropology of consciousness - 20051845200942,1845200950
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The nature of magic: an anthropology of consciousness - 2005 (electronic resource)
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The triumph of the moon: a history of modern pagan witchcraft - 20010192854496
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The triumph of the moon: a history of modern pagan witchcraft - 1999 (electronic resource)
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The stations of the sun: a history of the ritual year in Britain - 20000192854488
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The re-enchantment of the West - 20040567084086
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Nature religion today: paganism in the modern world - , , c1998074861057X
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The witch in history: early modern and twentieth-century representations - 19960415087619,0415087627
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Malevolent nurture: witch-hunting and maternal power in early modern England - 19950801430046,0801481945
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Breaking the magic spell: radical theories of folk and fairy tales - 20020813190304
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Peer-Reviewed Journals 5 items
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Pomegranate: the international journal of pagan studies
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Magic, ritual, and witchcraft c2006-
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The following is a list of non-academic texts that may be of use or of interest to you. It is worth remember that these should, in all instances, be treated as data. They are primary texts that you may analyse but they should not be used as 'proof' of anything beyond the beliefs of a particular individual or group or a production company's perception of 'what the public wants'. This is in no way a definitive list, in many instances it is simply what popped into my head; you may well have your own ideas about what should be on this list. If so, then perhaps you could consider how the examples you have thought of might be incorporated into your assignment. Many of the books can be picked up relatively cheaply – second hand from eBay, Amazon and so on but also from charity shops. Oxfam in Derby has a relatively quickly changing 'New Age'/'Spirituality' section that might be worth browsing through.
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Non-Fiction 6 items
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The modern antiquarian: a pre-millennial odyssey through megalithic Britain including a gazetteer to over 300 prehistoric sites - 19980722535996,9780722535998
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Wicca: the old religion in the new millennium - 19960722532717
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The golden bough: a study in magic and religion - 19570333096290
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The golden bough: a study of magic and religion - 1890 (electronic resource)
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The new view over Atlantis - 2001050027312X
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The Prophesied End-Time Revealed: Ronald Weinland's Books -
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Fiction 2 itemsMany of these are series with only the first in the series mentioned
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'Casting the runes' and other ghost stories - , 19870192817191
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The night watch - 20070099489929,9780099489924
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New Media 12 items
Video and computer games offer too tough a challenge for me to confront - I don't play them a ggreat deal but am aware that many feature supernatural themes so I can acknowledge the presence of these themes without providing any representative list.
There are many, many websites which offer insight into people's belief in the supernatural. Again, there are so many potential examples that such a list seems almost superfluous. Nonetheless each of the following are good introductions to particular aspects of a broader understaning of 'supernatural belief'. You will notice that there is a Facebook group associated with this module. It's not yet become apparant what to do with this so I am more than happy to listen to your suggestions. Perhaps using the message boards there to complete a list of computer and video games with supernatural themes to go into next year's handbook?
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Website Full reference: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7704047566
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Official Church of Satan Website
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Weekly Overview 99 items
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Introduction 2 items
An overview of the module's main themes. I have provided an extract from Purkiss below as it identifies the dangers of projecting contemporary concerns onto historical events; primarily it is a danger of losing sight of the original event as such in one's rush to claim solidarity with the agents or subject of thet history. Remember that this is an extract and interested students are strongly advised to read the chapter - indeed the book - as a whole, as is the case for all extracts given.
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A World Disenchanted? Modernity, rationality and the supernatural 11 items
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Compulsory reading 2 items
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Describing secularization - 2011
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Certainties of modernity - 1996
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Suggested reading 9 items
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Introduction (Chapter 1) - in - The nature of magic: an anthropology of consciousness1845200942,1845200950
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Introduction (Chapter 1) in The nature of magic: an anthropology of consciousness
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Magic science and religion - [2011]1162902523
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An analysis and explanation of magic (Chapter 4) - in -A general theory of magic0415253969,0415255503,9780415253963,9780415255509
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The Golden Bough (Chapter 4) - in - Mimesis and alterity: a particular history of the senses0415906865,0415906873
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Science as Vocation - in - From Max Weber: essays in sociology0415060567
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The persistence of archetypes and folk beliefs 8 items
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The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales - 19910140137270
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English fairy tales - 19941853261335
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The Supernatural as liminal transgression 13 items
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Oedipus and the Devil - 1994
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Suggested reading 11 items
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Ambiguity and Sexuality in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Sartrean Analysis - in - Sexualities - 2003
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Vampires: Children of the Night (Chapter 3) - in - Horror: a thematic history in fiction and film0340762527,0340762535
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Women's "Cocoon Work" in New Religious Movements - in - Cults and new religious movements: a reader1405101806,1405101814
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Women's "Cocoon Work" in New Religious Movements - in - Cults and new religious movements: a reade
