Pagan religious study. (Torah, hell, scriptures, pagans, bible)

[Radio Frequency X]

Originally Posted by Silicon Hero

Hello all!
I am undertaking a study of pagan/neopagan religions and I would like to know what some of your "holy texts" would be and how I could get them. Please post the name of the religion and the name of the text and any info or comment you wish.
Thank ya!

A Wiccan Bible, By AJ Drew
Witchcraft In Europe, 1100-1700, By Alan C. Kors
Drawing Down the Moon, by Margret Adler
A History of Pagan Europe, by Prudence Jones
The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy, by Ronald Hutton
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton
The Paganism Reader by Chas Clifton, Chas S. Clifton, and Graham Harvey


In Hinduism: Vedas, Upanishads, Mahabharata, Ramayana, and Bhagavad Gita.

Egypt:
The Ancient Pyramid Texts, R. O. Faulkner, Aris & Phillips, Warminster, 1969.
The Book of the Dead, The Papyrus of Ani, E. A. Wallis Budge, Dover Reprint, New York, 1967.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead, The Book of the Going Forth by Day, R. O. Faulkner, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1994.

Wicca:
The White Goddess, By Robert Graves
Aradia, Gospel of the Witches, by Charles G. Leland [1899]
The Syrian Goddess translated by Herbert A. Strong [1913]

[Mike182]

Originally Posted by Radio Frequency X

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy, by Ronald Hutton
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton

ah yes, the truely exhalted one!

Ronald Hutton is the leading historian in the field of neo-pagan religions and their origins, plus a damn good public speaker! these are two books i myself will be looking to buy - thanks for the reminder!

Edit: as to the book of shadows, it is basically a diary that a Pagan may choose to keep to record feelings and experiences during his or her life, stick in astrological charts if their ritual workings rely on astrological principles (like lunar phases, for example) or for sticking in copies of favourite poems, stories, recipies, photos of friends and relatives.... it's basically a very personal book that you make yourself, and add to untill you run out of pages.... then you either add more pages (if it's a ring binder) or buy another book, and carry on