Cosette Inspired by the Chicken Soup series, Patricia Telesco brings us Cakes and Ale for the Pagan Soul: Spells, Recipes, and Reflections from Neopagan Elders and Teachers. Familiar names like Margot Adler, Starhawk, Dorothy Morrison, and Oberon Zell-Ravenheart share their personal stories along with recipes and rituals. The stories, rituals, and recipes are organised into six sections: … Read more
Celebrating The Pagan Soul is a beautiful collection of “stories of inspiration and community” compiled and edited by Laura Wildman. It’s not an introduction to Paganism or a book of instruction or spells, but an anthology of personal stories. The book is nicely organised into five sections, elementally. Earth is about community including finding our way … Read more
In Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders, Kristin Madden brings together some of the best known authors in our community to offer advice on a wide range of topics of interest to most beginners. The book is divided into three sections with a broad theme. Part I is about exploration. It includes essays by Graham … Read more
There are some people who say paganism is too big and varied to be defined. I am not one of them and neither is Micheal York. In his book Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion, York contends that paganism is an identifiable position possessing characteristics and understandings in common. Pagan Theology has three chapters. … Read more
Keepers of the Flame is a collection of interviews with elders of Traditional Witchcraft in America. For the purposes of their book, authors Morganna Davies and Aradia Lynch agreed to define traditionalists as those people who are either hereditary, initiatory, or both. Covering more than ten traditions, the book includes Raymond Buckland, Hans Holzer, Judy Harrow, … Read more
In 1960’s Ireland, under the strict and unchallenged influence of the Roman Catholic Church, sex outside marriage, like murder, was considered a mortal sin. Women who transgressed or fell under suspicion were condemned by community and church as fallen women. These young were sent away and locked up in Magdalene asylums. The Magdalene Sisters is an unflinching, … Read more
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