{"id":16844,"date":"2018-05-01T01:10:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T06:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=17771"},"modified":"2018-04-29T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T23:15:00","slug":"book-review-pagan-portals-pan-by-melusine-draco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/05\/01\/book-review-pagan-portals-pan-by-melusine-draco\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Pagan Portals- Pan: Dark Lord of the Forest and Horned God of the Witches by Melusine Draco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pagan Portals- Pan: Dark Lord of the Forest and Horned God of the Witches<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Author: Melusine Draco<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Publisher Moon Books <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Length:96 Pages<\/b> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I found this book to be a fascinating read. The author opens with The Orphic Hymn to Pan. She talks about the Coven of the Scales, of which she is the Principal Tutor, they worship Aegocerus \u201cthe Goat-God\u201d and not Cernunnos. Ms. Draco puts forth the question, \u201cHow did the pre-Olympian Deity find his way into traditional witchcraft of Britain?\u201d No other foreign Deity has been added to Traditional British Old Craft, so why Pan?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Draco goes into some great depth on the history of Pan. She does this in a way that is very smooth and never a dry read. It is interesting to think that because in early times art was a way of teaching, the early church was able to pick Pan as a stand-in for their Devil. People didn\u2019t know how to read, so the church used art to teach them what to fear and what to love. So, they had to change the landscape. You can\u2019t fear a scruffy looking being playing the pipes surrounded by half-naked beauties in a lush green valley. The church changed his surroundings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Ms. Draco writes about the resurgence of interest that lasted into the early 1920\u2019s. Here she talks about some of the writings that many pagans grew up reading or having read to them by their parents. One of these stories is that of \u201cThe Wind in the Willows\u201d By Kenneth Grahame. \u201cThe Piper at the Gates of Dawn\u201d is very much the story of Pan appearing to the characters of the story. He looks like a protector of the wild places. The way this piece reads you feel a closeness to Pan that is calm and beautiful. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I also learned all the different names of the different types of nymphs from this book about Pan. I find that the history of Pan, in all the different ways he was seen, to be fascinating. It becomes an attractive subject, in such a way that if you would let it, it could quickly become a rabbit hole for you to fall down. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Draco\u2019s book \u201cPan: Dark Lord of the Forest and Horned God of the Witches\u201d is both entertaining and educational for those Pagan\u2019s seeking more knowledge of an old God, that seems older than even the Olympian Gods. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I look forward to reading more of Ms. Draco\u2019s books and in learning more about the \u201cGoat-God.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dawn Borries<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0loves reading and was thrilled to become an E-Book reviewer for PaganPages.Org. Dawn, also, has been doing Tarot and Numerology readings for the past 25 years. Dawn does readings on her Facebook page. \u00a0If you are interested in a reading you can reach her at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Readings-by-Dawn-1608860142735781\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pagan Portals- Pan: Dark Lord of the Forest and Horned God of the Witches     Author: Melusine Draco Publisher Moon Books Length:96 Pages   I found this book to be a fascinating read. The author opens with The Orphic Hymn to Pan. She talks about the Coven of the Scales, of which she is the Principal Tutor, they worship Aegocerus \u201cthe Goat-God\u201d and not Cernunnos. Ms. Draco puts forth the question, \u201cHow did the pre-Olympian Deity find his way into traditional witchcraft of Britain?\u201d No other foreign Deity has been added to Traditional British Old Craft, so why Pan? Ms. Draco goes into some great depth on the history of Pan. She does this in a way that is very smooth and never a dry read. It is interesting to think that because in early times art was a way of teaching, the early church was able to pick Pan as a stand-in for their Devil. People didn\u2019t know how to read, so the church used art to teach them what to fear and what to love. So, they had to change the landscape. You can\u2019t fear a scruffy looking being playing the pipes surrounded by half-naked beauties in a lush green valley. The church changed his surroundings. Ms. Draco writes about the resurgence of interest that lasted into the early 1920\u2019s. Here she talks about some of the writings that many pagans grew up reading or having read to them by their parents. One of these stories is that of \u201cThe Wind in the Willows\u201d By Kenneth Grahame. \u201cThe Piper at the Gates of Dawn\u201d is very much the story of Pan appearing to the characters of the story. He looks like a protector of the wild places. The way this piece reads you feel a closeness to Pan that is calm and beautiful. I also learned all the different names of the different types of nymphs from this book about Pan. I find that the history of Pan, in all the different ways he was seen, to be fascinating. It becomes an attractive subject, in such a way that if you would let it, it could quickly become a rabbit hole for you to fall down. Ms. Draco\u2019s book \u201cPan: Dark Lord of the Forest and Horned God of the Witches\u201d is both entertaining and educational for those Pagan\u2019s seeking more knowledge of an old God, that seems older than even the Olympian Gods. I look forward to reading more of Ms. Draco\u2019s books and in learning more about the \u201cGoat-God.\u201d *** About the Author: Dawn Borries\u00a0loves reading and was thrilled to become an E-Book reviewer for PaganPages.Org. Dawn, also, has been doing Tarot and Numerology readings for the past 25 years. Dawn does readings on her Facebook page. \u00a0If you are interested in a reading you can reach her at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Readings-by-Dawn-1608860142735781\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15733,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16844\/revisions\/15733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}