Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America by Margot Adler Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
Book Review: Drawing Down the Moon is the ONLY BOOK OF ITS KIND.
Summary: 5 Stars
Margot Adler's definitive investigation of American neo-paganism is a must-read for all spiritual seekers. Ms. Adler explores each aspect of her subject with equal parts curiosity and respect and her poetic description of the true definition of the word "witch" is a modern classic. Drawing Down the Moon's most unique quality reflects Margot Adler's ability to seemlessly dance on the line between essayist and journalist with exquisite grace. Brava!Book Review: Magnifique!
Summary: 5 Stars
Loved it, loved it, loved it. Gave a great overview of an enormous field. What beautiful writing!! Margot Adler is a treasure and a half!Book Review: A good book, but...
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a good book, but at times is boring, and is outright unreadable. It is considered by some THE book on the modern witchcraft movement. I don't think that it is. Parts of it need to be re-written, and updated.Book Review: Adler's book a CLASSIC and NECESSARY perspective!
Summary: 5 Stars
Drawing Down the Moon reports the state of the neo-pagan/witchcraft movement through the late 1970's. While things certainly have evolved since, it is incredibly helpful to have this foundation and record of the roots of American paganism in this century. Her updated resource guide is an absolute gem, and extremely helpful for the pagan cross-country traveller or seeker of spiritual community. In addition, Adler's bibliography sends the so-inclined on an odyssey of magic, mystery and scholarship. She has given a gift that keeps on giving year in and year out (I first read the book when it came out in 1979).If you seek intellectual integrity and not simply "magical powers", READ THIS BOOK!!!
Book Review: Excellent Jury Room Reading--LOL!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
Seriously, though...."Drawing Down the Moon" is the most complete and exhaustive overview of the whole pagan thing. Ms. Adler introduces the reader to a wide, wide range of beliefs and belief systems (even systems that don't believe in such a thing as belief!). This is a huge plus--this book has inherited a reputation as something of a pagan "bible", although Adler's intentions were simply to report on as wide a spectrum as possible. This also is a bit of a minus--she doesn't go into a lot of depth on any one group (if she did, the book would be in multiple volumes of thousands of pages each!), and tends to repeat herself a lot, as if teaching a course. For me, that is only mildly irritating, for I know that there is so much to learn in this book...I go back to it again and again. And yes, if you're stuck in a jury pool for a few days, why not shock your crossword-toting fellow jurors and proudly read "Drawing Down the Moon" while you wait for your case?