A Pagan Testament

by Myers, Brendan

• ISBN13: 9781846941290
• ISBN10: 1846941296
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-15
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

"Pagans often claim that their spiritual inspiration comes not from a written scripture but from personal experience and original creativity. Yet there are many written works which constitute its testament. Some of them are thousands of years old, such as the Descent of Ishtar, and The Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Others are more recent, such as The Charge of the Goddess." "A Pagan Testament collects these original works, along with the poetry and prose that inspired the founders of the modern Pagan movement. It also includes the largest collection of circle songs and wisdom teachings ever published, which are the Pagan equivalent of the Biblical Psalms and Proverbs."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Overture	p. 1
The Goddess with No Name	p. 17
Grandmother Anishnabe: The Woman who Fell from the Sky	p. 25
Inanna: The Queen of Heaven and Earth	p. 35
Demeter and the Eleusinean Mysteries	p. 65
Merrigan: Great Queen of the Celts	p. 89
The Three Norns and the World Tree	p. 105
Lore of the Witch	p. 117
Poetry and Romanticism	p. 139
The Book of Shadows	p. 163
Wisdom-Teachings	p. 197
Circle-Songs	p. 247
A Commentary	p. 315
After-song	p. 392
Bibliography	p. 393
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