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Title: Being a Pagan: Druids, Wiccans, and Witches Today by Ellen Evert Hopman, Lawrence Bond ISBN: 0-89281-904-9 Publisher: Destiny Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Revision of an excellent book -
Comment: Aside from the weirdness caused by the book's re-naming which caused some to purchase it twice (it was formerly known as 'People of the Earth') this is a great and diverse collection of ideas centered around Pagan spirituality. There are some wonderful interviews with a lot of different people. From Starhawk, to Victor Anderson, to Annie Sprinkle... a wealth of styles and philosophies are presented.
Rating: 2
Summary: Re-write of "People of the Earth"
Comment: Ms. Hopman and Mr. Bond gave us a very memorable view of the pagan world in their book "People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out". Published in 1995, it was a look at a time in the early 90's from the point of view of some of the members of that pagan culture. It was a look at those who comprised the pagan community at that time. Draw from interviews done around 1993 and 1994, many of which were done at the Starwood Festival in New York State, they were insightful and gave a picture of what paganism was at that time, at that place.
"Being a Pagan" is the re-release of this book. New title but the same material right down to the graphics and photos.
While some of you may not have had the opportunity to obtain the first book "People of the Earth", which is now out of print, this is an opportunity to obtain a new copy.
Those of you who already have "People of the Earth" may want to bypass this, as it really does not contain any relevant new material.
While this may be a wonderful look at the world of paganism in the early 90's, the pagan community has changed so much in the last ten years. This book now serves as a small window of history about an event and a time in the early pagan culture.
It's a shame that the cover does not mention this is a release of the older book. I've noticed many people upset by that fact and I feel it should have been made very clear on the front cover. The book is supposed to be "revised" but I was hard pressed to find any obvious revisions. Otherwise, it is a book worth having for its look at the pagan culture at that time.
Rating: 1
Summary: Duped As Well
Comment: I too was foolish enough to think that "Being a Pagan' today was a new work. Unfortunately, as stated by the other reviewers, it is simply a republication under a new title of a book that seemed pertinent and timely in 1996 but now seems outdated and a bit tired. Perhaps the authors could have updated the interviews, as is the title should have been "Being a Pagan in 1996". Many of the interviews are interesting and the book is well put together...
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Title: Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today by Margot Adler ISBN: 014019536X Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Real Magic: An Introductory Treatise on the Basic Principles of Yellow Magic by Isaac Bonewits ISBN: 0877286884 Publisher: Weiser Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Elements of Ritual: Air, Fire, Water & Earth in the Wiccan Circle by Deborah Lipp ISBN: 073870301X Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham ISBN: 0875421180 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: 01 December, 1988 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why an Invented Past Won't Give Women a Future by Cynthia Eller ISBN: 0807067938 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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