Cakes and Ale for the Pagan Soul: Spells, Recipes, and Reflections from Neopagan Elders and Teachers Review

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Cakes and Ale for the Pagan Soul: Spells, Recipes, and Reflections from Neopagan Elders and Teachers ReviewThe newest entry in the books "for the Soul" is a book of collected experiences, stories, spellworkings and comfort food put together by Crossing Press and edited by our own Trish Telesco. The contributions are from some well known authors as well as some community elders.
The book is divided into themed sections, each containing some articles or essays. The topics covered are Path of Beauty, Wisdom of the World, Nature's Advisers, Community: Honor, Respect and Gratitude, Rituals for Life and Healing, Spells and other Sundries. These are all topics which would interest pagans of all walks of life and provide food for thought and meditation on our lives, our chosen paths and our world.
Some of the stories are personal experiences, crossroads in someone's life. Other stories are essays on our treatment of Mother Earth, the pagan community and the greater community of Humanity. Some are advises for pursuing our personal paths, "how to" articles on working rituals, and the usual "love" spells, recipes for the pagan passion of food or a quick remedy for a common ailment.
Most of the articles are short. This allows for mediation on the topic and some soul searching for inner truths if you are so inclined. There are some touching stories here, there are some moments of meditation and awareness. There is also some material here that begs for our attention and gives us some hard lessons.
The opening introduction by Trish Telesco is more of a statement on Neo-Paganism than it is on the contents of the book. There are statistics here that have no references to where they came from, while others seem to draw questionable conclusions. While it is true that there are probably more pagans than we roughly estimate, that paganism is a fast growing culture, and that the pagan religions are drawing much attention from various sources, we cannot draw any population conclusion based on the number of witch websites in Google or how many people are registered as pagans on a website. And while the actual numbers are unavailable and may spark some speculation, we need to remember that not everyone lives on the web.
However, it's not the introduction we are looking at. We are here for the content. With contributions by such well known authors as Margot Adler, Starhawk, Selena Fox and Dorothy Morrison, it is hard to ignore this book. The articles chosen fit the topics well, and while the articles may be short, they do provide much food for thought. After some of the stories, there is a small "project box" containing some kind of instruction to further your involvement with the topic discussed. After an article by Bonnie Jean Hamilton about Releasing your Fears there is a small spellworking to further your own personal work on fear. After an article on Discovery Through Dreaming by Ann Moura there is a small box on keeping a dream journal.
There are stories on personal tragedy, community ritual backfires, pagan protests, healing the healers, and more. There are outstanding articles by the likes of Jessie Wolf Hardin, Kristin Madden and Ashleen O'Gaea. There are also some gems by some lesser known authors like Ambrose Hawk and Precious Nielsen.
The stories cover the human community, the animals we love, the earth we cherish. There is much here in the way of positive affirmations and comments on the human condition. Personal responsibility, perfect love and perfect trust, and so much more that we hold dear are touched upon for our reflection.
There is appeal here for most folks following the pagan path who are looking for food for thought on their spirituality, their community, their lives and how interconnected this all is with our Mother the Earth. There is fluff amongst the trees of wisdom here as well, but that is the general appeal of books like this; that they have something for everyone. And I am sure if you pick up this book you will find a couple of articles or essays that will touch upon a particular string in your mind and it will harmonize with your own personal song. I do recommend this book for it's content, as it will also give you more of an insight into pagan spirituality and the pagan heart. This is a good presentation and one which I think you will find challenging and intelligent as well as inspirational and heart warming. boudicaCakes and Ale for the Pagan Soul: Spells, Recipes, and Reflections from Neopagan Elders and Teachers Overview

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