Margot was not only an astute observer, but also an influence and participant. Drawing Down the Moon is widely considered to be the first comprehensive examination of Neo-Paganism in the United States - perhaps the first such book anywhere to treat modern Earth-centric spirituality with dignity and respect. Margot is renowned as a journalist and broadcaster, but especially for her landmark book, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshipers, and Other Pagans in America Today, first published in 1979 by Viking Press and then later republished in an expanded version. PBS quoted Margot Adler as having said, "The first time I called myself a 'Witch' was the most magical moment of my life." It is with great sadness that The Witches' Almanac reports the death of Wiccan priestess, author, and journalist, Margot Adler, among the most beloved leaders of the Neo-Pagan community. She was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1982. Her grandfather, Alfred Adler, was a noted Austrian Jewish psychotherapist, collaborator with Sigmund Freud and the founder of the school of individual psychology.Īdler received a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York in 1970.
Adler died in 2014 Margot Adler was an American author, journalist, lecturer, Wiccan priestess and radio journalist and New York correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR).īorn in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1946, Adler grew up mostly in New York City. Adler received a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York in 1970. Her grandfather, Alfred Adler, was a noted Austrian Jewish psychotherapist, collaborator with Sigmund Freud and the founder of the school of individual psychology. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1946, Adler grew up mostly in New York City. Margot Adler was an American author, journalist, lecturer, Wiccan priestess and radio journalist and New York correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR).
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