Cakes and Ale for the Pagan Soul: Spells, Recipes, and Reflections from Neopagan Elders and Teachers

Very nice book to pick up read a few passages when you are feeling in need a lift. Helps you remember why you choose to believe in magic.

This book was the most wonderful book I have ever read. I keep a copy with me at all times. It pages are filled with love and knowledge and things that enrich my life. I could not imagine my life without it

I really enjoyed some of the pieces in Telesco's anthology, and feel they were worth the price of the book. The following selections are purely personal, but I felt Richardson was very moving, Starhawk most interesting, and Oberon Zell's brief piece was beautiful and peaceful, not soon forgotten. Precious Nielson also had an incredibly sad but revealing story to tell -she truly recreated the family she had lost with the snarling terrified cat and its kittens. Two other stand-outs - Dunham's tale of her miserable pregnancy, fear of labor and delivery, and the culminating transformation, and Adler's insights on the unexpectedly positive reactions of some of her nonpagan colleagues.

I agree with both previous reviewers in that this book is not one to miss. The diversity of voices is wonderful and gives you a peek into our leaders, teachers, and facilitators in a whole new way. I like the fact that even Christian-flavored Wiccans are included here in that it reveals our diversity, and our ability to find beauty in that diversity (and hopefully learn from it). I was particularly touched by Hardin's, Bev's and a few other pieces, but I think that each person will find stories that inspire them depending on what's happening in your life right now. Read it again in a few months - and others may jump out. This is a great tome to keep next to your bed and finger through to find that right "soup" to feed your need and open up new ideas.