Iron Mountain: A Journal of Magical Religion (Artemisia Press) 1, no.4 (Spring 1986).

Permission for the creation of this digital asset was granted by Chas S. Clifton who also graciously loaned his personal copies to be digitized for inclusion in Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections’ New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library. On the Slopes of Iron Mountain -- Letters to the Editor: Doreen Valiente -- Re-vamping the World: On the Return of the Holy Prostitute / by Deena Metzger -- Magical Religion Pervades Brazil / by Carol Dow, Ph.D. -- Book Reviews: Straight With the Medicine: Narratives of Washoe Followers of the Tipi Way as told to Warren L. D’Azevedo / by Greg Heming ; Dancers to the Gods: The Magical Records of Charles Seymour and Christine Hartley 1937-1939 / Edited and introduced by Alan Richardson / by Chas S. Clifton ; Deviance and Moral Boundaries: Witchcraft, the Occult Science Fiction Deviant Sciences and Scientists by Nachman Ben-Yehuda ; Magical Blend ; Shaman’s Drum ; Gnosis ; Handbooks for Urban Shamans by Church of Seven Arrows ; The Kwan Yin Book of Changes by Diane Stein ; Don Juan, Mescalito and Modern Magic: The Mythology of Inner Space by Nevill Drury ; The Witches’ Qabala: Book 1, The Goddess and the Tree by Ellen Cannon Reed / by Carrie Brennan ; The Sacred Paw: The Bear in Nature, Myth and Literature by Paul Shepard and Barry Sanders ; Asatru Anthology by Asatru Free Assembly ; Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham -- Photographs by Carol Dow: The Blending of elements from several traditions is apparent in the furnishing of this altar ; Food, flowers and candles are offered to Yemanjá on a Beach in Rio de Janeiro ; White-clad Worshippers Gather on Rio Beach for festival of YemanjáIron Mountain was Chas Clifton’s attempt to bring together the “professors and the practitioners” into a single source and provided an avenue for the Wiccans and Pagans being studied to respond to research being done on them. Although only four issues were published the contents are well stocked with articles and rebuttals from contemporary scholars and practitioners recognized as shapers of the Wiccan movement that we know today. It is a publication “devoted to the exploration of religious forms, practices, both ancient and modern, which emphasize the magical, shamanic and metaphysical elements.” Articles are topped off with reviews, poetry, artwork and photographs. It also holds the honor for being the inspiration of the first Pagan peer-reviewed Journal: The Pomegranate

Iron Mountain: A Journal of Magical Religion (Artemisia Press) 1, no.3 (Fall 1985)

Permission for the creation of this digital asset was granted by Chas S. Clifton who also graciously loaned his personal copies to be digitized for inclusion in Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections’ New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library. On the Slopes of Iron Mountain -- Letters to the Editors. Doreen Valiente ; Deborah Bender ; Aidan Kelly’s response to Doreen Valiente’s letter to the editor -- Designing Effective Rituals / P.E.I. Bonewits -- Moon in My Blood: The Story of the Starets Rasputin. The Death Ship ; Istinnaia Vera- THe Pure True Faith ; Brotherhood of the Wanderers ; Sunshine’s Friend ; Suppliant Petitions Strangely Fulfilled ; The Dancing Starets ; Revolt Against the Holy Devil ; Murder with the Gypsy Guitar. Part 1 ; Murder with the Gypsy Guitar. Part 2 ; The Ghost in Pargolovo Forest ; / poem by Rochelle Lynn Holt -- A Goddess Arrives: The Novels of Dion Fortune in the Development of Gardnerian Witchcraft / by Chas S. Clifton -- As I See It… Small Group Ministry / by Judy Harrow -- Book Reviews: The Occult in American: New Historical Perspectives edited by Howard Kerr and Charles L. Crow ; Voodoo Contra by Robert Gover ; Crystal Power by Michael G. Smith ; Magical Rites from the Crystal Well by Ed Fitch ; Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion: An Anthropological Study of the Supernatural edited by Arthur C. Lehmann and James E. MyersIron Mountain was Chas Clifton’s attempt to bring together the “professors and the practitioners” into a single source and provided an avenue for the Wiccans and Pagans being studied to respond to research being done on them. Although only four issues were published the contents are well stocked with articles and rebuttals from contemporary scholars and practitioners recognized as shapers of the Wiccan movement that we know today. It is a publication “devoted to the exploration of religious forms, practices, both ancient and modern, which emphasize the magical, shamanic and metaphysical elements.” Articles are topped off with reviews, poetry, artwork and photographs. It also holds the honor for being the inspiration of the first Pagan peer-reviewed Journal: The Pomegranate

