What
others are saying about "The Isles of the Many Gods"
From
WICCAN REDE magazine:
“Many deities have been worshipped in the British
Isles during the ages, while each new invader, each new
tribe, brought its own. This book brings them together for
the first time, native and immigrant gods and goddesses….An
extended bibliography and an index complete this very interesting
guide.”
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Review from Wiccan Rede, Dutch & English language Magazine
- see http://www.silvercircle.org
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From
The Druid Network, by Bobcat:
"This is the kind of book that I usually pick up
with some reticence, too often having found myself infuriated
by authors claiming their knowledge of deity to objective
fact rather than subjective experience, or worse, lack of
information mixed with fantasy. But David and Sorita's book
has not annoyed me. Indeed I have found it both useful and
interesting. Concentrating
on the deities 'worshipped in ancient Britain during the
first millennium CE through to the Middle Ages', they limit
the number to those for which there is either literary or
archaeological evidence. That number of gods is, nonetheless,
pretty comprehensive: I didn't count but there must be around
250. Each entry is made up of the simple information the
authors discovered in their research, providing that evidence
for a presence in Britain. If a book of so many gods were
truly comprehensive, of course, it would be volumes long,
and this is not. But like all the best books in Paganism,
it inspires with clues, hinting that, if we are sincerely
interested, there are other books and records (and indeed
places) where further exploration can be done. As
well as the A-Z, there are brief but informative pages about
why so many gods were worshipped in Britain, which I read
a couple of times; not because it told me anything new (though
one who hasn't come across this information before would
find the pages very helpful), but because I love this important
part of Pagan understanding. It so beautifully shreds the
validity of pompous isolationism, the pedantry of racism,
and encourages us to be truly pluralistic, accepting that
our British (European) heritage is a rich blend of cultures,
ideas, stories, in ancient times and up to the present day.
It's
definitely a book to explore."
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Review
by Bobcat, for the DruidNetwork --
