Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780738768151
- Book Title
- Year of Pagan Prayer : A Sourcebook of Poems, Hymns, and Invocations from Four Thousand Years of Pagan History
- Publisher
- Llewellyn Publications
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion
- Topic
- Paganism & Neo-Paganism, Comparative Religion, Occultism, Prayer
- Item Weight
- 32.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 456 Pages
A Year of Pagan Prayer: A Sourcebook – Paperback, by Nolan Barbara – Very Good
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Llewellyn Publications
ISBN-10
0738768154
ISBN-13
9780738768151
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20050074916
Product Key Features
Book Title
Year of Pagan Prayer : A Sourcebook of Poems, Hymns, and Invocations from Four Thousand Years of Pagan History
Number of Pages
456 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Paganism & Neo-Paganism, Comparative Religion, Occultism, Prayer
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-026290
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Decimal
299.94
Table Of Content
Contents Introduction 1 January . . . 5 New Year’s Day 5 Compitalia 12 Þorrablót 14 The Feast of the Divine Twins 18 February . . . 25 Imbolc 25 Concordia 33 The City Faunalia 36 March . . . 49 The Birthday of Mars 49 The Vernal Equinox and the Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries 53 The City Dionysia 64 April . . . 75 Veneralia 75 Megalesia 86 Cerealia 92 May . . . 97 May Day 97 Mercuralia 111 June . . . 123 Feast of Juno 123 Vestalia 127 Summer Solstice 131 Fors Fortuna 142 July . . . 145 Games of Apollo 145 Neptunalia 157 Aphrodisia 166 August . . . 183 Lúnasa 183 The Lamp-Lighting 197 Athena’s Birthday 207 Vulcanalia 216 The Day of Victory 219 September . . . 221 The Feast of Jove, Part I 221 The Autumnal Equinox and the Greater Eleusinian Mysteries 227 October . . . 243 October Mars 243 Thesmophoria 247 November . . . 261 Samhain 261 The Isia 273 The Feast of Jove, Part II 284 December . . . 291 The Country Faunalia 291 The Country Dionysia 301 Yuletide and the Winter Solstice 311 The Saturnalia 320 Mithras’s Day 323 Lunar Prayers . . . 327 Wedding Prayers . . . 347 Funeral Prayers . . . 355 Appendices . . . 365 Bibliography . . . 395 Credits . . . 411 Index . . . 417
Synopsis
450+ Poems, Prayers, Hymns and Blessings This treasury of beautiful and powerful pieces is the perfect companion for marking holidays, milestones, and the seasons. You’ll discover prayers to Janus from Horace and Ovid, a traditional Scottish blessing for Imbolc, an invocation to Pan by Aleister Crowley, an ode to Proserpine by Mary Shelley, a pharaoh’s hymn to Isis, a song for Lammas by Gwydion Pendderwen, and many, many more. A tribute to the beauty and resiliency of Paganism, this sourcebook will enhance any special day throughout the year. Enjoy prayers for weddings and funerals, blessings for the sabbats, and hymns to the gods and goddesses of various pantheons. Barbara Nolan includes brief historical or biographical details to contextualize each piece as well as descriptions of different celebrations and festivals to help you integrate these readings into your practice. A Year of Pagan Prayer demonstrates that the literary worship of Pagan deities was never fully lost in the West. This bounteous collection draws from the spiritual legacy of Italian Renaissance poets, ancient Sumerian priestesses, twentieth-century Pagans, French Romantics, Greek playwrights, nineteenth-century British occultists, and Egyptian hymnists, making it a must-have resource for anyone who yearns to embody the eloquent expressions of our Pagan past., 450+ Poems, Prayers, Hymns and Blessings This treasury of beautiful and powerful pieces is the perfect companion for marking holidays, milestones, and the seasons. You’ll discover prayers to Janus from Horace and Ovid, a traditional Scottish blessing for Imbolc, an invocation to Pan by Aleister Crowley, an ode to Proserpine by Mary Shelley, a pharaoh’s hymn to Isis, a song for Lammas by Gwydion Pendderwen, and many, many more. A tribute to the beauty and resiliency of Paganism, this sourcebook will enhance any special day throughout the year. Enjoy prayers for weddings and funerals, blessings for the sabbats, and hymns to the gods and goddesses of various pantheons. Barbara Nolan includes brief historical or biographical details to contextualize each piece as well as descriptions of different celebrations and festivals to help you integrate these readings into your practice. A Year of Pagan Prayerdemonstrates that the literary worship of Pagan deities was never fully lost in the West. This bounteous collection draws from the spiritual legacy of Italian Renaissance poets, ancient Sumerian priestesses, twentieth-century Pagans, French Romantics, Greek playwrights, nineteenth-century British occultists, and Egyptian hymnists, making it a must-have resource for anyone who yearns to embody the eloquent expressions of our Pagan past.
LC Classification Number
BP605.N46N65 2021
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