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I'm almost through this book and I am so proud to have it... there is a wealth of knowledge in this one book... I've read a number of books on Pagan/Witchcraft for over a year now and this is one of my favorites... also, I'm delighted with the binding and feel of this book, you can bend it and fold it and lay it open and it's just wonderful to hold in your hands... I wish all paperbacks were bound this way with these materials... recommend this?... if I could afford it, I'd buy copies and give them to everyone I know...


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Drawing Down the Moon Witches Druids GoddessWorshippers and Other Pagans in America Margot Adler 8601300124469 Books Reviews

Even though this book was written decades ago, much of this is still applicable for the modern Pagan or scholar. Adler has revised the text and has many wonderful resources for the reader to continue their exploration. I might add that this is one of the more objective texts I've read on the subject and certainly leaves the reader feeling open to their own ideas and beliefs about Paganism and Earth Religions.
Although the author, a High Priestess of the Craft has passed this past July, 2014, she has left behind a book worthy of including on your shelf if you are interested in Neo-Paganism and surrounds. She did a lot of research, asked a lot of questions and wrote on many topics. This book has been around a long time and she revised this last edition.
This book is a good history of the neo-pagan movement. It is clear that some time has passed since the writing of the book and present day, but when looking for a historical perspective, that isn't all bad. It has lots of resources in the back to find out more information, although I have not yet checked to see if those are also out of date. My only negative, the sheer amount of time that was spent discussing feminism and neo-pagans. I get that there was/is a strong correlation between the two movements, but it seemed a little excessive to me. I'm very happy it contained information about a variety of neo-pagan groups.
The latest edition has been brought up to date on many counts, though it would readily stand on its own legs with regards to an overview of a variety of pagan relgions/beliefs as well as to paint a historical picture of where/how many different systems have come/evolved from. It gives you plenty of brainfood to mull on as well as a lot of historical perspective (even if it is limited to the lens of one author and several hundred different practioners of various systems).
A great update of a wonderful book. Margot Adler was an incredible journalist and documented a movement in its early years that has now become relatively mainstream. Comprehensive, well written. I had the opportunity to meet Margot and she was a wonderful source of information and clarity regarding the neo-pagan movement.
I never read the first edition of Margo Adler's guide to earth-based religion in the United States, but after her recent death, I decided to check out the 2006 update. Adler had an inquiring mind, and coming from an irreligious family, she was draw to life-affirming rituals rather than religious dogma. She loved dancing around the May Pole, getting lost in Greek drama and feeling like Athena, and, eventually, drawing down the circle. Her interest coincided with Second Wave feminism, and after delving into a little paganism, she used her journalistic skills to track down its origins. Armed with a journalism degree, she sought out the Celtic and English roots of rituals that grew after Britain withdrew it's ban on witchcraft, and what she found was intriguing, if it wasn't particularly orthodox. Then she interviewed a variety of practitioners there and in the U.S. She is a dogged researcher and a generous interviewer and interpreter, and there's really nothing else quite like this account. Even though witchcraft doesn't call to me, I can identify with the search for celebration of nature without dogma and with a reverence for the feminine aspects of the divine. Her description of magic is that of an art rather than anything superhuman, and I found it intriguing.
For beginners this book is highly referenced among Pagan circles and you will hear about it quite frequently if you attend workshops, seminars or are generally socially active in the Pagan community.

I appreciated Adler's commentary in the prologue as it includes valuable and informative information about how she came to write the book and what she has learned since it was published. The book itself is a comfortable blend of academic and anecdotal writing that includes some of the most intensive firsthand research into contemporary Pagans from our own perspectives. Adler comes off as highly credible and her insights are a welcome relief from other similar books that come across as too academic. The writing is very humanist, easy to follow and very citable as Adler is considered an authority on the Pagan community (mostly in part to this book).

This is a very valuable product to have in my collection.

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(7/28/14) Margot Adler's work has been tremendously influential and helpful to the Pagan community and she will be sorely missed.
I'm almost through this book and I am so proud to have it... there is a wealth of knowledge in this one book... I've read a number of books on Pagan/Witchcraft for over a year now and this is one of my favorites... also, I'm delighted with the binding and feel of this book, you can bend it and fold it and lay it open and it's just wonderful to hold in your hands... I wish all paperbacks were bound this way with these materials... recommend this?... if I could afford it, I'd buy copies and give them to everyone I know...