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Summary: Adler's book a CLASSIC and NECESSARY perspective!
Review: Drawing Down the Moon reports the state of the neo-pagan/witchcraft movement through the late 1970's. While things certainly have evolved since, it is incredibly helpful to have this foundation and record of the roots of American paganism in this century. Her updated resource guide is an absolute gem, and extremely helpful for the pagan cross-country traveller or seeker of spiritual community. In addition, Adler's bibliography sends the so-inclined on an odyssey of magic, mystery and scholarship. She has given a gift that keeps on giving year in and year out (I first read the book when it came out in 1979).If you seek intellectual integrity and not simply "magical powers", READ THIS BOOK!!!
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Summary: A good book, but...
Review: This is a good book, but at times is boring, and is outright unreadable. It is considered by some THE book on the modern witchcraft movement. I don't think that it is. Parts of it need to be re-written, and updated.
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Summary: Magnifique!
Review: Loved it, loved it, loved it. Gave a great overview of an enormous field. What beautiful writing!! Margot Adler is a treasure and a half!
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Summary: Drawing Down the Moon is the ONLY BOOK OF ITS KIND.
Review: Margot Adler's definitive investigation of American neo-paganism is a must-read for all spiritual seekers. Ms. Adler explores each aspect of her subject with equal parts curiosity and respect and her poetic description of the true definition of the word "witch" is a modern classic. Drawing Down the Moon's most unique quality reflects Margot Adler's ability to seemlessly dance on the line between essayist and journalist with exquisite grace. Brava!
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Summary: Still the one and only
Review: DDTM is in a class by itself, still standing after 20 years as the only journalistic overview of American Neopaganism written by someone who is both a fine journalist and a trusted insider. I'm old-fashioned enough to think that one cannot be well-grounded in any spiritual path without knowing the people, the times and the culture that shaped and formed it. This is the only book that can provide that context for what one might call the adolescent decade, mid-70s to mid-80s, of the contemporary Pagan movement. The 1st Edition has a honored spot on my bookshelf, a 2nd Edition sits beside it, and a 3rd Edition is sure to join them, if simply for Margot's updated and invaluable resource guide.
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Summary: Definitely not for beginners
Review: So many people recommended this book to me when I first became interested in Wicca but it was so boring and wordy and very hard to follow so I put it away and went to Scott Cunningham books and they were much better, 2 years later I went back to this book thinking I would be more connected to it now but still I find this book drab and boring. I prefer Silver Ravenwolfs books now.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE FOR ANY WITCH'S LIBRARY....
Review: THIS IS REALLY A GOOD BOOK TO HAVE.YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF GOING BACK TO IT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
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Summary: Drawing Down the Moon
Review: This is simply a wonderful book, it really opened me to many of the different views and opinions that neo-pagans have incommon, and different about what their Craft means to them. It full of information on Wicca's past, present and possible future.
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Summary: I felt like comming home
Review: for me, as a wife of a protestant priest and also a student of religion this book was a revalation of s.th. I was searching for. It was the kick I was looking for , since I have been born. Realy,I felt like coming home. Today, I like this book, because of its polytheism, its irony about monotheism. For the first time of my life, I feel realy powerful about male dominated kingdom of western religion. This book is absolutely necessary for every person, living in the western, patriachal world, to gain new aspects of practical living.
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Summary: Hardly fluffy.
Review: This book is scholarly and well-written, although I , too, found it over depended on "the Goddess" and left out the God, but this is forgivable because of when and how it was writen. THAT, and the fact that she makes a point even within the title that Witches and Goddess worshippers aren't always the same folk make the errors of the book utterly forgivable. If you go into a Psychiatrist's office, and are Pagan, bring a copy of this book for the shrink. Usually, but not always, it will convince even the strictest shrink that your religion is valid.
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