Devil's Stones and Midnight Rites: Megaliths, Folklore, and Contemporary Pagan Witchcraft

White, Ethan Doyle

doi:10.1080/0015587x.2013.860766

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“…Yet, stones and rocks are often discursively rendered inanimate through expressions such as “flat as a rock,” “stone-cold,” or “stone-dead.” These idioms convey a sense of emptiness and a distinct lack of life force. Despite this, stones have long been attributed with and known to possess animating powers and properties (see Doyle White, 2014; Johnston, 2017, 2021; Schaumann, 2017). As Naomi is attuned to these multiple energies, it follows that the stone objects featured in her personal storytelling were not only symbolically significant but also materially inspirited.…”

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Things That Tell: An Object-Centered Methodology for Restorying Women’s Longing and Belonging

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Developments in qualitative research methods recognize the benefits of working with material objects to evoke memories, stories, and reflections on specific topics. Through engagement with materialist theory and methods, our research demonstrates that more than simply eliciting storied responses, self-chosen material objects can in fact co-tell stories in novel ways. This article draws on our storied experiences as a group of women who took part in a four-day residential storying retreat. Our qualitatively driven research employed a range of multi-modal methodologies; however, this article focuses on a particular method that involved co-telling personal stories with the aid of self-selected objects. This method embodies the emotive and co-constitutive power, relational materiality, and reflective potency of object-centered storying. The article builds on and extends qualitative methodologies that value more-than-rational ways of researching.

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Section: Storying Togethermentioning

confidence: 99%

Things That Tell: An Object-Centered Methodology for Restorying Women’s Longing and Belonging

Mozeley

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Long

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“…Another opportunity is the growing popularity of neo-pagan movements, for instance, which are widely associated to Megalithic sites in Europe in particular (White, 2014). These groups comprise audiences motivated to visit ancient sites due to spiritual and esoteric properties rather than to acquire scientific knowledge.…”

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Towards meaningful co-creation: a study of creative heritage tourism in Alentejo, Portugal

Ross

2020

Current Issues in Tourism

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This paper discusses the impact of co-creation in the context of heritage tourism. By examining co-creative strategies that promote participative interpretation of archaeological heritage, the emphasis is on understanding how tour guides balance tourists' individual interpretations and the scientific narrative. The study conducts a qualitative analysis of the tour guiding activity of cultural tourism companies in Alentejo, Southern Portugal. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with local tour guides and from online reviews of archaeological tours in Alentejo. Findings evidence that despite widely employing co-creative strategies for heritage interpretation that tap into tourists' operant resources and encourage creative discussion, tour guides often dismiss individual interpretations in favour of the established authorized heritage discourse. It is argued that, in doing so, the potential of co-creation for delivering a meaningful experience is hindered. The study contributes towards a critical conceptualization of the use of co-creation strategies in heritage tourism, with particular focus on the implications at deeper meaningmaking levels. In practice, the findings can lead cultural tourism providers to reassess their approach to personalization in order to increase their appeal to potential clients holding alternative sets of beliefs and motivations.

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Contemporary Application of an Ancient Technique

Bouse¹

2019

Neo-Shamanism and Mental Health

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Devil's Stones and Midnight Rites: Megaliths, Folklore, and Contemporary Pagan Witchcraft

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

Things That Tell: An Object-Centered Methodology for Restorying Women’s Longing and Belonging

Things That Tell: An Object-Centered Methodology for Restorying Women’s Longing and Belonging

Towards meaningful co-creation: a study of creative heritage tourism in Alentejo, Portugal

Contemporary Application of an Ancient Technique

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