ReligionOne fun thing about the spiritual journey - it is never finished. And, there is a staggering mass of material available to guide you on your journey. A staggering mass of material. Out of this seemingly neverending avalanche of books by and for the Contemporary Pagan and the Contemporary Mystic and the Contemporary Contemplative, here is a list of those tomes that I have personally found inspiring, informative, interesting, or any combination thereof.* Not all books listed here are about Paganism - some are about other religions, general spirituality, theology, etc., and certainly not all reflect my current spiritual practice - what they do reflect is the Magpie way I have gone and will continue to go about my spiritual evolutionary journey - picking up, putting down, digesting, relishing, and regurgitating (lovely image). Grok Earth. Pray without ceasing. (Clicking on most of these titles will take you a
page that will prompt you for your zip code, after which you will be
immediately taken to the product page for that book on the web site of
your nearest BookSense-affilitated independent bookstore! Some of these
books may be difficult to order - if you cannot order them through a
Booksense bookstore, check your local used book stores , Pagan
bookshops, or other online book dealers. In the lamentable instance
that a book is out-of-print (OP), I have directed you to http://www.abe.com, a used book dealer online, and a few books have links to other sources.) Druidry and Celtic Religions Living Druidry Druid Priestess The Mabinogion The Mabinogi and Other Welsh Tales Queen of the Night: Rediscovering the Celtic Moon Goddess Bonewits' Essential Guide to Druidism The Apple Branch: A Path to Celtic Ritual The Underworld Initiation Earthlight Power Within the Land The Living World of Faery The Druidry Handbook A Druid's Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year The Mysteries of Druidry Walking the Maze: The Enduring Presence of Celtic Spirit Celtic Goddesses The Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom Carmina Gaedelica: Hymns and Incantations Witchcraft The Triumph of the Moon Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches Sabbat The Earth Path The Faery Teachings Masks of Misrule Call of the Horned Piper Sacred Mask, Sacred Dance The Roebuck in the Thicket Light from the Shadows: A Mythos of Modern Traditional Witchcraft Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healing The Witching Way of the Hollow Hill Witchcraft Medicine Natural Witchraft Aradia: Gospel of the Witches Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies Mastering Witchcraft Evolutionary Witchcraft Witchcraft Today, Book Three: Witchcraft & Shamanism Contemporary Pagan Studies Drawing Down the Moon The Paganism Reader Not In Kansas Anymore Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America The Pagan Religions of the British Isles The Stations of the Sun Witches, Druids, and King Arthur Pagan Visions for a Sustainable Future A History of Pagan Europe Contemporary Paganism Being a Pagan: Druids, Wiccans, and Witches Today The Deities Are Many: A Polytheistic Theology Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religion Other Paganisms Mysteries of Demeter: Rebirth of the Pagan Way Singing the Soul Back Home Walkers Between the Worlds Reality Old Stones, New Temples: Ancient Greek Paganism Reborn Not in His Image Awakening Osiris Dreams of Isis The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts Hekate in Ancient Greek Religion Feminist Spirituality and Thea/ology She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse Introducing Theaology: Discourse on the Goddess The Rebirth of the Goddess She Who Changes: Re-Imagining the Divine in the World Gaia and God The Body Sacred Inanna Her Share of the Blessings The Hebrew Goddess Life's Daughter/Death's Bride Living in the Lap of the Goddess The Woman with the Alabaster Jar The Book of Lilith General Spirituality and Non-Pagan Religions Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia I'm In Charge of Celebrations Conscious Dreaming Dreamgates The Dreamer's Book of the Dead Lily Dale SoulCraft Giants of Gaia Serving Fire: Food for Thought, Body, and Soul Our Name is Melancholy: The Complete Books of Azrael Encounters with Death Creation Spirituality Creativity The Reinvention of Work The Coming of the Cosmic Christ Tao Te Ching Arching Backward: The Mystical Initiation of a Contemporary Woman The Resurgence of the Real Centering: In Pottery, Poetry, and the Person Mary Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl Sweat Your Prayers *Please note: For every book here, there will be someone out there who thinks it's crap. For every book not here, someone will wonder why I am neglecting some vitally important work. Well, there are a lot of reasons - the main one being: I am only one small Gospely Pagan person, and cannot have possibly read all the books in the Pagan world (nor do I really care to - particularly the ones with pink velvety covers and such). And, yes, I do have preferences and biases like anyone else. While, as always, I welcome comments and "whatabouts," I do not choose to be embroiled in a grand epic battle over Historical Accuracy vs. Personal Gnosis, the reputation of any particular author, what qualifies me to be an Authority (not hard: the same thing that makes you an Authority on what you like), or my Tragic Disdain for the Pink Velvety Covered Book, etc. Also, I always heartily recommend that everyone take everything they read with that proverbial little grain of salt (also known as a Critical Hermeneutic of Suspicion), which brings out the flavor of every dish and can prevent nasty things like Blind Faith from happening. Thank you. This Caveat Dance has been brought to you by the letter Q. |
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