Shameless plug for a new series I am begining: a deep dive into my favorite and most admired book of all time, through the lens of my background as an ex-pagan magic believer and a social scientist.
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Oh this is fantastic! As a precocious young wiccan myself and daughter of a poet, I pored over this wildly eccentric, antiquarian tome back in the 80s. Just pulled it all dusty and dog-eared from the shelf. It’s been so long since I probed the mysteries of the Beth-Luis-Nion tree alphabet, etc. I’m no longer in command of that leafy dialect. I hope you’ll post the whole series.
qualiagirl
Level 4
Feb 15, 2019
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I'd like to read the book - is it available or are you still working on it? What I did read was a few chapters you wrote on what I think must be a book review on the White Goddess (or is that the beginning of a book?). Q.- What made you stop being pagan? I went to a lecture about it a few weeks ago and still not sure what it's all about although the connection to nature sounded compelling.
Earthling50
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Feb 14, 2019
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Paganism is wonderful, I still identify culturally but as I've come to embrace the skeptical worldview I don't literally believe in deities or magic any more.
As for the book, you're right, this is just a web series of analysis of The White Goddess, a book written in the 40's that I just really like a lot. As for when I will actually finish a book you could read, I'm working on it, but I don't know when it will be ready.
@KJThomas -- Good bit of writing. I shall be looking for more. As for the book, The White Godess, I'm afraid I must be listed among those who have not read it. However, after reading the article, I may just do that. Thank you.
evidentialist
Level 8
Feb 14, 2019
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Nice, I appreciate that. I will definitely be continuing. Maybe I'll change it up a bit and write about something else once in awhile.
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