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BOOKS - PAGANISM | |
| Neo Pagan Rites | |
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by Isaac Bonewits. Isaac Bonewits pours over three decades of ritual experiencecreating, attending, and leading ceremonies as a Neopagan priest and magicianinto this practical guide to effective ritual. Ideal for Earth-centered spiritual movements and other liberal religious traditions, this book clarifies how to design powerful rites for small groups or large crowds. Bonewits addresses every detail that contributes to successful public worship: the dynamics of participants, common worship patterns, the deities invoked, the risks of mixing spiritual traditions, pre-ritual preparation, and more. Learn to choose the optimal time, location, costume, props, and altar decorations. Enhance your ceremony with music, singing, poetry, dance, and movement. There are also invaluable tips for raising and channeling energy and using centers of power to send energy. Best of all, Neopagan Rites will help you create and perform rituals that unify, inspire, and fulfill their intended purpose. Softcover, 222 pgs. |
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Item #: NEOPAR |
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| Pagan Man | |
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by Issac Bonewits. Who are the men who've chosen the Pagan path? They're fathers, sons, brothers, and lovers, warriors, healers, and poets. They come from every background and profession, and they're blazing trails into new social, cultural, and political territories, defining themselves in a faith community traditionally seen as dominated by women--yet they've been there all along! Isaac Bonewits, one of Americas leading experts on ancient and modern Paganism, breaks new ground with this fascinating portrait of the fastest growing religious movement in the Western world. Drawing on interviews with over forty Pagan men--and his own forty years in the Neopagan community--he explores the issues and desires that have led tens of thousands of men to embrace Pagan spirituality. He examines the ways in which men have created, added to, and benefited from the Pagan experience, incorporating their own rituals, rites of passage, and symbols. The Pagan Man offers novices and experienced practitioners a wide range of practical information on every aspect of the Pagan lifestyle, including * Today's most popular Pagan traditions * Sages, wise men, and well-known Pagans of our time * Bardic circles, drumming circles, and other Pagan gatherings * Drumming, dancing, and calling down the Gods * The nine virtues, codes of chivalry, and other core Pagan beliefs attracting men and boys today * Pagans and the Goddesswomen as partners and Goddesses Frank, engaging, and inspirational, this book encourages Pagan men of every stripe--Wiccans, Druids, Norse Pagans, or even Masons--to step away from the shadows and stereotypes, and joyfully celebrate their own special relationships with the Gods and Goddesses of the New Old Religions. Paperback 252 pgs |
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Item #: BPGNMN |
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| Pagan Path, The | |
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By Janet and Stewart Farrar and Gavin Bone. It has often been stated that Paganism is the fastest growing religion in the world this books helps to answer why. As a result of many years of research with pagans throughout the world, the authors have compiled an extensive work on paganism today. Chapters include: The Ancient Roots, Healing, The Modern Rebirth, The Earth Our Mother, Pagans in the Community, The Rainbow of Paths, Pagan Families, God and Goddess Forms, Paganism and Sex, The Global Village, No Place for Satan, The Way In, Paganism and Christianity, Magic and Divination, Questions and Answers, and more. As well as a large section on the results of their worldwide survey of pagans, also included is a chapter on pagan humor (great fun!). Paperback, 241 pages. |
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Item #: BPAGPA |
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| Pagan Rituals | |
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by Willow Polson. Celebrate and Commemorate Life`s Seasons With This One Of A Kind Ritual Guide. From springs reawakening to winter`s quite rest; from the joy of new beginnings to recognizing life`s ending, here at last is a practical, comprehensive guide to rituals for any time or season. Drawing on more than 25 years of study and experience, Willow Polson provides essential rituals for any skill levels, from simple and basic to complex and intensive. Pagan Rituals includes simple, annotated how-to formats for each ceremony. paperback 192 pgs. |
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Item #: PGNRTL |
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| Pagan Spirituality: A Guide to Personal Transformation | |
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by River and Joyce Higginbotham. In a world filled with beginner books, deeper explanations of the Pagan faith are rarely found. Picking up where their critically acclaimed first book Paganism left off, bestselling authors Joyce and River Higginbotham offer intermediate-level instruction with Pagan Spirituality. Respected members of their communities, the Higginbothams describe how to continue spiritual evolution though magick, communing, energy work, divination, and conscious creation in a pleasant, encouraging tone. Learn how to use journaling, thought development, visualization, and goal-setting to develop magickal techniques and to further cultivate spiritual growth. This book serves to expand the reader''s spiritual knowledge base by providing a balanced approach of well-established therapies, extensive personal experience, and question-and-answer sessions that directly involve the reader in their spiritual journey. Softcover, 259 pgs. |
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Item #: PGNSPI |
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| Pagan Visions for a Sustainable Future | |
