winter relapse

[greygirlbeast]

The weather forecast has been growing a little less pleasant with each day. Now it's predicting that Saturday's high will only be 64F, and the highest high forecast over the next ten days is only in the mid-seventies. Blegh. May should feel like May, not March

Comments

[emrecom]

The Adler book really is essential in all sorts of ways. Glad you liked it.

[greygirlbeast]

The Adler book really is essential in all sorts of ways. Glad you liked it.

Me, too. I was tired of being disappointed in silly, shoddily written books on Neo-Paganism and Wicca. I went to Drawing Down the Moon primarily for history, but came away from it with a much needed sense that I'm not entirely alone in my partticular beliefs and that there may be more plurality to Wicca than one sees here in Atlanta (which should come as no sort of surprise).

Adler Scholarship

[mackatlaw]

The Adler scholarship has been attacked pretty heavily in places, mainly in the historical overview and reconstruction of past events. Of course, every book has its critics.

Not having done more than skim in, the most I can offer is: maybe the Elusine mysteries of the Romans emphasized non-written, experiential occurences partly because literacy was not as common, even in Italy, than in the modern world?

I recall reading that Aleister Crowley and company would have petitioners learn to write using their other, non-dominant hand, because it would let the mind absorb new habits easier. (Or "retrain", in his thinking.) I find that to be an interesting concept, and working on the muscle-weaker side of the body does give a different perception...

Mack

Re: Adler Scholarship

[greygirlbeast]

The Adler scholarship has been attacked pretty heavily in places, mainly in the historical overview and reconstruction of past events. Of course, every book has its critics.

Indeed.

Can you point me towards some of the criticism? I can see where a lot of different groups might take issue with Adler, for one reason or another, but I found no glaring flaws myself. And when I praise the level of scholarship, perhaps what I should say it that I'm praising the fact that, whatever flaws might exist, at least DDtM does have scholarship, unlike the majority of Pagan books published today, which seem oblivious even to the possibility of researching and supporting their claims.