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Margot Adler

マルゴット・アドラー

Marugotto Adorā

Aliases: Margot Susanna Adler

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1946-04-16 (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Died
2014-07-28 (New York City, New York) age 68
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Wicca
Residence History
Manhattan, New York City

Career

Occupations
Author, Journalist, Lecturer, Wiccan priestess
Active Years
1965-2014
Affiliations
NPR (National Public Radio), WBAI-FM, Covenant of the Goddess
Memberships
Covenant of the Goddess, Unitarian Universalist
Influenced By
Alfred Adler, Kurt Adler
Influenced
Neopagan researchers

Education

University of California, Berkeley
Political Science
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Period: 1964-1968
Year of Graduation: 1968
Country: United States
Phi Beta Kappa
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Journalism
Degree: Master's degree
Year of Graduation: 1970
Country: United States
Harvard University
Nieman Fellow
Year of Graduation: 1982
Country: United States
Nieman Fellow in 1982

Awards

Lord Ruthven Award
2015
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Drawing Down the Moon

1979 Neopaganism

Seminal work on neopaganism in America

NeopaganismWitchesDruidsGoddess Worship

Heretic's Heart: A Journey Through Spirit and Revolution

1997 Autobiography

Autobiographical account of growing up in the 1960s

1960sPolitical ActivismSpirituality

Vampires Are Us

2014 Cultural Criticism

Examination of vampire culture

VampiresPop Culture

Bibliography

  • Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today (1979)
  • Heretic's Heart: A Journey Through Spirit and Revolution (1997)
  • Our Way to the Stars (2000)
  • Out for Blood (2013)
  • Vampires Are Us (2014)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
JournalisticPersonal narrative
Recurring Motifs
SpiritualityFeminismPolitical Activism

Health

  • Endometrial cancer
    2011-2014
    Metastasized over three years, leading to death in 2014

Legacy

Pioneer in neopaganism studies and prominent NPR journalist

In Popular Culture

  • Known for seminal work on neopaganism

Trivia

  • Granddaughter of Alfred Adler
  • Daughter of psychiatrist Kurt Adler
  • Wiccan high priestess
  • Worked at NPR for 35 years