A Book of Pagan Prayer
30. Jan, 2010 
10 Comments
- ISBN13: 9781578632558
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
"It is you who will be talking to the gods. Be clear. Be careful in how you pray. Take care how you come before the gods. Give them your best." There are many reference books on elaborate pagan rituals but never - until now - a guide to the most basic of practices: prayers and offerings. A Book of Pagan Prayer provides the pagan community a comprehensive and thoughtful selection of prayers - and shows readers how they too can create their own. After an introduction on why to pray, author Ceisiwr Serith explores how to pray through words, posture, dance, and music. He explains how to prepare for and compose prayers, how to address and honor the deities, and how to conclude a prayer. Serith also answers important questions, such as: Why should pagans pray? Should prayers be spontaneous? What are offerings about? Is all this just trying to buy the gods off? Gathered from many traditions - including Celtic, Germanic, Egyptian, Greek, and Zoroastrian - this guide includes nearly 500 sample prayers organized by purpose: for the family and household; times of the day, month, and year; life passages; thanksgiving, grace, and petition; as well as litanies and mantras. Whether offering a blessing, celebrating new life, safeguarding travel, or honoring the seasons, readers will discover timeless pagan prayers for worship, spiritual connection, and personal relationship with the gods.
I didn’t care for it, because the author is a person that doesn’t believe or even understand how mantras work, but thinks he does. He discredits what others do, but thinks his is just great.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is a good book on pagan blessings and prayers.But,not a great book on the topic.There are some other books on pagan prayers,but not many.Maybe someday soon ,a more solid pagan hymnal will been published too.Why the need for pagan prayers?Recently,the media has printed articles about the loss of religion in America.So,does that mean America is becoming an atheistic nation? Atheism is nihilism.People need to believe in something divine.Atheism will destroy society.Atheists will only decay society and disregard the environment of the good Earth.This book is a good starting point for getting people to be spiritual about the cycles of the Earth.The pagan evocations are good,yet could be more eloquently florescent in dictation.A floruit time of pagan prayers is ready to bloom,and we will see more writings offered soon.
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is ESSENTIAL for anyone desiring to be a ‘good pagan’! I don’t know how i’ve done without it! I only hope more of its kind will follow.
Rating: 5 / 5
As someone who really enjoys a great book with useful prayers and stories, I found this book to be so-so. I really liked the first part of the book where the author explains how and why he wrote the prayers he wrote. But despite there being hundreds of prayers in this book, I’ve found most of them to be flat and sterile. They are very short prayers, more like poetry than an actual prayer. The language used is very unusual, and just seems to fall flat. I was really hoping for a book that engaged me in prayers that used everyday language to connect on an emotional and spiritual level with the God/Goddess. I would say one out of every 20-30 prayers in this book barely manages to do that for me.
Rating: 3 / 5
If ever a pagan needed a devotional book like the christians use the bible, then this little book is the one. Ever since I received it, I havent put it down. The prayers for different times of day, problems and seasons seem to fit everywhere. Great Book.
Rating: 5 / 5
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