Margot Adler

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Margot Adler (born April 16, 1946 in Little Rock , Arkansas , † July 28, 2014 in New York City , New York ) was an American author , journalist , lecturer , Wicca priest, radio journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR).

Life

Although born in Little Rock, Adler grew up mostly in New York City . Her grandfather Alfred Adler is considered to be the father of individual psychology . She received a BA in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York in 1970, and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1982.

Adler initially worked for WBAI , FM 99.5, the Pacifica radio partner in New York City. She created the talk show Hour of the Wolf in 1972. Adler began working for the NPR in 1979 as a reporter. Her main topics were the death penalty , the death rights movement, reactions to the Kosovo war , computer games, the drug ecstasy, geek culture, children and technology and Pokémon . Since the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, her work has focused on humane actions in New York City, against the loss of loved ones, against the loss of jobs or homes, for cooperation in humanitarian aid. Most recently she directed Justice Talking and spoke on Morning Edition and All Things Considered .

Adler wrote Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today . The book is considered to be a turning point in American neo-pagan circles , as it gave the first comprehensive look at the natural religions in the USA and for many readers was the first contact with a larger subculture. In 1986 she gave lectures at the WinterStar Symposium, recorded by the Association for Consciousness Exploration and recorded as a lecture cassette From Witch to Witch-Doctor: Healers, Therapists and Shamans and The Magickal Movement: Present and Future (with Isaac Bonewits , Selena Fox and Robert Anton Wilson ). Her second book, Heretic's Heart: A Journey Through Spirit and Revolution , was published by Beacon Press in 1997. Adler was a Wicca priestess of the Gardner tradition and a member of the Unitarian religious community .

At the beginning of 2011, Margot Adler was diagnosed with uterine cancer (endometrial cancer) that developed metastases. She was cared for by her son for several months before her death and died of cancer in late July 2014.

Works

  • 1987 - Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today , ISBN 0-14-019536-X
  • 1997 - Heretic's Heart: A Journey Through Spirit and Revolution (Beacon Press) ISBN 0-8070-7098-X

Contributions

Audio documents

literature

  • V. Vale and John Sulak: Modern Pagans . Re / Search Publications, San Francisco 2001, ISBN 1-889307-10-6

Web links

Commons : Margot Adler  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eyder Peralta: Margot Adler, An NPR Journalist For Three Decades, Dies. In: NPR . July 28, 2014, accessed July 7, 2018 .
  2. ^ Margot Adler, NPR Biography. NPR, December 22, 2004, archived from the original on August 30, 2008 ; accessed on July 7, 2018 .
  3. ^ Margot Adler, Correspondent, National Desk, New York. NPR, December 22, 2004, archived from the original on 20101106173115 ; accessed on July 7, 2018 .
  4. ^ Viking Press 1979; Revised new editions by Beacon Press 1987 and Penguin Books 1997.
  5. ^ Margot Adler, An NPR Journalist For Three Decades, Dies. West Virginia Public Broadcasting date = 2014-07-29, accessed July 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Adler, Margot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author, journalist and Wiccan priestess
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Little Rock , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 2014
Place of death New York City