The one and only recycled pocket guide to
NATURE SPIRITS
Wyrd Lore & Wild Fey Magic
Author: Danu Forest
Illustration: Dan Godfellow
Publisher: Wooden Books
Type: Soft Cover
Pages: 58
Genre: Non-fiction
Published: 2008
ISBN: 978 1904268 82 1
Source: Independently purchased
The book itself is a beautiful little thing. Firstly it is quite small, but you would need a big pocket to fit it. The cover is handsome and covered in metallic looking title. The 100% recycled pages have an amazing texture and every other page has a nice black and white illustration.
The book covers the different types of nature spirits, offerings, Devas, local deity, Faeries, Familiars, guides, shamans, copper, cold iron, second sight, grounding, Elementals, woods, animal spirits, Mananan, and the God and Goddess.
It is a good collection of nature magic and lore, there was noting in there that i wasn't already aware of, but it is good to have all this in one place. I would recommend this more to a beginner, or a young Pagan.
There are a few pages in the back dedicated to an appendix, in very small text, that covers, some basics that i am sure would be appreciated by a newcomer to the path.
The book does well what it sets out to do, my only minor criticism would be that there is more time given to the Goddess then the God, but the He is not entirely excluded and is given almost equal billing, so as i said this is only a very minor point. There may also be some confusion with the title in that some gay Pagans identify as Fey or faerie, and i don't think this book addressed the full scope of natural sexuality at all. Perhaps a quick note on polarity, in the appendix might be useful for readers.
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