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Lucinda Carspecken is Adjunct Professor in Qualitative Research Methods and Anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington.
In addition, it has created a niche where some participants change, grow, and find empowerment in an environment that is accepting of difference-particularly in areas of religion and sexual orientation.
AcknowledgmentsA Note on Names1. "That Dose of Unreality": An Introduction to Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary2. "Dream Flowers": Fiction and Utopian Imagination in Neo-Paganism and Alternative Communities3. Faerie and Avalon: Reimagining Nature4. "A Loose-Knit Anarchy": Reimagining Organization5. "The Land of Misfit Toys": Reimagining Community and Freedom6. "Something Mystical and Fine": Reimagining Ritual and Spiritual Experience7. "A Gypsy Community": Cycling, Learning, and Moving On8. "A Spontaneous Social Experiment"NotesBibliographyIndex