{"id":27540,"date":"2022-12-01T01:10:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T05:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=27540"},"modified":"2022-11-29T20:44:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:44:49","slug":"book-review-9-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2022\/12\/01\/book-review-9-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review \u2013 Pagan Family Prayers and Rituals by Ceisiwr Serith"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b><span lang=\"en-US\">Book <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">R<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">eview<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Liberation Serif, serif; font-size: x-large;\">Book of Pagan Family Prayers &amp; Rituals<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b><span lang=\"en-US\">by Ceisiwr Serith<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><b><\/b><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b><span lang=\"en-US\">Publisher: Weiser Books<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><b style=\"font-size: x-large; font-family: 'Liberation Serif', serif; color: #111111;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">272 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">P<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">ages<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #111111;\">Release Date<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">: June 1, 2022<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27542\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51hd-6u5JtL._AC_SY780_-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51hd-6u5JtL._AC_SY780_-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51hd-6u5JtL._AC_SY780_.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">A book about Pagan prayers and rituals? Who knew! I wish I could have had this book when my children were little!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">This book is chock full of prayers for every occasion: Morning, Bedtime, Holidays like Samhain, Yule, Imbolc! It explains each of the four festivals, the solstices, and the equinoxes; it gives what decorations, foods (and recipes!), and drinks you should use, along with rituals, and blessings that should be used.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Ceisiwr wrote this book obviously for families, but anyone can use this book. It is written very well and has easy directions for family members to help the kids.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">One of the important things to remember is, only include the children if THEY want to. Us Pagans pride ourselves in freedom of choices, speech, and thoughts, so making our kids follow our religion\/rituals goes against that. So please be mindful of your kids\u2019 feelings and thoughts on this.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">This book is amazing and I recommend everyone that is Pagan read it, especially if your children are wanting to learn and participate in our sacred holidays.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #111111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">About the author:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Liberation Serif, serif; font-size: large;\">Ceisiwr Serith is an author and teacher. You can learn more about him on <a href=\"https:\/\/ceisiwrserith.com\/aboutme.htm\">his website.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27542\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51hd-6u5JtL._AC_SY780_-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51hd-6u5JtL._AC_SY780_-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51hd-6u5JtL._AC_SY780_.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 94px) 100vw, 94px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1578637716\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1578637716&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=paganpages-20&amp;linkId=b46040d92e1b3405372781c412354bd9\">A Book of Pagan Family Prayers &amp; Rituals on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>**<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Cyndi Snow-Pilcher<\/b> is an urban faery just trying to make it in this insane world. English was her favorite subject and spent hours writing short stories and poems. She gave up writing when life got in the way with the military and family duties. Then, after meeting the love of her life in 2000 and the support of friends, she started writing again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She co-owns Fae Corps Publishing, LLC, an indie author publishing company that she started with her best friend and partner Patti Harris. They published quite a few anthologies and single author books since they started in July of 2019.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She has been in a few of the anthologies: Through the Sunshine, Faery Footprints, Nightmare Whispers Vol I, and will be penning something for Fae Corps Halloween anthology, Fae Shivers which comes out around the middle to end of October, 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her first book was The Woodland Adventures: Nita and the Honeybees, published in 2015. Soon after, she published Keko and the Lost Bananas. Neither are available at the moment as she will be republishing them under Fae Corps Publishing, LLC sometime in 2022. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She is currently working on a mystery novel and her Faery world of Cassari.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">You can find her on her blog at: <a href=\"https:\/\/redbirdsstorytime.garden\/?fbclid=IwAR0wDrbWtw3XzxpQoy_jnc9u4F0EYYoH--KUl80nkok66A_HcpxHdyDObAE\">RedBird\u2019s Storytime<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Or follow her on Instagram at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/redsstorytime\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/redsstorytime\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Review Book of Pagan Family Prayers &amp; Rituals by Ceisiwr Serith Publisher: Weiser Books 272 Pages Release Date: June 1, 2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A book about Pagan prayers and rituals? Who knew! I wish I could have had this book when my children were little! This book is chock full of prayers for every occasion: Morning, Bedtime, Holidays like Samhain, Yule, Imbolc! It explains each of the four festivals, the solstices, and the equinoxes; it gives what decorations, foods (and recipes!), and drinks you should use, along with rituals, and blessings that should be used. Ceisiwr wrote this book obviously for families, but anyone can use this book. It is written very well and has easy directions for family members to help the kids. One of the important things to remember is, only include the children if THEY want to. Us Pagans pride ourselves in freedom of choices, speech, and thoughts, so making our kids follow our religion\/rituals goes against that. So please be mindful of your kids\u2019 feelings and thoughts on this. This book is amazing and I recommend everyone that is Pagan read it, especially if your children are wanting to learn and participate in our sacred holidays. About the author: Ceisiwr Serith is an author and teacher. You can learn more about him on his website. &nbsp; A Book of Pagan Family Prayers &amp; Rituals on Amazon &nbsp; ** About the Author: Cyndi Snow-Pilcher is an urban faery just trying to make it in this insane world. English was her favorite subject and spent hours writing short stories and poems. She gave up writing when life got in the way with the military and family duties. Then, after meeting the love of her life in 2000 and the support of friends, she started writing again. She co-owns Fae Corps Publishing, LLC, an indie author publishing company that she started with her best friend and partner Patti Harris. They published quite a few anthologies and single author books since they started in July of 2019. She has been in a few of the anthologies: Through the Sunshine, Faery Footprints, Nightmare Whispers Vol I, and will be penning something for Fae Corps Halloween anthology, Fae Shivers which comes out around the middle to end of October, 2021. Her first book was The Woodland Adventures: Nita and the Honeybees, published in 2015. Soon after, she published Keko and the Lost Bananas. Neither are available at the moment as she will be republishing them under Fae Corps Publishing, LLC sometime in 2022. She is currently working on a mystery novel and her Faery world of Cassari. You can find her on her blog at: RedBird\u2019s Storytime Or follow her on Instagram at: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/redsstorytime\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":27542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10005],"tags":[10095,10015,14207,11806,10378,14206,12558,10075,11105],"class_list":["post-27540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-book","tag-book-review","tag-ceisiwr-serith","tag-family","tag-pagan","tag-pagan-family-prayers-and-rituals","tag-prayers","tag-review","tag-ritual"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27540","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\/272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27545,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27540\/revisions\/27545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}