I... am a book-hoarder. There are only a handful of texts that I read and reread in terms of spiritual guidance, some of which are no longer applicable to my practice but I still emotionally resonate with. (I just went to my bookshelf to grab some names as examples, but got overwhelmed by the stacks, so um, maybe another day?)
And there are dozens, quite literally, of texts that I keep around for A) reference or B) because I haven't plonked down to read them all the way through yet. I am terrible about eagerly acquiring a book and then letting it sit on the shelf for a very long time, until it occurs to me to read it. And in getting into Kemetic recon, oh my have I gotten some fabulous thick books on ancient Egypt and Egyptian mythology; you can see the entire list here. I feel quite guilty about not reading books as soon as I get them (it feels wasteful/ungrateful to me) and have pretty strictly limited my book-collecting habits until I read more of what I've got. ^^;
Overall, my taste in books have gone from New Age/Wiccan to more eclectic pagan and shamanic texts to more heavily reconstructive/historical books nowadays. I can definitely appreciate non-recon books, but they have to be heart-strong without fluff for me to really get into them anymore. I tend to find more of that on blogs/websites than in mainstream published books... though I do have a wishlist of Celtic and druidic texts (some of which were gleaned from OBOD's and ADF's recommended reading lists) for when I have the money and reading-time for them. I've been steeping in Kemeticism for over a year now, and I'd like to balance that with my other main area of interest. I don't have a lot of animistic books that lack a cultural flavor (mine are largely Celtic), but I do have some general energywork ones that I'm looking forward to curling up with, as well.
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Date: 2012-09-17 01:11 am (UTC)And there are dozens, quite literally, of texts that I keep around for A) reference or B) because I haven't plonked down to read them all the way through yet. I am terrible about eagerly acquiring a book and then letting it sit on the shelf for a very long time, until it occurs to me to read it. And in getting into Kemetic recon, oh my have I gotten some fabulous thick books on ancient Egypt and Egyptian mythology; you can see the entire list here. I feel quite guilty about not reading books as soon as I get them (it feels wasteful/ungrateful to me) and have pretty strictly limited my book-collecting habits until I read more of what I've got. ^^;
Overall, my taste in books have gone from New Age/Wiccan to more eclectic pagan and shamanic texts to more heavily reconstructive/historical books nowadays. I can definitely appreciate non-recon books, but they have to be heart-strong without fluff for me to really get into them anymore. I tend to find more of that on blogs/websites than in mainstream published books... though I do have a wishlist of Celtic and druidic texts (some of which were gleaned from OBOD's and ADF's recommended reading lists) for when I have the money and reading-time for them. I've been steeping in Kemeticism for over a year now, and I'd like to balance that with my other main area of interest. I don't have a lot of animistic books that lack a cultural flavor (mine are largely Celtic), but I do have some general energywork ones that I'm looking forward to curling up with, as well.