Questo autore esplora profondi contrasti e intricate relazioni umane attraverso uno stile letterario che è allo stesso tempo acuto e compassionevole. Il suo lavoro si addentra frequentemente nelle complessità dei legami familiari, riflettendo una prospettiva personale sull'educazione dei figli e sulla condivisione della vita con un partner. Attraverso narrazioni che toccano la giustizia sociale e la crescita personale, l'autore sfida i lettori a considerare i dati statistici e il loro impatto sulla nostra comprensione del mondo. La sua scrittura è infusa di un forte senso morale e del desiderio di illuminare temi sociali e filosofici complessi.
A reference guide for pagans who wish to celebrate their religion as living, family tradition steeped in pagan ritual and pagan prayer, this work includes guidelines for rituals, suggestions for creating a sacred home, prayers, and tips and activities for teaching children about paganism.
"A comprehensive collection of prayers and rituals for contemporary pagans, from a variety of traditions; includes a list of offerings and a glossary of deities"--
Steeped in tradition--"Those of us who call ourselves Pagan owe a debt to all those who came before us"--and based on more than a quarter century of research and practice, A Book of Pagan Prayer teaches us to pray in the ways of our ancestors for very modern times and concerns. Changes to this revised edition include rearranged chapters and prayers and the addition of two new chapters, all of which make the book easier to use. The chapters are now arranged in an order that follows a ritual, and all the litanies have been moved to their appropriate chapters. Two new chapters--"General Requests and Offerings" and "Travel, Protection, Imprecatory"--combine two types of prayers out of the general "Petitions" into one. Prayers have been labeled with the deities to which they are addressed and arranged in logical order within each chapter. Prayers to new deities have also been added. In addition, a major problem with the first edition has been corrected: prayers for Lughnasadh/Lammas and Midsummer, two of the eight great neopagan holidays, have been added. A unique collection of nearly 500 prayers written to fulfill the needs of contemporary pagans from a variety of traditions, A Book of Pagan Prayer is a book to turn to again and again. Replaces ISBN 9781578632558