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Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Jul 21, 2014
Taylor & Francis eBooks, Feb 16, 2010
Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic Shamanistic practices known as seidr, often involving interactions with... more Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic Shamanistic practices known as seidr, often involving interactions with the spirit world and states of altered consciousness, lie at the heart of the pagan religions of Northern Europe. This accessible study explores the ways in which seidr, a key ...
Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic, 2003
In a study of 16 dual-earner two-parent families, parents of young children were asked to describ... more In a study of 16 dual-earner two-parent families, parents of young children were asked to describe and give reasons for their daily domestic labour practices and childcare arrangements. Their descriptions confirm findings from previous studies, that with few exceptions women in the labour force continue to perform the bulk of domestic labour, and carry responsibility for the organization of housework and childcare.
This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric ... more This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric 'sacred sites' and their appropriation by a wide range of interested or concerned groups. In examining and theorising competing constructions of 'sacredness' and its inscription today, we will draw on examples from well-known and less well-know British prehistoric places, to illustrate how claims and appropriations emerge from spiritual and political processes, and to question how places are themselves agents in the demarcation of their own sacredness. We focus on contemporary pagans as ‘new-indigenes’ and their engagements with the past and performances of spirituality on the stage of the heritage of Britain, as examined in our ‘Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/Rights Project’ (www.sacredsites.or.uk), now in its fifth year. From the deposition of votive offerings at West Kennet long barrow and long-running disputes over access to Stonehenge as a ‘sacred site’, to the displa...
The prehistoric stone circles of Britain, Stonehenge in particular, have achieved iconic status i... more The prehistoric stone circles of Britain, Stonehenge in particular, have achieved iconic status in contemporary culture. Images of them appear on postcards, in advertisements, in newspaper cartoons and repeatedly in television documentaries, to the extent that stone ...
Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive. Sheffield Hallam University Research ... BLAIN, Jen... more Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive. Sheffield Hallam University Research ... BLAIN, Jenny (2011). Hills of the ancestors, townscapes of artisans. In: MACLELLAN, Gordon, (ed.) The Wanton Green. Mandrake of Oxford. (In Press). This is the latest version of this item. ...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 713676039, Aug 2, 2010
British Archaeology, 2004
Sociobiological Perspectives on Human Development, 1988
Archaeology of Spiritualities, 2012
Handbook of Contemporary Paganism, 2009
This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric ... more This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric 'sacred sites' and their appropriation by a wide range of interested or concerned groups. In examining and theorising competing constructions of 'sacredness' and its inscription today, we will draw on examples from well-known and less well-know British prehistoric places, to illustrate how claims and appropriations emerge from spiritual
Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Jul 21, 2014
Taylor & Francis eBooks, Feb 16, 2010
Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic Shamanistic practices known as seidr, often involving interactions with... more Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic Shamanistic practices known as seidr, often involving interactions with the spirit world and states of altered consciousness, lie at the heart of the pagan religions of Northern Europe. This accessible study explores the ways in which seidr, a key ...
Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic, 2003
In a study of 16 dual-earner two-parent families, parents of young children were asked to describ... more In a study of 16 dual-earner two-parent families, parents of young children were asked to describe and give reasons for their daily domestic labour practices and childcare arrangements. Their descriptions confirm findings from previous studies, that with few exceptions women in the labour force continue to perform the bulk of domestic labour, and carry responsibility for the organization of housework and childcare.
This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric ... more This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric 'sacred sites' and their appropriation by a wide range of interested or concerned groups. In examining and theorising competing constructions of 'sacredness' and its inscription today, we will draw on examples from well-known and less well-know British prehistoric places, to illustrate how claims and appropriations emerge from spiritual and political processes, and to question how places are themselves agents in the demarcation of their own sacredness. We focus on contemporary pagans as ‘new-indigenes’ and their engagements with the past and performances of spirituality on the stage of the heritage of Britain, as examined in our ‘Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/Rights Project’ (www.sacredsites.or.uk), now in its fifth year. From the deposition of votive offerings at West Kennet long barrow and long-running disputes over access to Stonehenge as a ‘sacred site’, to the displa...
The prehistoric stone circles of Britain, Stonehenge in particular, have achieved iconic status i... more The prehistoric stone circles of Britain, Stonehenge in particular, have achieved iconic status in contemporary culture. Images of them appear on postcards, in advertisements, in newspaper cartoons and repeatedly in television documentaries, to the extent that stone ...
Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive. Sheffield Hallam University Research ... BLAIN, Jen... more Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive. Sheffield Hallam University Research ... BLAIN, Jenny (2011). Hills of the ancestors, townscapes of artisans. In: MACLELLAN, Gordon, (ed.) The Wanton Green. Mandrake of Oxford. (In Press). This is the latest version of this item. ...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 713676039, Aug 2, 2010
British Archaeology, 2004
Sociobiological Perspectives on Human Development, 1988
Archaeology of Spiritualities, 2012
Handbook of Contemporary Paganism, 2009
This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric ... more This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric 'sacred sites' and their appropriation by a wide range of interested or concerned groups. In examining and theorising competing constructions of 'sacredness' and its inscription today, we will draw on examples from well-known and less well-know British prehistoric places, to illustrate how claims and appropriations emerge from spiritual
Should researchers of spirituality and religion be distantly "objective," or engaged and active p... more Should researchers of spirituality and religion be distantly "objective," or engaged and active participants? The traditional paradigm of 'methodological agnosticism' is increasingly challenged as researchers emphasize the benefits of direct participation for understanding beliefs and practices. Should academic researchers "go native," participating as "insiders" in engagements with the "supernatural," experiencing altered states of of consciousness? How do academics negotiate the fluid boundaries between worlds and meanings which may change their own beliefs? Should their own experiences be part of academic reports? Researching Paganisms presents reflective and engaging accounts of issues in the academic study of religion confronted by anthropologists, psychologists, sociologists, historians and religious studies scholars—as researchers and as humans—as they study contemporary Pagan religions. The insights that contributors gain, with resultant changes to their own lives, will fascinate not only other scholars of Pagan religions, but scholars of any religion and indeed anyone who grapples with issues of reflexive research