A Book of Pagan Prayer

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Weiser Books, Nov 1, 2018 - Religion - 304 pages

“A beautiful and inspiring collection of prayers. A Book of Pagan Prayer is like a breath of fresh air, breathing life into the spiritual aspect of pagan practice.”—Mat Auryn, Patheos

Steeped in tradition based on more than a quarter century of research and practice, A Book of Pagan Prayer teaches us to pray in the ways of our ancestors for very modern times and concerns. A unique collection of nearly 500 prayers written to fulfill the needs of contemporary pagans from a variety of traditions, A Book of Pagan Prayer is a book to turn to again and again.

First published in 2002, the revisions to this new edition include rearranged chapters and prayers and the addition of two new chapters, all of which make the book easier to use. The chapters are now arranged in an order that follows a ritual, and all the litanies have been moved to their appropriate chapters. Two new chapters--"General Requests and Offerings" and "Travel, Protection, Imprecatory"--combine two types of prayers out of the general "Petitions" into one. Prayers have been labeled with the deities to which they are addressed and arranged in logical order within each chapter. Prayers to new deities have also been added. In addition, a major problem with the first edition has been corrected: prayers for Lughnasadh/Lammas and Midsummer, two of the eight great neopagan holidays, have been added.

 

Contents

Prayers for Times of the Day
141
Prayers for Times of the Month
160
Prayers for Times of the Year
169
Prayers for the Times of Life
192
Petitionary Prayers and Blessings
207
Table of Offerings
245
Glossary of Deities
247
Index of Prayers by First Line
257

Prayers for the Family and the Household
73
Callings
87
Prayers of Praise
105
Litanies and Mantras
122
Thanksgiving Prayers and Graces
131
Annotated Bibliography
281
Notes
284
Back cover
295
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About the author (2018)

Ceisiwr Serith (David Fickett-Wilbar) is a writer and teacher in the Pagan community.  His interest in prayers and rituals grew naturally as a result of working in the Wiccan and Druidic traditions, as well as writing books such as A Book of Pagan Prayer and Deep Ancestors:  Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans.  He is a member of Ár nDraíocht Féin, a Druid fellowship, and is priest and liturgist for Nemos Ognios grove in Durham NH.  He has been published in the Journal of Indo-European Studies and Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium.

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