Listening People, Speaking Earth : Contemporary Paganism

by Graham Harvey

This work introduces the main movements and trends in paganism. Individual chapters focus on druidry, witchcraft, heathenism, goddess spirituality and magic. These are followed by discussions of shamanism and geomancy. Sources of inspiration are treated next: from real history to more imaginative or poetic phenomena. The book concludes with an exploration of the ecological activities, theologies and rites of passage of pagans.

Genres: Religion, Paganism, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Witchcraft, Research, Magick

Paperback

First published April 1, 1997

Reviews

[Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thorough and rarely dry, this is a great deep dive into an academic examination of Pagans of all flavors. Harvey has mostly mastered the art of writing for a layperson audience*, using accessible language and minimal jargon. It's an older book but still valuable and worth reading, both for n00bs and old grizzled witches.

* Take this with a grain of salt; I completed the coursework for a PhD, so I'm used to reading scholarly things.

[Elisa_in_neverland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting and well written book.

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[penny shima glanz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this up in order to hopefully better understand the fantasy I was reading. I think this was a fairly balanced and objective look at both historical and contemporary Paganism. I do recommend it if you are curious..

[Lynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A terrific resource, in spite of the fact that it entirely overlooks Hellenic Paganism. I suppose it's not truly the author's fault, though, as that movement was only beginning to gain large number of followers at the time of the book's publication.