Comments for Pagan Bookworm http://paganbookworm.com Pagan book and media reviews for the magical masses... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:42:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Triumph of the Moon by medic616Allan Harrison http://paganbookworm.com/2008/05/29/triumph-of-the-moon/#comment-1210 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:42:46 +0000 http://paganbookworm.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-1210 A great follow-up for this would be to review “Trials of the Moon”, by Ben Whitmore.
My problem with Hutton is that I find him the worst kind of researcher – one who had formed his conclusions prior to beginning his research, and proceeds to make the facts fit, either by omission or interpretation.

]]> Comment on Old World Witchcraft by myownashram http://paganbookworm.com/2011/12/15/old-world-witchcraft/#comment-1208 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:31:37 +0000 http://paganbookworm.com/?p=1529#comment-1208 I’m late to the party, but I agree with this review. I’m glad some one else noticed the deeply flawed scholarly work here. I know it’s not a book aimed at scholars, but the entire first half is engaging with the scholarly tradition and he’s not capable of the task he set for himself. While I might not be interested in his Ash, Birch and Willow system, I have no real problem with him creating a system that works for him. But this book isn’t what it promises to be.

If anyone is interested, I posted a review on my own blog on December 2:
http://myownashram.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/book-reviews/

]]> Comment on The Book of English Magic by Fionab3005 http://paganbookworm.com/2011/12/15/the-book-of-english-magic/#comment-1205 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:21:48 +0000 http://paganbookworm.com/?p=1521#comment-1205 Don’t quote all, tell us what you actually know

]]> Comment on Magical Fall TV Preview by Joseph Magnuson (@JosephMagnuson) http://paganbookworm.com/2011/08/19/magical-fall-tv-preview/#comment-1202 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:10:35 +0000 http://paganbookworm.com/?p=1490#comment-1202 LOL…nice reply! Thank you. We have not had cable for almost a year now, but watch a few select shows via the internet….that’s the only way we have been able to see Once Upon A Time.

]]> Comment on The Book of English Magic by The Book of English Magic, by Philip Carr-Gomm « WiccanWeb http://paganbookworm.com/2011/12/15/the-book-of-english-magic/#comment-1194 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:02:13 +0000 http://paganbookworm.com/?p=1521#comment-1194 [...] Read the full review [...]

]]> Comment on All My Friends Are Funeral Singers by Lucea's Child http://paganbookworm.com/2011/12/15/all-my-friends-are-funeral-singers/#comment-1187 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:05:26 +0000 http://paganbookworm.com/?p=1537#comment-1187 Thank you for posting this review. I’d never heard of this movie but it was sure worth watching. Beautifully done!

Thank you. :)

]]> Comment on Old World Witchcraft by Kevin Blackthorne http://paganbookworm.com/2011/12/15/old-world-witchcraft/#comment-1178 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:20:50 +0000 http://paganbookworm.com/?p=1529#comment-1178 Well, Gaia IvoryWitch, what you’re saying doesn’t have anything to do with the book here that is the subject of the review. Seems like you got your feelings hurt because someone disagreed with you or misidentified a plant. Really? That doesn’t strike me as a major crime worthy of continued ill feelings. Sounds like a bitter dill situation you’re holding on to. ;-) .

]]> Comment on Old World Witchcraft by Gaia IvoryWitch http://paganbookworm.com/2011/12/15/old-world-witchcraft/#comment-1177 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:23:22 +0000 http://paganbookworm.com/?p=1529#comment-1177 After meeting the author, and reading two of his books, I would never waste my money on his work again. I grow and sell herbs at local festivals. He had the absolutely GALL to argue with me that a plant I grew FROM SEED and had for sale was not in fact Dill but Anise! I found him an arrogant boor.

]]> Comment on Old World Witchcraft by Kevin Blackthorne http://paganbookworm.com/2011/12/15/old-world-witchcraft/#comment-1174 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:46:34 +0000 http://paganbookworm.com/?p=1529#comment-1174 Sarah, I’d agree with you except for the fact that the reviewer makes statements about the book that simply aren’t true. I pointed out a couple of those false statements in my previous post. How statements that are untrue provide “a pretty good balance of the good and bad of this title” escapes me. But that aside, yes, not every author has universal appeal. If Amazon.com is any measure, the book seems well received (except for one nasty “review” by a Christian.

]]> Comment on Old World Witchcraft by Sarah Lawless http://paganbookworm.com/2011/12/15/old-world-witchcraft/#comment-1173 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:16:56 +0000 http://paganbookworm.com/?p=1529#comment-1173 I thought the reviewer gave a pretty good balance of the good and bad of this title. No one book is everyone’s cup of tea after all and reviews are meant to be criticisms and not necessarily adorations. For those who love Grimassi, then a book by him on plants in witchcraft is for them, but for those to whom Grimassi isn’t to taste, there’s always the works of Dale Pendell, Daniel Schulke, or Christian Ratsch in the same vein.

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