A Book of Pagan Prayer, Ceisiwr Serith
A Book of Pagan Prayer, Ceisiwr Serith
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A Book of Pagan Prayer

Author: Ceisiwr Serith

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Unabridged: 5 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/15/2022

Synopsis

Steeped in tradition based on more than a quarter century of research and practice, A Book of Pagan Prayer teaches us to pray in the ways of our ancestors for very modern times and concerns. A unique collection of nearly 500 prayers written to fulfill the needs of contemporary pagans from a variety of traditions, A Book of Pagan Prayer is a book to turn to again and again.

First published in 2002, the revisions to this new edition include rearranged chapters and prayers and the addition of two new chapters, all of which make the book easier to use. The chapters are now arranged in an order that follows a ritual, and all the litanies have been moved to their appropriate chapters. Two new chapters—"General Requests and Offerings" and "Travel, Protection, Imprecatory"—combine two types of prayers out of the general "Petitions" into one. Prayers have been labeled with the deities to which they are addressed and arranged in logical order within each chapter. Prayers to new deities have also been added. In addition, a major problem with the first edition has been corrected: prayers for Lughnasadh/Lammas and Midsummer, two of the eight great neopagan holidays, have been added.

About Ceisiwr Serith

Ceisiwr Serith (David Fickett-Wilbar) is a writer and teacher in the Pagan community. His interest in prayers and rituals grew naturally as a result of working in the Wiccan and Druidic traditions, as well as writing books such as A Book of Pagan Prayer and Deep Ancestors: Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. He is a member of Ár nDraiocht Fein, a Druid fellowship, and is priest and liturgist for Nemos Ognios grove in Durham, NH. He has been published in the Journal of Indo-European Studies and Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon on January 21, 2009

There are a million bibles floating around troops in Iraq. People send us them, there are government created ones, soldier's bibles, cammo bibles, and more. I carried this around with me while on deployment. It was a great little book to have. I am thankful for it.......more

Goodreads review by Scarlet on July 23, 2016

When I was young, I had a little copy of the New Testiment, probably given to me by Witness or other person spreading the "Good News"... It was, on a purely physical level, beautiful to me. It was small, easily clutched in the hand, had exuisite silky pages and a sturdy, but soft binding etc etc. I......more

Goodreads review by Mariah on January 02, 2009

This book is greatly needed in my opinion as modern Paganism focuses too much on magic and not enough on prayer and relationships to the Deities. Serith suggests how to approach the gods, and the theology/history behind prayer. Not only does he include lovely prayers for a variety of occasions and d......more

Goodreads review by Cassandra on September 10, 2020

Frankly, I have a somewhat complicated relationship with this book. On one hand, I really enjoyed the instructions on how to compose prayers, litanies and mantras. On the other hand, I didn't appreciate the Wiccan, almost scolding tone that the author felt the need to inject throughout so much of it......more

Goodreads review by Danni on December 24, 2019

While the endeavor to provide the Pagan community with examples of how prayer can be a strong part of our practices is a noble one, this title falls short. My first complaint is that the author leaves no room for the Pagans who are not Polytheistic. For those of us who have relationship with Deity as......more

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