A Review of Andrew Dawson’s Santo Daime: A New World Religion
What is it that draws modern middle class individuals to a highly ecstatic and mystic religious culture in light of the increasing presence of scientific rationalism and reductionism? Andrew Dawson’s book has led me closer to finding the answer.
A Viable, Contemporary Neopaganism
Praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary conjures up much earlier goddesses, too, of which she has become, so to speak, a repository. None of this was clear to me until about fifteen years ago, and I still marvel at this neopagan phenomenon in disguise.
