Polytheism


A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism
One Heart, Many Gods: The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Devotional Polytheism
Playing With Fire: An Exploration of Loki Laufeyjarson
Devotional Polytheism
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
Consuming Flame: A Devotional Anthology for Loki and His Family
Dionysus: Myth and Cult
Dwelling on the Threshold: Reflections of a Spirit-Worker and Devotional Polytheist
He is Frenzy: Collected Writings on Odin
Norse Mythology
Northern Tradition for the Solitary Practitioner: A Book of Prayer, Devotional Practice, and the Nine Worlds of Spirit
Exploring the Northern Tradition: A Guide to the Gods, Lore, Rites, and Celebrations From the Norse, German, and Anglo-Saxon Traditions (Exploring Series)
Neolithic Shamanism: Spirit Work in the Norse Tradition
Essays on a Polytheistic Philosophy of Religion
Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom
Hellenism in Late Antiquity by Glen W. BowersockPower and Persuasion in Late Antiquity by Peter         BrownA Chronicle of the Last Pagans by Pierre ChuvinPagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety by E.R. DoddsThe Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerbe
Books On Hellenic Genocide
35 books — 1 voter
Cupid and Psyche by M. Charlotte CraftThe Lady of Ten Thousand Names by Burleigh MutenGoddesses by Burleigh MutenLooking for Lord Ganesh by Mahtab NarsimhanThe Seven Gods of Luck by David Kudler
Picture Books About Gods and Goddesses
157 books — 15 voters

Unbound by Thista MinaiBearing Torches by SannionA-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša PantovićQueen of the Great Below by Janet MuninWritten In Wine by Diotima Sophia
Pagan Devotionals
92 books — 9 voters
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienTehanu by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
Fiction For Wiccans
109 books — 10 voters


While polytheism, through the worship of many gods, affirms the life and mystery of the world in all its complexity, monotheism declares the world to be a mere artifact, the product of God’s making, and thus about as living and mysterious as a thumbtack. The transition from polytheism to monotheism is the “De-Godding” of the different aspects of the world. Monotheists therefore progressively cede the complexity of creation to the natural scientist. The entire material world becomes understandabl ...more
Collin Cleary, Summoning the Gods

John Michael Greer
Thus the community is within its rights to set and enforce a minimum level of acceptable behavior, but it strays outside its rights if it goes beyond that and imposes ethical demands on its members beyond that. The minimum is business of law, while the effort to go further is the business of ethics-and thus of individual choice. The laws of a community, the measures of acceptable behavior, take shape by the same processes of dissensus as moral choice, but the goal is different. The lawmaking pro ...more
John Michael Greer, A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism

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