Goodreads Review of Polytheistic Monasticism: Voices from Pagan Cloisters
Cover of my copy of Polytheistic Monasticism: Voices from Pagan Cloisters I'm working on a longer review of this book to publish elsewhere and will post a link to that when it's finished, but I wanted to share my Goodreads review for this excellent book. Polytheistic Monasticism: Voices from Pagan Cloisters by Janet Munin My rating: 5 of 5 stars A fascinating intro to the concept of polytheistic monasticism from different viewpoints. While the book is slim, its essays from different authors pack in a lot of information to contemplate. Off the top of my head, some of the ideas covered are: 1. Addressing the stereotypes that come up that may be a kneejerk reaction by some when they hear the words "Pagan" and "monasticism" in the same sentence, i.e. celibacy, rules, prayers, devotion. 2. Acknowledging the difficulties of this path while being optimistic about its present and future. 3. Acknowledging that there are good resources out there from other faiths ...