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by Ly de Angeles, Emma Restall Orr, and Thom van Dooren. Do Pagan practices lead to an ecological approach to life? What is the role of magic in contemporary Paganism? How can ancient Pagan codes of behavior be applied today? Representing diverse arenas of Paganism, eleven established activists, authors and academics passionately debate the critical issues facing modern Pagans. These provocative discussions-exploring feminism, magickal ecology, ancient Egyptian ethics, political activism, globalization, the power of truth, sacred communities, and environmental spirituality -challenge readers to reconsider what it means to be Pagan in the twenty-first century. Softcover, 282 pgs. |
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Item #: BPAGVI |
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| Paganism | |
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By Joyce and River Higginbotham. What is an earth-centered spirituality? what does the world Pagan mean? What do pagans do? How does paganism differ from other spiritual paths? This book encourages you to explore yourself, your current beliefs, and the variety of modern pagan paths. Through the use of a workbook format, discussion questions, journal exercises, visualizations, and magickal workings, you will discover which pagan beliefs and traditions resonate with you. Paperback 250 pages. |
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Item #: BPGISM |
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| Sacred Paths for Modern Men | |
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Dagonet Dewr galvanizes the mens spirituality movement with this much-needed guide to divine masculinity. This book is not just for Pagans, but for men of all faiths who want to explore and learn from their spiritual roots. With humor and sensitivity, the author introduces twelve male archetypesincluding the Child, the Warrior, the Lover, the Healer, and the Tricksterand the gods who embody them. Stories of deities from pagan lore and mythology spanning several culturesand even characters from The Lord of the Rings and Arthurian literatureoffer a rich framework for understanding the heritage of the sacred male. Rituals and magickal workingsfor individual or group practiceoffer practical ways to connect with these masculine energies and achieve a new understanding of their role in everyday life. This is an invaluable 277 page trade paperback. |
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Item #: SPSFMM |
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| Sacred Space, Sacred Sound: The Acoustic Mysteries of Holy Places | |
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by Susan Elizabeth Hale. There is a fundamental human need to create sacred spaces where sound reverberates to commune with the ancestors and give praise to the Divine. Ancient people recognized the importance of sound and sought out resonant caves to perform rituals. Modern-day temples and cathedrals were built to enhance sound and music. We build sacred places to house music, to hear ourselves and Spirit more clearly, and to create relationship between the seen and the unseen worlds within and around us. 'The voice itself is a cathedral,' says Susan Hale, author of Sacred Space, Sacred Sound. 'We are sound chambers resonating with the One Song.' The first of its kind to approach sacred architecture from a perspective of sound and consciousness, this book explores the acoustics of sacred space as an avenue for understanding. It is about music powerful enough to transform us into a greater reality. Based on Susan’s life-long experience as a singer, 27 years as a music therapist, and 10 years of journeys across the globe researching sacred sites, this work discusses the desecration and disharmony of our current world while demonstrating how people are building new sacred sites with resonant qualities. Starting with a vision to follow the Virgin Mary--also called the Lady of Roses--and her music, Susan takes us on a spiritual journey through France, the United Kingdom, and parts of the American Southwest--from the Chartres Cathedral and the prehistoric cave of Lascaux, to the Templar-built Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, the Chalice Well of Arthurian lore at Glastonbury, and back on domestic soil to the native kivas in New Mexico. Susan compares different styles of worship through the perspective of music and architecture, focusing on a range of religious traditions including Gregorian chant, overtone chanting, Hindu mantra, and English evensong. She also illustrates the importance of sound in achieving altered states of consciousness for transformation, healing, and prayer. Featuring interviews with leading authorities on the acoustic resonance of sacred space, a discography and suggested listening at the end of several chapters, this book gives us the tools to find our own sacred voice. Softcover, 286 pgs. |
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Item #: SASPSS |
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| Seven Dawns of the Aumakua | |
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by Moke Kupihea. In The Seven Dawns of the Aumakua Moke Kupihea takes the reader on his journey from childhood to young manhood as he experiences what remains of the spirit of his ancestors and learns the importance of remembering. The descent of the aumakua and its spiritual link through the eyes, sound, voice, touch, people, and breath constitute its seven dawns--the means by which the author is reawakened to his native tradition. The author’s desire to know this tradition leads him as a young boy to seek out his kupuna--his elders, the old men of the mountains--and learn from them the stories to be found in each feature of the landscape. These men and the people he meets as he grows older became his kahu--his ancestral guardians--who teach him to understand that the world of ancestral voices still speaks, if only in a whisper. Learning how to hear these voices is the key for returning Hawaii to its proud spiritual path and learning to live mindfully and soulfully with the land and with all who have come before us. Softcover, 272 pgs. |
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