Advantages: It is one of the very few introductions available Disadvantages: Limited in scope and misleading in places
...are setting out on a Pagan path for the first time, or have been committed to one for many years, this insightful and informative book will offer you inroads into expressing your own beliefs and understanding those of others. Pagan Paths also provides a definitive resource for students of comparative religions.”
But does it deliver?
From the title and back cover one might expect that the book will include a guide to all the different Pagan Paths ... ...the only and the definitive pagan organisation and implies that PF principles are held by all pagans. This is not the case.
Pete Jennings was the president of the Pagan Federation and it seems to me that this book is very much his manifesto for that organisation. If you look at the PF web site you will find exactly the same breakdown of the six major types of paganism as appears in this book; namely, Wicca (witchcraft), Druidry, Asutra, Shamanism ...
Freespirit 09.08.2003
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Advantages: a lot of information Disadvantages: inevitably superficial.
...He's a member of the Pagan Federation - which while not being a definite Pagan group, has one of the (if not the) largest mebmerships, has been going for 30 years and does a lot of work to get Paganism taken seriously. He was furthermore, President of said organisation a few years back. So, the book contains some of the PF biases and world view, but there are so many organisations out there, a book including all of them would be a very huge tome ... ...are a huge number of Pagan paths out there, and within any given path, there are lots of different subgroups with their own styles, practises and traditions. Druidry for example, has many groups, including but not limited to, The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, The British Druid Order, the Druid Network, The Druids of Albion, the Loyal Arthurian warband.... and many others. It's the same in other traditions. Consequently, it would be impossible ...
Bryn_Pearson 13.10.2003
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