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But here in Her Hidden Children Chas Clifton tells many never-before-told stories of the origins of Paganism and . In Clifton's book, Her Hidden Children, the author uses words like "purported" instead of reported or claimed.

But here in Her Hidden Children Chas Clifton tells many never-before-told stories of the origins of Paganism and Wicca in the United States. The people, publications, and organizations that allowed Paganism and Wicca to set roots down in American soil and become "nature religion" are revealed in delicious detail. The word purported is far from objective, as is the word "liar" which the author also uses when referring to certain figures in Wicca and Witchcraft today.

Chas S. Clifton's Her Hidden Children is a pioneering look at the history of Neopagan religions in the . Chas Clifton has chosen with this book to lay down some basic parameters for talking about modern Pagan history in America

Chas S. Written with the sensitivity and humor of an insider and the dispassion of an outsider, it traces the early development of one of the fastest-growing religious movements in America today, and its uniquely American use of the trope of "nature" to. create its identity. This book should be invaluable to scholars of religion, American Studies, and the burgeoning field of Pagan Studies. Chas Clifton has chosen with this book to lay down some basic parameters for talking about modern Pagan history in America. He has done yeoman's work here and should be highly praised.

Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America is a historical study of Wicca and Contemporary Paganism in the United States

Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America is a historical study of Wicca and Contemporary Paganism in the United States. It was written by the American academic Chas S. Clifton of Colorado State University-Pueblo, and published by AltaMira Press in 2005.

Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca And Contemporary Paganism in America.

Her Hidden Children examines the historical development of American Wicca and the broader Pagan movement. Together, these two combine to constitute what is likely the fastest growing new religious movement in the United States today.

So begins Chas Clifton’s Her Hidden Children: The Rise of. .

So begins Chas Clifton’s Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America. As Clifton notes in his preface, this book is indeed the first of its kind: a history of the Wiccan and modern Pagan (or Neopagan) movement in the United States from the 1950s to the present. He became interested in Wicca and Paganism while an undergraduate in 1972 and has maintained a strong interest ever since. Writing the history of Wicca and Paganism is difficult because most participants were (and are) solitaries who did not practice their religion with others.

Her Hidden Children book. But here in Her Hidden Children Chas Clifton tells many never-before-told stories of the origins of Paganism and Wicca in the Un The history of any religious movement can get murky. The history of any religious movement can get murky  . But the history of American Paganism-with so many invented lineages, so many solitary practitioners, so much resistance to staid definition, so much hiddenness-is especially hard to decipher. But here in Her Hidden Children Chas Clifton tells many never-before-told stories of the origins of Paganism and Wicca in the United States.

Clifton’s is a book that could enliven courses in popular culture, as well as. courses in religion. Clifton, Chas S. (2006). Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America. Oxford and Lanham: AltaMira. ISBN 978-0-7591-0202-6.

But here in Her Hidden Children Chas Clifton tells many never-before-told stories of the origins of Paganism and Wicca in the United States

But here in Her Hidden Children Chas Clifton tells many never-before-told stories of the origins of Paganism and Wicca in the United States.

Wicca, also termed Pagan Witchcraft, is a Contemporary Pagan new religious movement. Chas S. Clifton is an American academic, author and historian who specialises in the fields of English studies and Pagan studies. Gardnarian Wicca was developed in England during the first half of the 20th century and was introduced to the public in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant. Clifton currently holds a teaching position in English at Colorado State University-Pueblo, prior to which he taught at Pueblo Community College.