The Spider Dance - Tradition, Time, and Healing in Southern Italy - Giovanna Parmigiani

The Spider Dance - Tradition, Time, and Healing in Southern Italy - Giovanna Parmigiani

Il Matto / The Fool

The Spider Dance - Tradition, Time, and Healing in Southern Italy - Giovanna Parmigiani

Giovanna Parmigiani [+-]
Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University
Giovanna Parmigiani holds a Ph.D. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from the University of Toronto, is a Lecturer on Religion and Cultural Anthropology at Harvard Divinity School and a Research Associate at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University.

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This chapter presents the fieldwork, informants, and the research methods used through the description of a particular ethnographic moment that proved to be central in the fieldwork experience: the author's first Tarot reading. It describes many of the most common beliefs and practices of Pagan, Wiccan, and New Age spiritualities that trhe author encountered during the fieldwork, representing a sort of “introduction” to New Age and Neopagan spiritualities.

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Parmigiani, Giovanna. Il Matto / The Fool. The Spider Dance - Tradition, Time, and Healing in Southern Italy. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 1-73 Sep 2024. ISBN 9781800505131. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=40111. Date accessed: 10 Dec 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.40111. Sep 2024

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