The Modern Pagan: How to Live a Natural Lifestyle in the 21st Century

by Brian Day

A guide to harmonious, natural living through modern pagan principles, explains how to live in a way that honors the land and its inhabitants, offering advice on cultivating a true pagan garden, creating nutritious food and drink, celebrating seasonal festivals, practicing herbal medicine, and working for the benefit of all. Paganism is a sustainable way of life that has existed for thousands of years. Sometimes mistaken as a religious path (true pagans do not worship deities), paganism will appeal to anyone who cares about the environment or is interested in maintaining an organic lifestyle. Although it is an ancient practice, paganism is particularly suited to meeting 21st-century concerns.

Genres: Paganism, Religion

426 pages, Paperback

First published January 5, 2006

About the author

Brain Day has spent a lifetime advocating for nature and learning about languages, music, crafts, history, stories and cultures across the world. He has written a number of non-fiction books including The Celtic Calendar, A Chronicle of Folk Customs, Chronicle of Celtic Folk Customs and The Modern Pagan.

An Affinity of Apes is his first novel. For more information, visit https://moongazerpress.news.blog.

Brian lives in Sussex (UK) and can be found giving wildlife walks on bats, butterflies, mushrooms and how to make your garden more friendly to British wildlife.

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Day makes some outlandish assertions without any references to research in the history section of the book. For example, he suggests that the Christians adopted the sacrament of baptism from the Celts who had cleansing rituals. Hello! Christianity has its roots in Judaism, which has numerous cleansing rituals. After I read that statement, I stopped reading the book. By the way, the books lacks a bibliography or reference list.

[Evelyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very thorough and in-depth guide to modern pagan lifestyles that would also be useful for those who are interested in living off the grid / off the land. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on the history of pagan rituals and festivals.

[Liz Brau]

...aww, screw it.

[Max Hale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book that covers a whole mass of everyday issues that face the pagan citizen. Worth a read for sure