Review: Exploring the Pagan Path

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

Review: Pagan Theology

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

Reviews: Keepers of the Flame

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

Review: Moon Tides, Soul Passages

To know your Moon is to understand your emotional flow and the deep intuitive side of yourself that informs who we are, what we do, and why we do it. In Moon Tides, Soul Passages, Maria Kay Simms presents a beautiful and powerful book to help you learn and connect with your lunar side. Moon Tides, … Read more

Review: The Elements of Ritual

In an ocean of introductory titles, Deborah Lipp’s The Elements of Ritual: Air, Fire, Water & Earth in the Wiccan Circle is a breath of fresh air. The Elements of Ritual is perfect for a beginning student moving into an intermediate level. It assumes that the reader has a basic understanding of ritual and is ready … Read more

Review: Exploring Wicca

If you’re looking for practical primer to Wicca, look no further than Lady Sabrina’s Exploring Wicca: The Beliefs, Rites, and Rituals of the Wiccan Religion. Exploring Wicca takes an eclectic approach. Lady Sabrina begins her book with a simple history of Wicca, breezing through years of Gerald Gardner, Alex Sanders, and even some traditions like Dianic and Strega … Read more