The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/culture/book-reviews/page/2)
The Wild Hunt offers reviews of books on topics of interest to Pagans, Heathens, Wiccans, Witches and other Polytheists. From Astrology to Tarot, Reconstructionism to Pagan Biographies.
Elias Lönnrot, the folklorist, the traveler, the physician, the student, the ethnologist, the editor, and finally the rune singer, did birth one longer Kalevala, one which was as indebted to his creative process as it was to ancient songs and lore.
Jason Mankey’s High Priest offers a candid, compassionate portrait of Raymond Buckland — tracing his evolution from RAF serviceman to pioneering Witch — while honoring his legacy and confronting the myths, contradictions, and innovations that helped shaped American Paganism as we see it today.
Fire burns as long as we take care of it, recognize what it needs, and how to keep it alive. We can’t do it the same way during summer and winter. Raven Grimassi also kept this in mind. A tradition doesn’t stay frozen in time, but grows with its members as they shape its ideas and work.
It’s been a long time since I got my hands on a new tarot deck, and I couldn’t have picked one better than this one. It is a mix of surrealism, classical symbology, and gothic charm. The Incubus Tarot, by Davide Furnò and Charles Harrington, was love at first spread.
Alan U. Dalul reviews a children’s book based on the Indigenous Mexican folklore around death, dying, and the underworld. “Family unity and peace are perhaps the most relevant topics besides the central themes of grief and death, maybe even more on some pages. Lopez delivers a story that celebrates life and reminds us there is always a light at the end.”