Download or read book Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia written by Lynne Hume and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 1997 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributes to the growing literature on comparative religion and new religious movements. More specifically, it draws attention to a new religious movement. Using a multidisciplinary approcach, Hume describes the emergence of a controversial worldview which has roots in ancient ideas but whose ideology is rooted in the 20th century.