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Alternative Spiritualities and the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism - in - Culture and Religion - 2003
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Metaphor into Metonymy: The Vampire Next Door - in - Blood read: the vampire as metaphor in contemporary culture0812216288,0812234197
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Case Study 1: Ghosts & Hauntings 13 items
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Stephen King's Vintage Ghost-Cars: A Modern-Day Haunting - 2004
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Suggested reading 12 items
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American nightmares: the haunted house formula in American popular fiction - c19990879727896,087972790X
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Alas, poor ghost!: traditions of belief in story and discourse - c19990874212774,0874212782
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Haunting the house of fiction: feminist perspectives on ghost stories by American women - , c19910870496883
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Most Haunted and the Convergence of Traditional Belief and Popular Television - in - Folklore - 2007
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The dollarization of Vietnamese ghost money - in - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute - 2007
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Ghosts, Spirits and Scholars: The Origins of Modern Spiritualism - in - Out of the ordinary: folklore and the supernatural - 0874211913,0874211964
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Repentant Soul or Walking Corpse? Debatable Apparitions - in - Folklore - 2003
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Spectral America: phantoms and the national imagination - c20040299199509,0299199541
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Ghost Train - in - Postcolonial Studies - 2007
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Case Study 2: Angels, Celebrities and Folk Religion 12 items
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Compulsory reading 4 items
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Techgnosis, American-Style - 1999
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Quasi-Religions - 2003
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Suggested reading 8 items
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Rumour of Angels: A legend of the First World War - in - Folklore - 2002
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Rumours of Angels: A Response to Simpson - in - Folklore - 2004
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The Vetlatori Dance: “Little Angels go to Heaven”’ - in - Folklore - , 2010
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Case Study 3: 'The Witch' 30 items
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Part 1 - Early Histories & Persecutions 9 items
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Compulsory reading 1 item
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Men Against Women: The Gendering of Witchcraft - 2002
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Suggested reading (at least two of the following) 8 items
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"By the Strength of Fancie": Witchcraft and the Early Modern Imagination - in - Folklore - 2004
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Sexual and spiritual politics in the events of 1633-34 - chapter in - The Lancashire witches: histories and stories0719062039,0719062047
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Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England: a regional and comparative study - , 19990415196116,0415196124
Book In particular see Chapter 11. Witchcraft prosecutions and social phenomena (1): personality, sex, age and marriage & Chapter 12. Witchcraft prosecutions and social phenomena (2): kin and neighbours
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Part 2 - Survivals, Remade and Commodification 21 items
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Compulsory reading 3 items
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A Tangled Web: paradoxical elements’ - Chapter 8 in - The nature of magic: an anthropology of consciousness1845200942,1845200950
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At Play in the Fields of the Past: Modern Witches - 1996
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Suggested reading 18 items
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Wicca as Modern-Day Mystery Religion - in - Paganism today0722532334
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Wicca: the old religion in the new millennium - 19960722532717
Book Earlier edition also available in the library. Slightly different title: Wicca: the old religion in the new age
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The history of British magic after Crowley: Kenneth Grant, Amado Crowley, Chaos magic, Satanism, Lovecraft, The Left Hand Path, blasphemy and magical morality - 20079780955523700
Book See chapter 2 - How do we KNOW that we know?
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The Occult Novels of Dion Fortune - in - Journal of Gender Studies - 2007
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To Me , It was Magic: Nature Mysticism and Feminist Power - in - Gender Issues - 2007
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The Roots of Modern Paganism - in - Paganism today0722532334
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Demarcating the field: Paganism, Wicca and Witchcraft - in - DISKUS - 2000
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The anthropology of religion, magic, and witchcraft - , 20080205516238
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Category Formation and the History of 'New Age' - in - Culture and religion
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Case Study 4: Satan and Social Workers 10 items
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Explaining Belief - 1998
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Suggested reading (at least two of the following) 9 items
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The Cultural Construction of Contemporary Satanic Legends in Israel - in - Folklore - 2005
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Raising the devil: Satanism, new religions, and the media - c20000813121701
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Lucifer ascending: the occult in folklore and popular culture - 20030813122899
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Extreme metal: music and culture on the edge - 20071845203984,1845203992,9781845203986,9781845203993
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The lure of the dark side: satan and western demonology in popular culture - , 20089781845533090,9781845533106
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Satanic panic: the creation of a contemporary legend - c19930812691911,081269192X
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Concluding Remarks on a World Re-enchanted 9 items
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A ‘Fag Ending’ of the Sacred or Fit for the Future?’ - Chapter 8 in - Spiritualities of life: new age romanticism and consumptive capitalism1405139374,1405139382,9781405139373,9781405139380
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The Re-Enchantment of the West - 2005
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Suggested reading (at least one of the following) 6 items
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Why Paranormalism? - 2000
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The Scouring of the Shire: Fairies, Trolls and Pixies in Eco-Protest Culture - in - Folklore - 2001
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Viscerality, Faith and Skepticism: Another Theory of Magic - 2003
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Copyright Cleared Resources 1 item
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Understanding Supernatural Belief and New Spiritualities
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