Religion, for me, comes with homework.
Below the cut, you can find a list of books, blogs, and articles I’ve found useful thus far in this whole process of Having Religion and my experiences with it. Not all of these are strictly about faith. They’re sorted by author more or less in MLA format.
Note: this is books I’ve found useful, not a complete list of everything I’ve ever read on the subject of religion. That would take far too much time to compile and I’m lazy.
Cannon, Dale. Six Ways of Being Religious: A Framework for Comparative Studies of Religion. Wadsworth, 1996.
Crawford, Jackson. The Poetic Edda. Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes. Hackett Publ. Inc, 2015.
Crawford, Jackson. The Wanderer’s Havamal. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc, 2019.
Gabriele, Matthew, and David M. Perry. The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe. HarperCollins, 2021.
Gaiman, Neil, et al. Norse Mythology. Dark Horse Books, 2022.
Haupt, Lyanda Lynn. The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild. Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
Hyde, Lewis, and Michael Chabon. Trickster Makes This World Mischief, Myth, and Art. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Kaldera, Raven. Dealing with Deities: Practical Polytheistic Theology. Asphodel Press, 2012.
Kaldera, Raven, and Galina Krasskova. Neolithic Shamanism: Spirit Work in the Norse Tradition. Toronto, 2012.
Kaldera, Raven. The Jotunbok. Asphodel Press, 2006.
Kaldera, Raven. The Pathwalker’s Guide to the Nine Worlds. Asphodel Press, 2010.
Kaldera, Raven. Wightridden: Paths of Northern Tradition Shamanism. Asphodel Press, 2017.
Kaldera, Raven. Wyrdwalkers: Techniques of Northern-Tradition Shamanism. Asphodel Press, 2007.
Keeney, Hillary. “Shamanism: An Invention of Anthropologists and New Age Teachers.” Sacred Ecstatics, 15 Nov. 2018, https://sacredecstatics.com/shamanism-was-invented/.
Krasskova, Galina. Feeding the Flame: Honoring Loki, Sigyn and Their Family. Asphodel Press, 2008.
Krasskova, Galina. Living Runes: Theory and Practice of Norse Divination. Weiser Books, 2019.
MUNIN, JANET. Polytheistic Monasticism: Voices from Pagan Cloisters. MOON BOOKS, 2022.
Odinsson, Sarenth. Calling to Our Ancestors. Asphodel Press, 2013.
The Order of the Horae. The Pagan Book of Hours. Asphodel Press, 2011.
Pang, Camilla. An Outsider’s Guide to Humans: what science taught me about what we do and who we are. Penguin. 2021
Paxson, Diana L. Trance-Portation: Learning to Navigate the Inner World. Weiser Books, 2008.
Smith, Cynthia Leitch. Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids. Heartdrum, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.
Tashlin, Del. “Sex, Gods, and Rock Stars.” Sex, Gods, and Rock Stars, 18 July 2015, https://sexgodsrockstars.wordpress.com/.
Toelken, Barre. The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West. Utah State Univ. Press, 2003.
Ruttenberg, Danya. Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion. Beacon Press, 2009.
Van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review. IDreamBooks Inc, 2015.
Vitebsky, Piers. The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia. Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Vongvisith, Elizabeth. Be Thou My Hearth and Shield. Asphodel Press, 2009.
updated: 12/14/22
Patron Saint of Hard Times 
One thought on “Working Bibliography”