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Celtic Women's Spirituality: Accessing the Cauldron of Life 25 reviews
Edain McCoy
Llewellyn Publications, 2002
Great book!
+ pretty decent
I think that this book is a great book for any woman who feels connected with Celtic spirituality. This book gives insight on the different celtic goddesses, the triple goddess, and several other aspects. The rituals and guided meditation is great. She poses questions that will truly have you ...
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Witches Runes: Insights from the Old European Magickal Traditions11 reviews
Silver RavenWolf, Nigel Jackson
Llewellyn Publications, 2002
An excellent synthesis of Runic esoterica
+ beautiful colors and images
+ excellent, accurate, postmodern...yet grounded in tradition
The previous review is not very accurate. In reality this comprehensive book and vivid symbolic deck are grounded firmly in Anglo-Saxon runic traditions, the Drycraeft and Wiccedom of Old England. Both authors have direct links with authentic currents of Teutonic folk-magic and present here a ...
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The Sagas of Icelanders: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition (World of the Sagas) 34 reviews
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001
Great Reading At A Bargain Price!
+ Breakneck Plotting and Broken Necks
+ Icelandic Sagas
+ Classical Icelandic Literature
+ ICELAND'S CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CULTURE
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The Witch in Every Woman: Reawakening the Magical Nature of the Feminine to Heal, Protect, Create, and Empower 38 reviews
Laurie Cabot
Delta, 1997
Very Inspiring
+ A Must Read
+ Powerful for all women
I think this book is very inspiring. This was the very first book on Witchcraft that I had read (which was back in 1998.) After I read this book, I had this new sense of empowerment and intuition about others and myself - who I used to be, who I am now (years later) and who I have yet to become. ...
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Rara! Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora3 reviews
Elizabeth McAlister
University of California Press, 2002
Great writing, really terrific research
+ Facinating book
I can't recommend this book highly enough for anyone interested in world music, Afro-Caribbean religion and Haitian culture. Very few academically researched books convey this level of top quality, engaging writing. I couldn't put it down! Rara is a unique, fascinating musical form indigenous to ...
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Northern Mysteries and Magick: Runes & Feminine Powers27 reviews
Freya Aswynn
Llewellyn Publications, 2002
My first Rune Book
+ great
+ Authentic and Feminine
+ Probably the best of the Wiccan influenced "Asatru" books but...
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Mean Spirit8 reviews
Linda Hogan
Ivy Books, 1991
Engrossing
+ An excellent historical novel.
+ Mean Spirit
+ Changed My View of Literature
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Power of the Witch: The Earth, the Moon, and the Magical Path to Enlightenment84 reviews
Laurie Cabot, Tom Cowan
Delta, 1990
There's a reason why its still around after almost 20 years...
+ In praise of Laurie Cabot & Power of the Witch!
+ One of my Favorites
I believe that more people, witches or not, should read this book. I just got it the other day (finally!) and haven't been able to put it down. It is extremely informative and historically accurate, and the facts are still being shown as true, even though it came out in the late 80s (which is ...
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The Shaman: Voyages of the Soul. Trance, Ecstasy and Healing from Siberia to the Amazon (Living Wisdom Series)
Piers Vitebsky
Macmillan in association with Duncan Baird Publishers, 1996
"A shaman from Nepal met a Westerner who remarked how good it must be to live in harmony with the cosmos. The shaman replied, 'The main part of my job is killing witches and sorcerers.'" Anthropologist Piers Vitebsky gives us a balanced account of shamans and shamanic practices from Siberia to the Amazon rain forest that takes into account every facet of a mysterious and increasingly ...
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Korean Shamanism: Muism
Tae-kon Kim
Jimoondang International, 1998
The focus of this work is Muism, which is Korean shamanism. Mudangs, Korea's unique religious shamans, preside at kut and at other religious ceremoneies, which are based on the folk culture of Muism. Muism serves as an important resource for research into Korean religion, ideology, history, literature, music, stories and the other vital elements of its civilization.
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Voluspa: Seidhr as Wyrd Consciousness18 reviews
Yngona Desmond
BookSurge Publishing, 2006
Free Will
+ (finally) a good study of völuspá
This book has opened up a whole new understanding, a whole new world to me personally!
I truly believe, had I not taken the time to read the lore, I would not have had the understanding of what this most unique woman has put in writing (truly amazing). Since, I have spent countless hours ...
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The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia7 reviews
Piers Vitebsky
Houghton Mifflin, 2005
I didn't know the Russians sent Reindeer to Alaska
+ History Education
+ BonTon
+ Anthropological Fieldwork at its Finest!
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Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self Through Shamanic Practice29 reviews
Sandra Ingerman
HarperSanFrancisco, 1991
Great Reading!
+ Sandra Ingerman is a true healer
+ A Healing Gem! www.earthdrummer.com
+ Inspiring
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The Woman in the Shaman's Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine 9 reviews
Barbara Phd Tedlock
Bantam, 2005
A must in healing pratice for woman
+ The Woman in the Shaman's Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine
+ Intensely Educational, yet personal
+ Fabulous Contribution!!
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The Hands Feel It: Healing and Spirit Presence Among a Northern Alaskan People
Edith Turner
Northern Illinois University Press, 1996
A journal of a year in far northern Alaska, The Hands Feel It captures Turner's experiences with healing, spirit manifestation, and premonition among the I$upiat. She illuminates I$upiat spiritual beliefs and rituals as expressed in daily life.
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The Mists of Avalon885 reviews
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Ballantine Books, 1982
Convinced me I am really a faerie
+ The Mists of Avalon
+ Best novel ever, literally.
+ WOW
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Traveling between the Worlds: Conversations with Contemporary Shamans: Conversations with Contemporary Shamans6 reviews
Hillary S. Webb
Hampton Roads Publishing, 2004
Diverse viewpoints from respected teachers and famous figures
+ Fascinating
+ Generous of Spirit
+ Peak Into the Shamanic World
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The Red Tent1437 reviews
Anita Diamant
Picador, 1998
Literary Bread and Water- Will Make You Feel Alive
+ A must read.
+ The Red Tent
+ wonderfully engrossing
+ Pagan women in an early Jewish world
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Lady of Avalon92 reviews
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Viking Adult, 1997
MORE MORE MORE
+ Lady of Avalon
Great writer, great subject, carries you along. I didn't want it to end, I wanted to know more...Well written, Great Story - Timeless Fantasy!
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The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems (Dover Value Editions)6 reviews
Dover Publications, 2004
the best translation
+ Only half the Edda
+ Hail Asagods!
the poetic edda is one of the greatest collections of poetry of all times. it contains the beautifully vivid "volupso", the norse apocalypse poem, the comedic ballads, the "wrangling of Loki" and "Lay of Thrmy", the proverbial wisdom of the "sayings of har" and the mournful lays of the ...
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