"Intuitive, Receptive, Dark": Negotiations of Femininity in the Contemporary Satanic and Left-hand Path Milieu

The article discusses some of the debates over the construction of gender taking place in the satanic and Left-hand Path (LHP) milieu, in particular the different varieties of upvaluing of "the feminine." This includes disputes over what the term feminism entails, what the best strategies...

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Main Author: Faxneld, Per 1978- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: equinox 2013
In: International journal for the study of new religions
Year: 2013, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-230
Further subjects:B Women
B Constructionism
B Esotericism
B Essentialism
B Feminism
B Left-hand Path
B Satanism
B Gender
B Occultism
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