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The Pagan's Muse: Words of Ritual, Invocation, and Inspiration [Hardcover]

Jane Raeburn (Author, Editor)

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A lyrical sourcebook for creating your own Pagan rituals. The Pagan's Muse contains a wealth of vividly descriptive verse to help practitioners craft their own personal celebrations of spirit. Written by poets from all times, including ancient poems translated into English and verse written specifically for this collection by contemporary practitioners, it contains inspiring sections on Ritual and Devotion, Nature, Passion, Magic Laughter, Grief and Remembrance, Chants and Songs and an introduction to Pagan poetry for ritual creators. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Very enjoyable collection 11 Oct 2003
By J. Robertson - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
The Pagan's Muse is a very enjoyable collection of pagan-oriented writing, presented in a quality hardback format. The writing is approachable &, I believe, ultimately something that even your run-of-the-mill non-pagan poetry aficionado will be able to appreciate. I agree with another reviewer that, as a result of having multiple poems on the same page, things do feel a bit cramped; however, you quickly acclimate to the format & it is not an unusual one for a poetry compilation of this type.

I think my only real disappointment with this book is that there isn't more editoral commentary to tie things together a bit more...

::Contents::
"Thine Inmost Divine Self": An Introduction to Pagan Poetry

1. "I Have Been with Thee from the Beginning": Poems of Ritual & Devotion
2. "Beauty of the Green Earth": Poems of Nature
3. "Thou Who Thinkest to Seek for Me": Poems of Invocation
4. "Power and Compassion": Rites of Passage
5. "To Me All Things Return": Poems of Grief and Remembrance
6. "All Acts of Love and Pleasure": Poems of Passion
7. "To Learn All Sorcery": Poems of Magic
8. "Mirth and Reverence": Poems of Laughter
9. "Dance, Sing, Feast": Chants and Songs

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful! 3 Jan 2011
By Voodoo - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Beautiful, moving, fun, pagan poetry. There is likely to be something in this book for most everyone. I simply adore this book! These poems are fun, clever, solemn, reverent, stunning, and everything in between.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Overall very good 17 Oct 2003
By Jen - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I was very intrigued when I heard that Jane Raeburn was editing an anthology of pagan poetry because I am a literature professor as well as a practicing Wiccan. I am not published in this anthology, but if I had heard about it before the deadline for submissions I would have summit my own work. This allows me to approach the book objectively, unlike some who are shamefully plugging their own work.
Before I read the anthology I was worried that it would be filled with the usual trite and didactic verse one would in find half rate newsletters, as well as Ravenwolf books, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a large variety of talent. I was also excited to see reprints of Yeats and Wordsworth published in the book; however, I was a little surprised to see them over William Blake, who often used paganism in his writing.
Though many poems in this anthology are quite good, there were still the inevitable cliché poems in which every line began with "goddess of." Despite the triteness of a large number of the poems, some poets were remarkable. A few that remain in my mind after finishing are Dennis Saleh, Sarah Brown Weitzman, Charlotte Hussey, Art Schwartz, Danny DiCrispino, and Nattalie J. Case. These six poets are among my favorites and have a great future in poetry. There are a number of other great poets to read as well.

It is worth the buy

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