Review of 'The Corn King and the Spring Queen' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I FINALLY finished this book. I picked up the ebook without checking the length. This was much longer than "Travel Light", be warned.
This book follows the pagan life of the titular Corn King, Tarrik, and his Spring Queen, Erif Der. You witness their courtship, marriage, fertility rites, and childrearing. The book tackles Hellenic paganism, Kemeticism (Egyptian paganism), an anti-slavery revolution, and Stoicism. This book was less charming than "Travel Light" but so much more deep, complex, and entangled. You really see the bonds of men and men (queer included), women and women (queer not included), and men and women examined. Friendship and chosen family are subtler themes in the book.
For all that you see pagan rites and witchcraft in this book, I really felt I was reading a book about people and the complexities of human life: joy, betrayal, illness, and death. That said, if you're a pagan, …
I FINALLY finished this book. I picked up the ebook without checking the length. This was much longer than "Travel Light", be warned.
This book follows the pagan life of the titular Corn King, Tarrik, and his Spring Queen, Erif Der. You witness their courtship, marriage, fertility rites, and childrearing. The book tackles Hellenic paganism, Kemeticism (Egyptian paganism), an anti-slavery revolution, and Stoicism. This book was less charming than "Travel Light" but so much more deep, complex, and entangled. You really see the bonds of men and men (queer included), women and women (queer not included), and men and women examined. Friendship and chosen family are subtler themes in the book.
For all that you see pagan rites and witchcraft in this book, I really felt I was reading a book about people and the complexities of human life: joy, betrayal, illness, and death. That said, if you're a pagan, you'll be extra interested in this book!