AgadorSparticus
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Mon Dec-20-04 05:45 PM
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Can you suggest a good book on Paganism? |
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All this talk about Christmas and subsequently Paganism has peaked my interest.
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Mon Dec-20-04 05:47 PM
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Here's a thread from the Ancient Wisdom forum discussing the very same subject: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=262x38Happy reading! :hi:
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AgadorSparticus
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Mon Dec-20-04 06:02 PM
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2. thanks! this is so interesting. |
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Mon Dec-20-04 06:08 PM
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It is interesting, too. The more you read, the more you want to learn.
Oh, another fascinating book that I don't think made it into that thread is A Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, compiled by Barbara G. Walker.
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Mon Dec-20-04 06:14 PM
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4. I am betting that much of western society is based on paganism |
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and yet I know so little of it. I am interested in finding the history behind many of the modern day traditions. Also, I am always open to studying different perspectives on spirituality and religion.
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Mon Dec-20-04 08:42 PM
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5. You should probably ask for books about paganisms... |
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Although the neo-pagan reconstructionists tend to have a fairly syncretic tendency, the ancient religions were very much time and culture-based. For example, my ancestors from the British Isles and Scandinavia were undoubtly pagan, but they had very different belief systems, cosmologies, and gods.
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Tue Dec-21-04 02:23 AM
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6. it's the ancient religions that i'm really interested in. so i will look |
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it up from various cultures and continents.
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Tue Dec-21-04 08:25 PM
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A number of books on comparative paganism, from the middle-east to europe, including how they have been re-shaped over the years. He also had the advantage of not being activley pagan himself, so he's (fairly) detached on the matter.
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