Rating: Summary: Somebody please flush... Review: To be fair, I read this book and it's sister volume because I was told they were examples of the kinds of trash I should keep away in modern paganism. After reading them I now know why - they certainly are trash, horrible gobbets of historically inaccurate, stupid, wilfully ignorant (whilst being proud of the fact) and inane, saccharine trash. Through one book I felt like I needed a sick-bag and during the other I felt as though I'd had a lobotomy (this nonsense may actually have damaged my IQ). Avoid at all costs and run like hell if anybody even mentions it. Trust me, y'know, life's too short.No stars.
Rating: Summary: JUNK !!!!!!!! Review: Too bad Amazon doesn't have a ZERO STARS category. This book is a stitched together bunch of stuff from other books. It claims to be about the Irish Faery Faith, yet those familiar with even some of the source materials will note things taken from faery lore of Scotland, England and Wales; as well as material from Druidic, Theosophical and Anthroposophical sources having nothing to do with Ireland. Kind of silly, I thought........
Rating: Summary: New world foods in an old world craft? Review: Well, it doesn't take much to realize that these books (I'm including volume 2) aren't worth the paper they're printed on. If this is an authentic old world tradition, as Stepanich claims, then why does it include crops like potatoes, pumpkins, and corn in the rituals, crops that were not even discovered by Europeans until 1492.
Rating: Summary: a good Wiccan book, but you must delve deeper into the Kelts Review: while this book is written well with irish and celtic elements framed within Feminist Wiccan thinking, i think we need to delve beyond Wicca to find the roots of Celtic ways. Read Apple Branch by Alexei Kondratiev for a non wiccan approach to celtic ritual. try looking into the lore of the celtic gods written by non wiccans. kisma stepanich has her approach based in wiccan circle magic. wicca is a modern re-write of pagan ways. i am a celt by blood, and feel that you must dig far deeper into the celtic roots of celtic and druid lore to find that the celts were a deep culture not bound to wiccan circle ways. RJ Stuarts Celtic Gods and Celtic Goddesses is a more traditonal view of celtic religion. good book for wiccans to vindicate a celtic version of Wicca. but im a pagan who needs to go a bit deeper than modern Wiccan re-writes to find true Celtic ways. sorry, but that's the truth.
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