Ostara 1999 Newsletter Periodical Review Gnosis (Number 48, Summer 1998) "A Journal of Western Inner Traditions" (Canada)

If you are interested in contemporary debate about the history and currency of Wicca and Neo-Paganism, then you should try and track down a copy of the latest issue of Gnosis. This magazine contains eight in-depth articles discussing the history (real and perceived) of Wicca; our understanding and relationship of and with nature; the Goddess movement; and a great look at some books with very shaky foundations. There is also an interview with Starhawk and Carol Christ about academia in Paganism. The articles are a frank and brutal examination of Wicca and Paganism, in an attempt to debunk the romantic history that is sometimes painted by contemporary Wiccan and Pagan scholarship. I think that if you are after some honest debate and thinking, without the attempt to make Wicca seem hundreds and thousands of years old, then you should get a copy of this magazine.

(Editors note: copies are available at Adyar Bookshop for about $15. Other "new age" stores might also have a copy. If you are unable to get a copy, please send me a buisiness sized SSAE and I will forward a copy of the relevant articles to you.)