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azurelunatic) wrote2001-09-03 11:56 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2001-09-03 11:56 pm
to have a silver broomstick shoved where the sun don't shine
Discovered a major ... well ...
Today I exercised my diplomatic skills more than they've been used lately, and suggested to Neighbor that perhaps the writing of Silver Ravenwolf, while easy for the beginner to read and certainly more intellectually accessible to the general public, was perhaps not the ideal book for a beginner, and not always 100% accurate on some of the factual matters of things.
He read the book a number of years ago and thought it was quite good then. I intend to get my hands on a copy of it, and go through it with Sis. We'll make our own commentary in there, do our own research, and see what we come up with in comparison to her view on things. ...Mostly, though, just to see where Neighbor's coming from, since it looks like we may be working together on this and that here and there.
Fortunately, Neighbor is open to the idea that not all of Silver's work may be 100% accurate for the views on the Wiccan faith that are held by this general area. It was several years ago now, and he does wonder what he'd think of the book, going back and looking at it now... he's had the same experience that I've had, that a book that used to be the best book in the world, after you've grown past it and out of it, is no longer "all that" anymore.
Some books grow with you. Some books don't.
Today I exercised my diplomatic skills more than they've been used lately, and suggested to Neighbor that perhaps the writing of Silver Ravenwolf, while easy for the beginner to read and certainly more intellectually accessible to the general public, was perhaps not the ideal book for a beginner, and not always 100% accurate on some of the factual matters of things.
He read the book a number of years ago and thought it was quite good then. I intend to get my hands on a copy of it, and go through it with Sis. We'll make our own commentary in there, do our own research, and see what we come up with in comparison to her view on things. ...Mostly, though, just to see where Neighbor's coming from, since it looks like we may be working together on this and that here and there.
Fortunately, Neighbor is open to the idea that not all of Silver's work may be 100% accurate for the views on the Wiccan faith that are held by this general area. It was several years ago now, and he does wonder what he'd think of the book, going back and looking at it now... he's had the same experience that I've had, that a book that used to be the best book in the world, after you've grown past it and out of it, is no longer "all that" anymore.
Some books grow with you. Some books don't.
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if he'd been reading ravingwolf, I don't think he would have really stopped by our flat half as much...
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it's just that the variety of mind that can read ravenwolf with a straight face and serious attitude is not the variety of mind that's made to feel comfortable in the aura of our apartment... not quite sure why... ;)