“EarthBound: Pagan Homesteading” is a guide to rural living, small farming, and self-sufficiency as an earth-centered spiritual discipline. While it has hundreds of tips on simple, practical skills, its greatest gift lies in the words of its contributors - Pagan and Heathen homesteaders across the continent. This book is not only about what we do, it’s about how and why we do it, and what that means to our souls. Whether you homestead yourself, or you’d like to someday, or you simply want to drink in the virtual life around many different Pagan homesteads, this book will educate you in many ways.
Five different photographers and one artist donated their work to this lavishly illustrated book, and many other folk sent their voices in interviews. One Pagan homesteader turned over ten years’ worth of diary entries for contribution to its pages. Other Pagans contributed essays, tips, recipes, and philosophy. Laid out along the months of the Algonquin, Celtic solar, Celtic lunar, and medieval Saxon months, “EarthBound” takes you on an odyssey of the sacredness of the turning year.
For a glimpse into this book, check out the first chapter.
For more information, see the EarthBound FAQ.
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Preface: Pagan Homesteading
I. Yule: Beginnings
II. Oimelc: Birthing In The Snow
III. Ostara: The World As An Egg
IV. Beltane: The Pole From Earth To Sky
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V. Solstice: The Reign Of The Sun
VI: Lammas: John Barleycorn Must Die
VII: Mabon: The Gift Of The Fields
VIII. Samhain: The Bonefire
Appendix: Symbols and Talismans |
© Raven Kaldera, 2004