TY - BOOK AU - Magliocco,Sabina TI - Neo-pagan sacred art and altars: making things whole SN - 1578063914 (pbk.) : AV - NK1678.N45 M34 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Jackson PB - University Press of Mississippi KW - Neopaganism in art KW - Decorative arts KW - United States KW - Folk art KW - Outsider art N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76); Neo-Paganism and Sacred Art -- Altars -- Costume N2 - Calling themselves "witches" and "pagans" and drawing inspiration from pre-Christian polytheistic worship, the practitioners of Neo-Paganism have often been misunderstood by outsiders. In the uninitiated, their art and iconography have inspired fear. In featuring the works of ten artists, Sabina Magliocco's Neo-Pagan Sacred Art and Altars unlocks the meanings of this religion's creativity and symbolism and makes its sacred nature understandable to non-specialists ER -