Category: Moon Books

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Books You May Have Missed

The publishing world moves quickly, and even good books can disappear from view once the excitement surrounding their release has passed. For this edition of The Pagan Bookshelf, we are stepping away from the newest arrivals and reaching back a little farther for two Moon Books titles that deserve another look. Robin Herne’s Pantheon: The Egyptians was published in 2021, followed by Halo Quin’s Crimson Craft in 2023, but neither book has lost its relevance simply because newer titles have since crowded onto the shelves. Sometimes the best addition to our reading list is not the book everyone is talking about right now, but the one we somehow missed the first time around. Continue reading Books You May Have Missed

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New From Moon Books!

Few publishers have embraced the sheer breadth of contemporary Paganism quite like Moon Books, and this week’s Pagan Bookshelf demonstrates just how many directions that breadth can take us. We have dragons and ancient lore, Irish mythology in fresh translation, the enduring presence of Herne the Hunter, and Witchcraft steeped in the color, fragrance, history, and magic of lavender.

These four books range from scholarship and folklore to devotional and practical magical work, but all share an interest in looking more closely at the stories, beings, traditions, and natural allies that continue to shape Pagan practice. Whether your interests run toward Celtic myth, legendary creatures, the wild forest, or the Witch’s garden, there is quite a bit here to explore. Continue reading New From Moon Books!

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New from Red Wheel/Weiser

The Pagan Bookshelf is getting a little crowded lately, which is hardly the worst problem an editor can have!

I am blessed to review an impressive assortment (and number) of new books the publishers send our way, and rather than make good books wait patiently on the shelf for the next quarterly issue, we’re opening the doors a little wider here on the Green Egg Blog.

This week, three recent releases from Weiser Books approach personal transformation from very different directions. Amy Blackthorn takes plant magic into the shadowlands, Elwynn Green explores the liminal spaces of Witchcraft, and Leslie Tagorda asks what happens when astrology moves beyond telling us who we are and begins asking what we intend to do about it. Here is what I found between the covers. Continue reading New from Red Wheel/Weiser