Return to Cauldron Home Page

Please donate now to pay our monthly server fees:
Donate to The Cauldron
[More Info]

Community Menu
Community Home

Message Board
Board Home
Board Rules
Board Extras:
   Arcade
   Calendar
   Links

CauldronMUX [Client]
Sister Forums:
   Asatru Lore

Menu

Home
Site Info & Rules
Site Archives
Volunteers Needed
Advertise Here

Pagan Supplies
Buy Pagan Books
Buy Pagan Supplies

Books & Media
Books Home
Games Home
Music: Free | Pagan
Online Books
Pagan Book Browser
Reviews:
   Academic Books
   Divination Decks
   Fiction Books
   Pagan Books
   Speculative Books
   DVD & Videotape
Submit Review

Pagan Features
Article Library
Auctions
Chat Log Index
File Library
Humor
Lessons
Pagan Holidays
Pagan Primer
Pagan Rituals
Pagan Supplies
Pagan Youth
Polls
Reconstructionism
Spell Grimoire [Blog]
Web Resources

Pagan Living
Cauldron Cookbook
Take Political Action

Newsletter
Back Issues
Subscribe

Other Features
eCauldronMail
Greeting Cards
Syndicated Articles
World News/Opinion

Shopping
Cheap Web Hosting
Doxy's Bazaar
Witchcraft Course
Zazzle

Old Indexes
Article Index
Webcrafting Index

Network Sites
Cauldron and Candle
Cauldron's Grimoire
RetroRoleplaying
RetroRoleplaying: The Blog
Software Gadgets
The Terran Empire

Site Search
Google
Entire Web
The Cauldron

Member - Pagan Forum Alliance
Charter Member

Get Firefox! While this web site is designed to work in all major browsers, we recommend Firefox.

This site hosted on
a Linode VPS
Formerly hosted by

Why Use Dreamhost?

Site copyright
© 1998-2009
by Randall

Home > Books & Reviews > Pagan > Mystical Beasts Search

Book Review:
Magickal, Mythical, Mystical Beasts


Author: D. J. Conway
Trade Paperback, 259 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn
Publication date: September 1996
ISBN: 1567181767
Price & More Info: Click Here

Additional books by this author


 

::sigh::

This review is not an easy one to write.

D.J. Conway doesn't have a very good rep amongst the serious Pagan scholars. Too many of her books either skim over things or seem like she does a global search and replace for the religion flavor of the month. So I went into reading this book with a suspicious state of mind.

I was still feeling suspicious when I finished. I found the stories and selections interesting. I liked having the footnotes at the end of each chapter that gives me the sources, allowing me the option of digging deeper into the subject. I thought her so-called ritual chapter was laughable, but that is not a major flaw.

I didn't find any problems with the book. But it was a Conway book. Talk about conflicts.

Personally, I think it is a good 'put on the shelf and pull out when needed' book. I would never put it on a primary list of books for my students since I would rather that they read some of the source material, nevertheless, it is nice to have for reference. If you have the money and no other book catches your fancy, then this one can be useful.

Reviewed by Elspeth


Additional Books by D.J. Conway


Top | Home | Message Board | Site Info & Rules | Report Site Problems
Thanks to Cauldron Sponsors
(Sponsor The Cauldron!)

Cheap Web Hosting Report | Pagan & Magick Supplies
Witchcraft Course
Download Hundreds of Magic Spells