Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
This study looks at the meeting point of witchcraft, paganism and gay life in the twentieth century. The author argues that many gay men and lesbians have turned to pagan and occult traditions to reclaim a spirituality that mainstream churches denied them, and he traces how such currents took shape among the counterculture of the 1970s. He also considers the parallels drawn between the persecution of witches in early modern Europe and the treatment of homosexuals, and he examines the emerging radical faerie movement, a loose network of gay spiritual communities. Written for readers curious about queer spiritual heritage, it blends history with the author's own advocacy.
Liked Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
Gay Witchcraft: Empowering the Tribe Shares witchcraft, magick, LGBT -
The Complete Book of Magic And Witchcraft: Revised Edition Shares witchcraft, magick, spirituality -
Old World Witchcraft: Ancient Ways for Modern Days Shares witchcraft, paganism, occult -
Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages Shares witchcraft, history, nonfiction
“People who read Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture tend to reach for these next.”
“If you want more of the same (history about witch), start with these.”
“If it was the witchcraft that hooked you, try one of these.”
“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”
-
Wide-Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965
-
How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization: The Time and Heroic Story of How Gay Men Shaped the Modern World
-
The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
-
The Pagan Book of Halloween: A Complete Guide to the Magick, Incantations, Recipes, Spells, and Lore