Dale Pendell » paganism http://dalependell.com Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:06:43 +0000 en hourly 1 The Language of Birds http://dalependell.com/books/the-language-of-birds/ http://dalependell.com/books/the-language-of-birds/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:29:26 +0000 Dale Pendell http://dalependell.com/?page_id=171 Chance, the great beloved of gamblers, lovers, generals and kings, has long held sway over mortal affairs. Whether assuming the form of the goddess Fortuna and her ever-turning Wheel, or the abstract mathematic of ‘randomness’, Her favor is universally sought, and Her displeasure feared. To the devotee of Chance, Divination may be regarded as Her secret liturgy, providing glimpses of the unknown to those she esteems.
Into the retort of the alchemist-poet, Pendell compounds portent, omen, oracle, and the art of prediction to distill The Language of Birds, a reverie upon the nature of the Goddess of Fortune and the Mantic Art.

The book is available from Three Hands Press, http://www.threehandspress.com/language_of_birds.php

Reviews

Turfing review by Gwyllm Llwydd

“There is no safety in divination, it exposes you to too much. Once the doors of the temple is knocked open by the Oracle, everything is up for grabs. Yet safety, could be divined as stasis, and if there is something to be said, The Language Of Birds is about a constant state of flow. Chance, and Fortune are expressions of the Dao, if nothing else. Think tidal; no think madness, think poetry.  Bards, Olaves, calling forth, calling upon the Oracle; some are lucky, and some are not.”   –Gwyllm Llwydd

]]> http://dalependell.com/books/the-language-of-birds/feed/ 0 Walking With Nobby: Conversations with Norman O. Brown http://dalependell.com/books/walking-with-nobby/ http://dalependell.com/books/walking-with-nobby/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:14:51 +0000 Dale Pendell http://dalependell.com/?page_id=42 The radical intellectual and philosopher Norman O. Brown and author Dale Pendell, during walks taken along the coast of California, discuss many concepts and characters, including paganism and world religions, psychoanalysis, modern and ancient cultures, Dionysus, Marx, and Freud. Presented as footnoted conversations.

“Dr. Brown as a master of philosophical speculation, mixing Marx, Freud, Jesus and much else to raise and answer immense questions.”
— Douglas Martin, New York Times

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Available online from Mercury House

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