A review of Divine Comedy of Neophyte Corax and Goddess Morrigan.
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Hi, It might be of interest to some. There is a new book review of Divine Comedy of Neophyte Corax and Goddess Morrigan in this issue of 'Merry Meet magazine-an independent journal of folklore and paganism.' Regards, Nabarz -------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the review: Divine Comedy of Neophyte Corax and Goddess Morrigan. Payam Nabarz Web of Wyrd Press 2008, ISBN-13: 978-0-9556858-0-4. £8.88 printed, £6.66 download. This is an enjoyable and amusing comedic romp through the many facets of eclectic paganism in the form of “dialectic plays”, using the Greek method of “Socratic Dialogue” or the Irish “Druidic Colloquy”, according to the blurb. The reader follows the metaphysical adventuring of Corax, who has the, shall we say, somewhat mixed blessings of being initiated by the Goddess Morrigan in the form of a raven (perhaps not for nothing is the collective noun for an assemblage of the genus corvus referred to as ‘an unkindness’! There is much hilarity in this satirical look at contemporary alternative spiritualities, which nevertheless is impressive in its grasp of the importance of exploring metaphysical approaches to life in an age when our planet is beleaguered with a mainstream orthodoxy so deeply routed in the ‘here-and-now culture of short term physical gain at the expense of future generations. I quote from a passage in which Corax is unwilling to be reborn innocently into another stage of earthly existence: “What if this time, I forget your signs and do not recognise you goddess? What if I walked the earth without recognising the sounds of birds as the music of the heavens. What if I forget I ever had wings! What if I swim in the sea and forget it’s where all life on earth comes from or breathe the air and forget that every breath is god sent. What if I only saw a lifeless rock instead of the goddess Luna or a just nuclear reaction when I look at the sun? Instead of proclaiming your beauty, and remembering circular time, I might be caught in the linear time, filled with greed to consume time. Take each grain of the sand of time and squeeze every atom out of it, consume everything in my path, dig mines deep into your body, and suck the black blood of our dinosaur ancestors to move my metal coffin, and pay for it in red blood of our distant brothers or sisters. What if I become a destroyer and enslave life, and follow a ‘one true way’ and slay anything that doesn’t conform to my ‘one way’ ...The stakes are too high...” An excellent book, though it would have benefited greatly from a far more rigorous regime of proof reading. Recommended. Merry Meet Magazine issue 34, Autumn 2008. The book is available via stores.lulu.com/webofwyrd which includes an online preview and also from www.innerbookshop.com/trade/b...6864.htm - Nabarz , posted 11/28/08 |
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