AM – Our Featured Author for this week is Tess Dawson. Tess is the author of Whisper of Stone: Natib Qadish, Modern Canaanite Religion and both an editor of and contributor to Anointed: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East. Thank you for joining us today Tess! TD – Thank you [...]
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Book Blurb – Anointed
Anointed: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East by Tess Dawson and the Editorial Board of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina You immerse your fingers in the warm sacred oil and sweep the golden liquid across your brow. Pungent myrrh incense billows and the air quivers with the words of an ancient [...]
Book Blurb – Whisper of Stone
Tendrils of musky incense curl about you in Baal’s temple of seven elements. You light an oil lamp in reverence to the ancient deities. Have you ever wondered who were the deities in the land of Canaan before the Bible? A practical and well-documented guide, this work combines history and archaeology of the Canaanite world [...]
Book Excerpt – Annointed
Excerpt from “A Ritual State of Mind” by Michele Briere Getting a ritual together has been a headache. Literally. We need to remember that the old rites were for the temples only, not the general public. The rituals were also a specialized act, each priest had a specific part to which they spent their lives [...]