A Mixed Blessing: Market-Mediated Religious Authority in Neopaganism

This research explores how marketplace dynamics affect religious authority in the context of Neopagan religion. Drawing on an interpretivist study of Wiccan practitioners in Italy, we reveal that engagement with the market may cause considerable, ongoing tensions, based on the inherent contradictions that are perceived to exist between spirituality and commercial gain. As a result, market success is a mixed blessing that can increase religious authority and influence, but is just as likely to decrease authority and credibility. Using an extended case study method, we propose a theoretical framework that depicts the links between our informants’ situated experiences and the macro-level factors affecting religious authority as it interacts with market-mediated dynamics at the global level. Overall, our study extends previous work in macromarketing that has looked at religious authority in the marketplace) and how the processes of globalization are affecting religion

Nine Apples: A Neopagan Anthology

1 Electronic record(s) and derivatives. PDF. 100 pages. 7645351 bytes.Spring: She to her Lord of the Seasons / Molly Bloom -- The Dance / Molly Bloom -- Brighet / Andraste -- Breaking Ground / Karla Clarke Gipe -- Poem Written by Moonlight / Karla Clarke Gipe -- It is the New Moon / Juliane K. Tate -- Three Golden Apples / Olivia Robertson -- Gathering Invocation / David Gray, NAC -- Tautha de Danaan / Katherine Clark -- Design / R. Nicholas Taylor -- Spring Moon / Noel-Ann Brennan -- Haiku 1 and 2 / Patricia Ann Treat -- Packed House / Stewart Farrar -- All Points Bulletin / Pattalee G. Ford -- Phoenix Ritual / Karen Alexander -- My Poems are Small / Prairie Jackson Summer: The Trees of Annwfn / Gwydion Pendderwen -- Gaia / Hallie Inglehart -- To My Androsphinx / Daniela Gioseffi -- The Cave and The Moon / John Damon -- Invocation to the Moon Goddess / Cerridwen Fallingstar -- The Light Bearer / Edwin Crusoe -- Her Solstice / Katharine Clark -- Siuslaw; Migrations / Phillip Foss Jr. -- The Feminine Gardener / Daniela Gioseffi -- Prayer / Nancy B. Watson -- The Origin of the Witch's Calendar / Houston Roberts Autumn: Apple Poem / Chas S. Clifton -- Great Hunter / Ed Engle -- Two Poems / Ed Engle -- Properties Shared by the Black Hole of Modern Astronomy and The Magic Circle of Tradition / Frederick Adams -- The Eve of All Hallows / R. Nicholas Taylor -- Metampsychosis / Gwydion Pendderwen -- Has Anybody Seen My Cat? / Ellen Cannon -- To a Statue Destroyed by Vandals / John Damon -- Black Sky Waiting / Prairie Jackson -- Autumn Eclipse / Meriel Riggs -- The Witches / Katharine Clark -- Wicca / Sonya Grenchenko -- Garden of the Gods, Colorado / Susan Zwinger -- Cry / Nancy B. Watson -- Going Downriver / Chas S. Clifton Winter: Last Glimpse of the Snow Queen / Chas S. Clifton -- Stonehenge / Katharine Clark -- You Have Called Me Devil / Megeara -- Genesis Restated / Barry Martin -- Discovered Rot at My Bone / Susan Zwinger -- In Celebration of Kahiros / Thomas M. Ott -- Speakers in the Wilderness / David McQueen -- A Woman's Buttocks / Daniela Gioseffi -- Winter Solstice / Prairie Jackson -- The Fourth True Tale / Marah -- The Fault Line / Sonya Grenchenko -- Durga / Molly Bloom -- DiaMater / Molly Bloom -- Moon-days and Sun-nights / Karla Clarke Gip

Iron Mountain: A Journal of Magical Religion (Artemisia Press) [1, no. 1] (Summer 1984)

