Drawing from the disciplines of religious studies, archaeology, history, philology, and anthropology, New Antiquities explores a diversity of cultic and geographic milieus, ranging from Goddess Spirituality to Neo-Gnosticism, from rural Oregon to the former Yugoslavia.

1. Introduction: What are New Antiquities? Dylan M. Burns and Almut-Barbara Renger 2. `From Aphrodite to Kuan Yin'- `The Tao of Venus' and its Modern Genealogy: Invoking Ancient Goddesses in Cos(met)ic Acupuncture Almut-Barbara Renger 3. Ancient Goddesses for Modern Times or New Goddesses from Ancient Times? Meret Fehlmann, University of Zurich 4. The Artifice of Daidalos: Modern Minoica as Religious Focus in Contemporary Paganism Caroline Tully, University of Melbourne 5. Transforming Deities: Modern Pagan Projects of Revival and Reinvention Kathryn Rountree, Massey University, Auckland 6. Archaeology, Historicity, and Homosexuality in the New Cultus of Antinous: Perceptions of the Past in a Contemporary Pagan Religion Ethan Doyle White, University College London (doctoral student) 7. Reading History with the Essenes of Elmira Anne Kreps, University of Oregon 8. The Jungian Gnosticism of the Ecclesia Gnostica Olav Hammer, University of Southern Denmark 9. The Impact of Scholarship on Contemporary "Gnosticism(s)": A Case Study on the Apostolic Johannite Church and Jeremy Puma Matthew Dillon, Rice University (doctoral student) 10. Studying the "Gnostic Bible": Samael Aun Weor and the Pistis Sophia Franz Winter, Vienna University 11. Binding Images: The Contemporary Use and Efficacy of Late Antique Ritual Sigils, Spirit-Beings and Design Elements Jay Johnston, University of Sydney 12. (Neo-)Bogomil Legends: The Gnosticizing Bogomils of the Twentieth-Century Balkans Dylan M. Burns and Nemanja Radulovic, University of Belgrade