{"id":12851,"date":"2022-04-13T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T21:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12851"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:00:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T21:00:37","slug":"free-book-reviews-from-latest-pomegranate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12851","title":{"rendered":"Free Book Reviews from Latest Pomegranate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As ever, book reviews in The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies <\/em> are open-access free downloads. Here are links to the four in this issue.((I receive a small commission on Amazon sales, which helps to pay for this website.))<\/p>\n

The King in Orange: The Magical and Occult Roots of Political Power<\/em> <\/a>by John Michael Greer<\/a>, reviewed by Chas S. Clifton. Download PDF here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Greer, a Druid leader, and writier on ecology, spirituality, and the future of industrial society, here confronts class issues in America and their political ramifications, as well as some Big Ideas about historical cycles. Did Kek and Pepe the Frog magically help swing the 2016 election to Donald Trump? And what was magically incompetent about the post-election “Resistance”?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Quebec’s Distinct Paganism: A Study on the Impact of Language, Culture, and History in the Development of Contemporary Paganism in Quebec<\/em><\/a> by Marisol Charbonneau<\/a>, reviewed by Helen A. Berger. <\/a>Download PDF here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“One of a growing genre of books and articles that explore the particularities of contemporary Paganism in a specific geographical place. Composed of two distinct linguistic communities, Quebec offers what sociologists call a natural experiment: two different groups in the same place that have different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. This existent distinction between groups permits Charbonneau to explore the question of how much language and cultural differences influence the practice of those who become contemporary Pagans”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Spirits of Blood, Spirits of Breath: The Twinned Cosmos of Indigenous America<\/em><\/a>, by Barbara Alice Mann, reviewed by Sarah Dees<\/a>. Download PDF here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Barbara Alice Mann contributes to discussions of Indigenous worldviews, mapping what she describes as the \u201ctwinned cosmos\u201d comprised of complementary blood and breath energies throughout Turtle Island or North America. Taking a comparative approach, Mann examines the interconnection between blood and breath spirits and energies as they have manifested in multiple communities.”<\/p>\n

\"\"The Imagination of Plants:\u00a0 A Book of Botanical Mythology<\/a><\/em> by Matthew Hall,<\/a> reviewed by Michael D. J. Bintley<\/a>. Download PDF here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“A\u00a0 generously illustrated treasure trove of plant mythology selected from across world from ancient times to the present. This is not all; the backbone of the book is formed by a series of discursive essays in which Hall identifies thematic links between his selections, and makes a series of interventions that will be of equal interest to specialist and general readers alike.<\/p>\n

“Passages are drawn from editions easily accessible to readers for further reading, and range from the mythologies of European Antiquity to the Vedas, the Popol Vuh, and more recently recorded indigenous wisdom of (for example) Australia, New Zealand, and North America. Without simply listing the range of people and places covered in the book, it is fair to say that Hall\u2019s collection is generally representative, rather than exhaustive, in its coverage of plants in the global imaginary”<\/p>\n

To submit a book for review or to beome a reviewer yourself, please contact Christopher Chase, Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As ever, book reviews in The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies are open-access free downloads. Here are links to the four in this issue.((I receive a small commission on Amazon sales, which helps to pay for this website.)) 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