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 Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:49 pm
I have recently acquired a couple books of his, and was wondering how other better informed pagans perceive him.
I like the idea of being a solitary practitioner, especially while exploring different aspects of paganism, but wonder how seriously that is taken with the community as a whole.
Has anyone found any problems with his books?
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:32 am
Depends on the book, honestly. I do have issues with them, which I think are important to take into account, but I did enjoy Living Wicca despite those issues. I feel OK recommending them with some caveats.
My issues are that:
- he is heavily soft-polytheistic to the point of being offensive in some cases (soft polytheism not being an issue in itself, but the way he refers to the gods occasionally is)
- he is very "love and light" oriented and seems to avoid anything that might be construed as "dark"
- my memory regarding his history is fuzzy, but I seem to recall it wasn't stellar.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:46 am
And even he admitted later in life that he wasn't really talking about Wicca in those earlier books and founded his own Standing Stone tradition.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:41 pm
Well yeah, aside from the "Wicca" thing. xd
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:42 am
Soooo, I could use his books as a loose guide supplemented with other research?
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:52 pm
Yup. He's not bad but he's not everyone's cup of tea.
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:48 pm
I think its good for those starting out as long as you don't stick just to his books, I suggest for starters reading ever Pagan book you can get your hands on. (except for the pure spell/fluff ones)
And research what you read to know the history behind it and more in-depth truths. So yeah I would suggest a couple of his books...
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