Permission for the creation of this digital asset was granted by Chas S. Clifton who also graciously loaned his personal copies to be digitized for inclusion in Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections’ New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library. On the Slopes of Iron Mountain -- Spinning the Medicine Wheel / Joseph Bruchac -- High School Magic: An Interview with Religious Consultant Jim McCarthy / Chas Clifton and Mary Clifton -- Notes on Ritual Drumming / John Vye -- Remedy for Drought / poem by Donald Levering -- The Man Who Wanted to be an Owl / poem by Joseph Bruchac -- Inventing Witchcraft / Aidan Kelley -- Pagan Renaissance and Wiccan Witchcraft in Industrial Society / George Kirkpatrick, Kathryn Rubi, and Rich Rainey -- ‘Pagan Renaissance:’ Responses. Asking the Wrong Questions / Chas Clifton ; A Good Survey Turned to Trash / Ann Forfreedom ; Quibbles with Kirkpatrick / Isaac Bonewits -- Myth, Ritual and Symbolism / Janet Farrar and Stewart Farrar -- Book Reviews by Chas Clifton: Earth Power by Scott Cunningham ; Practical Color Magick by Ray Buckland ; The Magician by Gini Graham Scott -- Contributors. Photographs: Religious consultant Jim McCarthy with bones of squirrels killed by teenage “Satanist” and kris-style ritual dagger / by Chas S. Clifton ; Typical altar of Neopagan Gardnerian Witchcraft priest and priestess / Tom Shanahan ; Statue of Diana in Sutro Park, San Francisco / Chas S. Clifton.Iron Mountain was Chas Clifton’s attempt to bring together the “professors and the practitioners” into a single source and provided an avenue for the Wiccans and Pagans being studied to respond to research being done on them. Although only four issues were published the contents are well stocked with articles and rebuttals from contemporary scholars and practitioners recognized as shapers of the Wiccan movement that we know today. It is a publication “devoted to the exploration of religious forms, practices, both ancient and modern, which emphasize the magical, shamanic and metaphysical elements.” Articles are topped off with reviews, poetry, artwork and photographs. It also holds the honor for being the inspiration of the first Pagan peer-reviewed Journal: The Pomegranate

Pagan Census Project

Andras Corban Arthen, and Helen Berger. "Pagan Census Project." (Medford, MA: EarthSpirit Community, 1993). 1 electronic document [pdf], 5 pages, 7614114 bytes.This is the survey for the Pagan Census Project with the purpose of documenting the size and diversity of the Contemporary Pagan movement. This photocopy contains Chas Clifton's answers to the survey. The survey was conducted by Andras Corban Arthen of The EarthSpirit Community and Helen Berger, Brandeis University. Findings from the survey were published in Berger's Voices from the Pagan Census: A National Survey of Witches and Neo-Pagans in the United States and published by the University of South Carolina Press in 2003 with Evan A. Leach and Leigh S. Shaffer as co-authors

Iron Mountain: A Journal of Magical Religion (Artemisia Press) [1, no. 2] (Winter 1985)

Permission for the creation of this digital asset was granted by Chas S. Clifton who also graciously loaned his personal copies to be digitized for inclusion in Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections’ New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library. On the slopes of Iron Mountain -- Letters to the Editor: John Crank ; Meredydd Barrowman-Harper ; Sun Bear (excepted from Akwesasne Noted) -- Carlos Castaneda: A True Shaman After All? / Phil Carson -- The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Interview with Jose Cuellar / Michael McNierney and Patrick McNierney -- Magical Autobiography and its Practitioners / Chas S. Clifton -- When Magic Fails: Rationalization in North American Shamanism / Linda Miller Van Blerkom -- Book Reviews: Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic by Edred Thorsson ; Magic & Music: The Language of the Gods Revealed by Juanita Wescott ; The Rebirth of Pan: Hidden Faces of the American Earth Spirit by Jim Brandon ; Twilight of the Gods by Michael Baran ; A Garden of Virtues by Sidney J. Taylor ; Metaphysics: The Science of Life by Anthony J. Fisichella ; The Bright Angel Within You by Eleanor Wright ;The Eternal Dance: Reincarnation, Hypnosis and Spiritual Synthesis ; That With Is -- Contributors to this Issue -- AnnouncementsIron Mountain was Chas Clifton’s attempt to bring together the “professors and the practitioners” into a single source and provided an avenue for the Wiccans and Pagans being studied to respond to research being done on them. Although only four issues were published the contents are well stocked with articles and rebuttals from contemporary scholars and practitioners recognized as shapers of the Wiccan movement that we know today. It is a publication “devoted to the exploration of religious forms, practices, both ancient and modern, which emphasize the magical, shamanic and metaphysical elements.” Articles are topped off with reviews, poetry, artwork and photographs. It also holds the honor for being the inspiration of the first Pagan peer-reviewed Journal: The Pomegranate