Deep Ancestors: Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (701 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0976568136 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 298 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Consider this a process of progressive revelation, except that instead of coming from the gods it comes from scholars.". Through a combination of the linguistics of a reconstructed language, archaeology, and comparative mythology, Deep Ancestors breathes life into the ancient Proto-Indo-European culture and religion. As time goes by, new research will be done, new ideas and data presented, and old texts and archaeology reinterpreted. Ceisiwr states "This book must be considered a report on a work in progress. This will require changes in the beliefs and practices of reconstructed Proto-Indo-European religion
A Pagan for over thirty years (and a husband and father for only slightly less), he has over two dozen articles to his credit, and has presented workshops at numerous Pagan festivals. . He currently lives along the New Hampshire coast. In addition, he has delivered papers at Celtic conferences at UCLA, Berkeley, and Harvard, the last of which was published in the Proceedings of the Harvard
"A poorly written exercise in reconstruction" according to Karl Benson. I've always appreciated the author's work on his website. He pointed out things that I had not considered. Having met him and listened to two brief lectures, I decided that it was finally time to buy one of his books.I am not impressed. The table of contents does not have titles. There is no index. Citation is almost entirely lacking and is otherwise only brief inline citations of author names. A vast, vast portion of the book is made up of rituals of t. "A stellar book on PIE religion" according to Michael Dangler. First, let me say that it is a pleasure to see that any book on a "reconstructed" Proto-Indo-European religion is in print, and it is far more a pleasure to see that the book available is as well-done as this one. For those who have read his A Book of Pagan Prayer, this will come as no surprise.Serith makes no bones about the fact that his book will be controversial and that some imagination is necessary in order to undertake this work, but he also prom. The Well and Tree of Pagan Philosophies and Practices Deep Ancestors is a great read about our Proto-Indo-European ancestors. It uses the best available information from linguistics, archaeology and cultural cross comparisons to determine not only the what, the possible and the known about these people, it also gives one examples of how they probably conducted rituals as well as the why. One would expect such a fact filled book to be a difficult read since it is based on current scholarly works and referen
A Pagan for over thirty years (and a husband and father for only slightly less), he has over two dozen articles to his credit, and has presented workshops at numerous Pagan festivals. In addition, he has delivered papers at Celtic conferences at UCLA, Berkeley, and Harvard, the last of which was published in the Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium. . About the Author Ceisiwr Serith is the author of The Pagan Family and A Book of Pagan Prayer. He currently lives along the New Hampshire coast