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Faith and Magick in the Armed Forces: A Handbook for Pagans in the Military | 
 enlarge | Author: Stefani E. Barner
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 362631
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 17 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0738711942
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.94088355
EAN: 9780738711942
ASIN: 0738711942
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
An Invaluable Guide for Pagans in the Military Faith and Magick in the Armed Forces provides practical guidance and genuine support to military Pagans and Wiccans as they proudly serve our country. Many issues that face Pagan military members and their families are explored in depth?practicing their faith, relocation, overseas deployment, preparing for combat, returning as veterans, working for peace. Religious freedoms, legal issues, and rights are clarified, and resources for help are given. Faith and Magic in the Armed Forces offers knowledgeable advice, helpful rituals and meditations designed specifically for the military experience, and candid interviews with Pagan servicepersons and their loved ones. Respectful and straightforward, this one-of-a-kind handbook is essential for Pagans serving in a predominantly Christian military.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Wonderful addition to the military library November 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is amazing that the military tries so hard to not support pagans in the service. This book shows what resources a servicemembers spouse might use to get their faith inside the wire. I am a servicemember and not all the resources are available to active personnel since we do work for the man.
But I did give a copy to my chaplain so they can understand us pagans more and they should feel more open to talk to the pagans.
Helpful and Considerate June 22, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Stefani Barner explores some of the basic issues that military Pagans face in the military today. While she does explore issues of the dichotomy of working for peace while waging war, she does not do so in a way that belittles the sacrifices or seriousness of those engaged in war. She states many times in the book that all soldiers work towards peace and that there are times when war must be the instrument of peace.
She describes some basic obstacles that Pagans face in gaining recognition and working their way through the initiatory experience that the military is. And she provides commentary by other military Pagans, as she is one herself, that expands the perspective of the book.
As a member of a three-generational military Pagan family, I must say that we have all found this book to be accurate, moving and helpful. So many of the things she offers are from her own heart and touched ours. I would recommend this book to any military Pagan or to any Pagan that is looking to understand the viewpoint of the military Pagan.
 Author's politics ruin a much-needed book. May 27, 2008
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
The Wiccan/Pagan content in this book takes a back seat to the author's pacifist political agenda, and suffers as a result. A disappointment.
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