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I didn't know Circle of the Sun was on Google Books. I'll have to take a look at that.

I have to say that I am skeptic of a lot of 101 books. But I will definitely be on the look out to see if I can finally get my hands on these sometime soon.

Ok so I finally got these books in the mail and I like them. They are vary easy to read and understand. As 101 books go its pretty good. She lists different sects of egyptian paganism, the gods and their duties/personifications, what is and isnt egyptian paganism, incense and oils found in ancient egypt as well as food, rites, and the egyptian calander. She uses the mainstream understanding of wicca instead of what it truely is. But thats forgivable. I dont like how many "!" she uses. I am also unsure how much of what she says is UPG and whats backed up in ancient texts like the use of curses or hexes. She said they arnt found in ancient times and wernt tolorated. She has beautiful black and white photos included in the book. Instructions on how to make a robe and sistrum are also found within. Of course kings are mentioned. And she even uses the proper egyption names of the dieties in ( ) next to the popular greek spellings like Isis and Thoth. It should be use d with circle of the sun as I find the two complement each other. Circle of the sun seems to go into greater detail than following the sun does. Its a great jumping off point to understand the basics that should lead to the reader exploring historical texts themselves. However this does save hours of headaches caused by trying to read the 19th century translations. That unfortunetly can lead to "telephone" where the original mesage was lost. However with the works of Budge and other early egyptologists translations coming into question and themselves being found mistranslated its not so much a bad thing. I think these can be great 101 books. But again as a beginner I only have documentaries on egypt as a reference point as I have not learned to read ancient heiroglyphs yet and conducted my own translations. I would love if someone more advanced could give me their insite on these books.

A few seconds ago I read Devo's review. She writes a blog called the twisted rope. She actually doesnt like the book following the sun because its biased against KO as well as having poor citations. As I mentioned i have not heared of "the ancients didnt use curses" before and I cant find a source on it at all. Hmm...I will have to do more studying on the subjects she writes about. Only time will tell if myviews change or not.

Well while curses may have been frowned upon we do know they existed. Wasnt there a king who had a wax figure made of him and he died a few days later? It was the wife and I think the high priest...let me find it...Well I cant find it...I will have to go back and watch some documentaries. I did find Tuts curse though. It is most definitely a protective spell that warns against messing with the tomb and its inhabitant or nasties will get ya.