Modern Witchcraft with the Greek Gods

History, Insights & Magickal Practice

De: Jason Mankey, Astrea Taylor

Narrado por: Rebecca Mitchell

From Zeus and Hephaestus to Hades and Persephone, this book reveals the origins of nearly thirty Greek gods and goddesses, how they've been worshipped across the centuries, and how you can work with them in your own practice. Jason Mankey and Astrea Taylor introduce you to the gods one by one, presenting their history, unique correspondences, and a ritual or spell for connecting with them. You'll also enjoy insightful contributions from members of the Witchcraft community who actively work with these deities. Modern Witchcraft with the Greek Gods features other mythological figures as well, such as the Titans and Primordial Forces, and it explores the spell and ritual structures of ancient times. Everything you want to know about Greek gods and how to call upon them today is in this book.

©2022 Jason Mankey and Astrea (P)2022 Tantor

Gods of old today!

Mankey and Taylor do an amazing job at giving the history of the Geek Gods and then have examples on how modern witches can work with them!

An Excellent Guide to New Hellene Magic

This book is an excellent guide to the Old Gods that is grounded in both scholarship and modernity. My High Priestess and Priest know Jason Mankey and such vouched for his passion for scholarship. I have to say I am pleased with the dedication Mankey and Taylor have in this work. My one complaint is that the audiobook does not contain the footnotes from the text.

The narrator also mispronounced certain names, however this is a limitation brought on by the production company not the authors.

loved it

great story telling, I like the narrator voice and there's a lot of good info and resources

It was ok

I’d first like to state that I am a Hellenic Polytheist. While I knew a lot of information in this book, these were still a few nuggets of info that I didn’t know that gave me some new topics to look into outside of this book. And while I know this book isn’t meant for reconstructing Hellenic polytheist, I’m more of a revivalist myself and bring many aspects of my religion into the modern day, it still felt odd that the personal sections about each deity were from all these high priests or priestesses of various Wiccan traditions and more. It felt as if these deities were just being plucked out of their religion and original context. Not every chapter was bad about this but some were. For example the Hades chapter. Why is blood being mentioned as an offering? It completely ignores the cultural context that the Hellenic gods saw blood as miasmic and would probably piss off Hades, even as a chthonic god. Things like this really threw me for a loop and had me screeching at my phone. But in other aspects I loved how much it delved into the Hymn to Demeter in the Persephone chapter. I also particularly enjoyed the Pan chapter. Overall, is there things to learn from this book? Yes. Would I just stop at this book? No. Definitely use this as a jumping board to continue your research. Definitely take what resonates, and leave what doesn’t. Maybe for some all the Wiccan bits will be fine, but for me, felt so far removed from Hellenic polytheism and those today who actively worship and work with the Hellenic pantheon.