Horns of Power: Manifestations of the Horned God

This book is decent. And it does cover a good range for interest. I would definitely recommend as a primer and introduction. However, there's a major problem that I couldn't get past.In at least the Veles piece (where I already had copious prior knowledge on the subject) -- it was abundantly clear that the author of that piece just summarized other people's research, opinions and thoughts. Nothing was cited in section, not even a note that says "previous scholar __ mentions", or anything. Which is exceptionally problematic when she's basically summarizing another researcher's work and not giving any credit. Also, there is a mass of summarizing, suppositions and no proof for the comments. There is nothing wrong with bringing up prior research, but when you're not even using your own opinions, it should be noted as being the words/work/thoughts of another person. None of that is done.A large part of the commentary comes from misquotes and incorrect citations of "The Primary Chronicle" (I believe she uses the Cross translation). All of her comments on what Veles actually looked like are complete supposition. Nowhere in the Primary Chronicle does it mention what Veles looks like, but she heavily states that it does. In fact, the only god in the Primary Chronicle described is Perun--and at that it's only his statue described--so her misquote is a problem. Then she cites passages without attribution, just stating "The Primary Chronicle says", when these sections do not exist, or exist under different grand princes, and not as she states. Using this book as your source, as one of the few near-primary sources is problematic if the personal biases and opinions of the author are injected over the text and paired with incorrect citations. Honesty and truth are important in analysing sources to write an information piece.Then the author chooses to cite the Book of Veles and her treatment of it is a brief few sentences that say that it's somewhat controversial, but she doesn't acknowledge that it's universally panned as a forgery and it cannot be considered valid. So that's another problem for the unaware. If you don't already have a good foundation on Slavic paganism in general, it would be very easy to assume that the Book of Veles is just like books proven to have once been in the Bible, but now rejected due to Church decisions -- instead of the forgery that the historical community all notes it to be.Because of the lack of citations, the lack of acknowledging most of the piece is summarized from other authors, and the blatant misinformation or misquotations -- I have major problems with this piece. And since this piece I had a large background knowledge on, I'm concerned that the rest of the book suffers from the same lack of oversight on editing and presenting a factual, well-cited, and knowledgeable honest book of assorted essays. Because I am not nearly as knowledgeable about the mythology in the other essays presented, I can't evaluate them in the same way as I did this one essay. I will say that some of the other pieces I appreciate the easy-reading style. They're clearly written and easy to understand, which is nice. But I don't know about the quality of the book overall.So I give it 2 stars, because of obvious quality and honesty problems in how at least 1 of the essays is written, even though it's an easy read and accessible.

I hoped it was more about the horned God but it was more about the experience of christian who turned pagan.

I bought this lovely book during a rough time in my life a long time ago. A couple years back I lent it to a friend, but never did ask for it back. So I bought bought it again this past week and got it two days later. Great shipping.

One of my first exposures to the horned God was back in my high school days when I was doing my first magical working. Cernunnos was the deity I invoked. I loved that oil I bought as well. Since then I have been hooked. In modern times not much is known about the horned God or other horned spirits for that matter. Authors David Rankine have compiled an excellent collection of article that not only give the reader a broader view of the horned gods but also they go into appreciable depth.In Europe among the Gauls there were statues of a horned God with variations in the name Cernunnos. One said Ernunno,Caronos. Some of the inscription were in Latin of Greek.Statues to Cernunnos are found all across Europe stretching all the way to Central Europe. There were even shrines to him found in Northern Italy. The horns represented robustness, virility, assertiveness, power and strength. It also represented royalty. In modern.paganism the horned God is often associated with sun and solar qualities. But look at the horns carefully sometimes they even represent the crescent moon. Horns have a lunar aspect as well. In many pantheon's the lunar gods are masculine.Anyone familiar with the different forms of Paganism will realize that Cernunnos is not the only horned God. Let us not forget Pan,Aries or Dionysus. When Romans came to Europe they came across other horned deities as well. Cernunnos was at first identified with Mercury.Julios Cesar equated him with Jupiter. The other horned Gods found in.Northern England were conflated with Aries.Sorita gives a full glossary of Egyptian Horned Gods and Goddesses. David Rankine goes into depth on Pan. Not only gods are discussed but so are those mischievious Puccas and unicorns.The second part of the book is about personal experiences with the horned God. Authors write about meditations, encounters in the woods and personal anecdotes. The third part deals with horned Goddesses. They too had some power. The most written about are Hekate,Seleneand Artemis. The thee goddesses are thought to be three parts of one goddess. Superb job!

Great book in great condition! Very interesting book for those seeking the witch father!

This is an informative work, however much of the information has been covered previously by other authors.

An interesting, readable and I formative book on the Horned God. Highly recommended.

Like this book, a lot of information with different perspectives from various practitioners.

very good

Interesting read, nice style of writing.

A real treat, a deeply personal collection of essays covering a multitude of Horned Gods and Goddesses.