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Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions
Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions
Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions
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Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions

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If you want to study Paganism in more detail, this book is the place to start. Based on a course in Paganism that the authors have taught for more than a decade, it is full of exercises, meditations, and discussion questions for group or individual study.

This book presents the basic fundamentals of Paganism. It explores what Pagans are like; how the Pagan sacred year is arranged; what Pagans do in ritual; what magick is; and what Pagans believe about God, worship, human nature, and ethics.

- For those who are exploring their own spirituality, or who want a good book to give to non-Pagan family and friends

- A hands-on learning tool with magickal workings, meditations, discussion questions, and journal exercises

- Offers in-depth discussion of ethics and magick
LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 20, 2018
ISBN9781541447660
Author

Joyce Higginbotham

Joyce and River have taught Paganism classes throughout the past decade. They have planned and organized local and national Pagan gatherings, written articles for Pagan publications, appeared on radio and television broadcasts, spoken at Christian and Unitarian churches, and attended interfaith councils. They also helped found the Council for Alternative Spiritual Traditions, which hosts public Pagan and alternative events in the Midwest.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    All the information I didn't know. A friend of mine believes that Wicca and pagan are two different things.
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    Blow my mind, thank you ? for this references ?
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    All the information contained within this book. I really enjoyed it
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    This book is a wonderful introduction to these religions. With meditations, questions to consider, and tons of basic information, this is a great introduction.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    This book is an intro to Paganism, geared towards those seekers who might be wanting to give one of the various practices a try. It's clearly written and well laid out. So well laid out, in fact, that I was able to see right away in the first chapter that I disagreed with paganism's two main themes. I didn't let that stop me from reading the rest of the book, of course. As a Christian, I found the experience to be interesting and, at times, irritating. Given the diversity in paganism, the Higginbothams had to be somewhat generic in their explanations. Even so, I was able to see the differing world view and could better understand the logic behind some pagan practices I had heard of or encountered in the past. The irritating parts were when they tried to touch on Christianity. Their tone is very polite and clement, but I got the sense that they have no use for it. They raised some good points, but there were also times when they were describing a religion other than my own. All in all, I sometimes felt like I was on the receiving end of a sales pitch. (Just toss out that old Christian doctrine and replace them with some bright, new, shiny pagan beliefs!)Now the question is, how do I rate this book? In the past, I've up-rated some dreck because the book happened to mention that Jesus loves you. In this case, I have a well written book with a message I find quite disagreeable. I guess I'll be nice and tell you to check it out, with the understanding that, should you start to find paganism appealing, you contact me and let me tell you all the arguments I have with this book.--J.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    I found this book to be very informative and straightforward, and I don't think this book gets the attention it deserves really. This book is definitely not another 'how-to' pagan book and is instead an explanation into beliefs and mechanics of earth-centered spirituality. This book also addresses the differences between and within paganism and other beliefs, namely Satanism. The book does not just say the facts, it also goes into depth and detail on them. The book offers models, exercises, exploratory questions, and meditations that can help a person reading find there own beliefs and spirituality rather the just copy and paste what they‘ve read from any book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    This book was cleverly designed to be used either as a personal study, or as part of a larger study group and includes many different exercises. I found it to be a very good introduction to Paganism. The authors, who are Pagans themselves, did not try to force their opinions on their readers while encouraging open-mindedness and personal spirituality. Paganism, like any religion, is complex, especially when it is made up of many different traditions. This book provides an overview of common beliefs found in many of these traditions while recognizing their differences. The authors have also included a list of recommended reading to help fill in the gaps that are necessary when writing a book serving as an introduction to a subject.Experiments in Reading