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KALLISTI was created several years ago. Since then, the blogopshere has gotten richer, but this devotee to Apollon (and now the Erinyes) is still here providing anecdotes of personal practice, communicating about various theological/moral/philosophical beliefs of myself and others, linking to valuable and/or interesting media sources, and sharing resources about Hellenic polytheisms with the general community.

28 November 2008

Request for Pagan/Polytheism-Themed Books

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Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it, and to those in America (mostly the Natives) who refrain from observing the public holiday, I am deeply sorry that the English colonists were such jerks.

While waiting for the bus in Northampton, one of those nudges from the Gods came. I ran into one of the professors in the religion department and through conversation she learned that I co-run the college's pagan group. Apparently, there may be a first-year seminar focusing on reading religious theologies through fiction. She asked me if I knew of any general pagan or Wiccan books that could be included in the course readings.

Now, while I did grow up Neopagan, I am a Hellenic Polytheist and most of the strenuous studying I have done centers around the Hellenic pantheon. For the sake of the first-year seminar, I know that a Wiccan or general pagan book would be more useful for the simple reason that students are more likely to encounter Wicca-derived faiths than Recon ones. I told her that I would get back to her.

I am soliciting comments on what fictional books from a pagan world view you think are appropriate for a 100-level college class. Memoirs may be included among fictional titles.

To those of you who respond, thanks in advance. You may help increase awareness of non-monotheistic religions in the United States.

EDIT: THANK YOU to everyone who responded. Your comments were all incredibly helpful, and those books look fantastic. I might actually look into a few for myself. ^_^