Being a Pagan: Druids, Wiccans, and Witches Today

by Ellen Evert Hopman and Lawrence Bond

More than 60 pagan leaders and teachers describe in their own words what they believe and what they practice. * Addresses how Pagans view parenting, organized religion, and politics. * Introduces the wide range of possibilities within the neo-Pagan movement. * By Ellen Evert Hopman, author of A Druid's Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year; Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal ; and Tree Medicine, Tree Magic . Who are the pagans and what do...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892819049
• ISBN13: 9780892819041
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Destiny Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book on Our Pagan Trailblazers of Yestreday and Today.

This wonderful book is a great introduction on all the main neo-pagans of merit.I looked around for an older copy of 'People of the Earth',apparently it's out of print and now re-introduced as ,'Being a Pagan'.This is a step above Margo Adler's worthy book,'Drawing Down the Moon'(1979).I like both books,yet this is more informative,more authors discussed and cozier reading.I have not found a better collective pagan book out there ,that discusses the current best thoughts and opinions, of fellow modern heathen thinkers and writers yet.If you can't obtain the original copy,then i would recommend reading ,'Being a Pagan'.

Revision of an excellent book -

Aside from the weirdness caused by the book's re-naming which caused some to purchase it twice (it was formerly known as 'People of the Earth') this is a great and diverse collection of ideas centered around Pagan spirituality. There are some wonderful interviews with a lot of different people. From Starhawk, to Victor Anderson, to Annie Sprinkle... a wealth of styles and philosophies are presented.

Good book, false advertising

I ordered this book under the impression that it was a new book by the authors of People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out, a long-time favorite that I have been recommending to people for years. Imagine my surprise and disappointment to find that it is the *same* book under a new title. (This is a pet peeve of mine, particularly since there is another publisher of Pagan books that is very bad about doing this.) It's still a good book but I feel rather as if I've been duped into buying a new copy of a book I already own. So...for those who haven't read People of the Earth, buy it and enjoy it; for those who have, don't bother.