400 Pages
by
Routledge
400 Pages
by
Routledge
Paganism is one of the world's fastest-growing religions, practised in a huge variety of ways. The Paganism Reader provides a definitive collection of key sources in Paganism, ranging from its ancient origins to its twentieth-century reconstruction and revival. Chronologically organized sections include extracts from ancient Greek, Norse and Celtic literature, inspirational texts from the early... Read more
The Book of Jeremiah; The Homeric Hymns; Apuleius; Pliny the Elder; Julian the Hellene; Nag Hammadi; Havamal; EirÃk's Saga; The Mabinogion; Marie Heaney; Geoffrey of Monmouth; Aleister Crowley; Rudyard Kipling; Kenneth Grahame; Margaret Murray; C.R.F. Seymour; Robert Graves; Gerald Gardner; Robert Heinlein; Paul Huson; Hans Holzer; Raymond Buckland; Doreen Valiente; Evan John Jones; June Johns; Michael McNierney; Heather O'Dell,; Judy Harrow; Tony Kelly; Asphodel Long; Marion Bradley; Wren Sidhe; Chas S. Clifton; Barry Peterson; Gordon MacLellan
Biography
Chas Clifton, Graham Harvey
'The end result is an overview of paganism and neo-paganism that provides some interesting insights and comparisons between ancient and modern views. Highly recommended.' - The Cauldron
'The Paganism Reader is a laudatory first attempt at summarizing via primary texts the scope of revived Paganism/Neopaganism. It will be useful not only for undergraduate and graduate courses, but undoubtedly for thoughtful Neopagans interested in the history and diversity of their worldviews.' - W. Michael Ashcraft, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
