I'm a self-published author, after waiting YEARS to find the courage to publish at all. At long last, at the age of 70, I decided it was time to let go of the words that I'd been hiding in my heart all this time. By now, I've published three books, with a fourth appearing in the next few weeks.
First, I published The Goddess Book of Psalms,, in soft cover. This was a compilation of about 200 psalm-like poems dedicated to the Goddess that I'd been writing for many years, as part of my own worship. I used the form of psalm found in the bible for a basis, and indeed, some of the psalms are actually re-wordings of some of those psalms, but that was my need at the time they were written. My adoration of the Goddess is just as spiritually involved as that of any bible reader. Soon after its release, I published the same book in a different format, in hardcover.
The second book was Devotions for the Witch:Devozioni della Strega. This was a prayer book, calendar of holy days, book of the dead and litany of martyrs, along the lines of the old Catholic prayer missal I used to have when I was a child. I am Italian, and my practice is that of a strega, so the goddesses and heroines within this book are those who were known to ancient Romans, some of whom are still worshiped today in that same area.
Then I published Aradia: Gospel of the Witches, Retold, a re-translation of Charles Godfrey Leland's classic which was originally published in 1899, and incorrectly translated by him at that time. 100 years later, in 1999, Dr. Mario Pazzaglini published a new translation, but it was incomplete and left many questions unanswered. I needed to complete the work.
Due out in a few weeks is my fourth book, Witch Daze: a perennial pagan calendar. This is a compilation of over 2000 entries of pagan events, including at least one for each and every day of the year, and that means Leap Year, too!
First, I published The Goddess Book of Psalms, , in soft cover. This was a compilation of about 200 psalm-like poems dedicated to the Goddess that I'd been writing for many years, as part of my own worship. I used the form of psalm found in the bible for a basis, and indeed, some of the psalms are actually re-wordings of some of those psalms, but that was my need at the time they were written. My adoration of the Goddess is just as spiritually involved as that of any bible reader. Soon after its release, I published the same book in a different format, in hardcover.
The second book was Devotions for the Witch:Devozioni della Strega . This was a prayer book, calendar of holy days, book of the dead and litany of martyrs, along the lines of the old Catholic prayer missal I used to have when I was a child. I am Italian, and my practice is that of a strega, so the goddesses and heroines within this book are those who were known to ancient Romans, some of whom are still worshiped today in that same area.
Then I published Aradia: Gospel of the Witches, Retold , a re-translation of Charles Godfrey Leland's classic which was originally published in 1899, and incorrectly translated by him at that time. 100 years later, in 1999, Dr. Mario Pazzaglini published a new translation, but it was incomplete and left many questions unanswered. I needed to complete the work.
Due out in a few weeks is my fourth book, Witch Daze: a perennial pagan calendar . This is a compilation of over 2000 entries of pagan events, including at least one for each and every day of the year, and that means Leap Year, too!