Drawing Down the Moon
A major survey of American Neopaganism (ca. 1985) from a sociological/anthropological perspective by Margot Adler, this volume doesn’t so much teach how to practice Paganism as it does describe what Pagans are like and what they do (or at least what they were like, and were doing, back around 1985 – but things don’t seem to have changed much since then). Essentially, it’s a book about Pagans instead of on Paganism, which makes it nearly unique and quite useful.
Aside from giving a broad overview of Neopaganism the book also surveys various traditions in depth, and provides the results of a general survey circulated among the Pagan community in 1985, detailing such things as occupation, former religion, how people found their way to Paganism, and attitudes toward secrecy, drugs, etc.
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A major survey of American Neopaganism (ca. 1985) from a sociological/anthropological perspective by Margot Adler, this volume doesn’t so much teach how to practice Paganism as it does describe what Pagans are like and what they do (or at least what they were like, and were doing, back around 1985 – but things don’t seem to have changed much since then). Essentially, it’s a book about Pagans instead of on Paganism, which makes it nearly unique and quite useful.