Women’s Power in Wicca: an Analysis of the “Women’s Circle”

Authors

  • Daniela Cordovil Universidade do Estado do Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/%25x

Abstract

The paper discusses practices and representations involving the sacred feminine through an analysis of the Women’s Circles. The Circles are communities where a positive female sociability is developed, informed by the cosmovision of the Wicca religion, but detached from a particular religion, since the participation in the Circle is not restricted to Wiccan women. The research is based on participant observation conducted in rituals of the Isis-Aphrodite Women’s Circle in Belém, Brazil. The article aims to describe the meanings ascribed by the Circle’s participants to aspects concerning the feminine such as menstruation, care and handicrafts.

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Published

2015-05-26

How to Cite

Cordovil, D. (2015). Women’s Power in Wicca: an Analysis of the “Women’s Circle”. Revista Estudos Feministas, 23(2), 431–448. https://doi.org/10.1590/%x

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2 (2015)

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