German 363: Witches: Myth & Reality
Professor Susan Cocalis
Final Examination Guidelines: Fall 2009
The final examination will be worth 50 points and will be held at two times:
The examination will consist of 50 identification questions similar to the format of the previous tests. [no essays this time!] There will also be a series of True-False questions and some fill-in-the-blank questions or matching authors with their books.
The final examination will cover the material on Neo-Paganism or the readings and class notes since Thanksgiving. At the current time, I do not have access to Laura Wildman-Hanlon’s notes, so it would be best to attend class. There are extra sources on this topic in /materials/readings/ on the course website. Information is also available on-line.
Identifications:
Neo-Paganism, Paganism
polytheistism, monotheistism, henotheism
pantheism
animism
reincarnation
immanence
transcendence
Gaia hypothesis
pantheon (of gods)
Druids, Celtic tradition
Asatru, Norse tradition
Gerald Gardner, Doreen Valiente, Gardnerian witchcraft, High Magick’s Aid, Witchcraft Today
The Craft
skyclad
Threefold Law of Return
Wiccan Rede
Wicca
Goddess & Horned God
magic circle
coven
athame, wand, cup/chalice, cauldron/pot, pentacle/pentagram
Great Rite
high priestess
Raymond Buckland
Alexander Sanders, Alexandrianism
Dianic tradition
Starhawk, Spiral Dance
Margot Adler, Drawing down the Moon
Faerie tradition, Victor Anderson & Gwdion Penderwen
“hereditary & traditional” witches
magick
wiccan pentacle
Satanism, pentacle
Witchcraft as Science, Laurie Cabot
sabbats, esbats
Samhain
Beltane
Imbolc
Litha
Mabon
Ostara
Lammas/Lughnasa
solstices & equinoxes
Yule
“energy”
Magical Societies: Order of the Golden Dawn, Rosacrucians, Masons
Aleister Crowley
Charles Leland, Aradia
Margaret Murray
Robert Graves
Sir James Frasier, The Golden Bough
solitaries
“kitchen witches”
earth, air, fire, & water
Reconstructionism
Pentacle Quest
Earthspirit
Andreas Corban Arthen
Morris dancers
Maypole