In the intellectual adventure that is modern paganism, we've reached a pretty significant milestone.
We've actually created a new literary genre: the theography.*
I'll define a theography as, broadly, a book about a specific god.**
Some contemporary theographies are anthologies, with contributions by various writers. Others are a single author's tribute to a particular god.
I'm reading one such now.
I'm enjoying the book. My relationship with my own patron being what it is, I'm always interested to hear what other people have to say about their relationships with theirs.
Every theography must balance traditional lore with contemporary experience, and this author does a good job of doing just that. The book is both well-written and entertaining, with hymns, stories, rituals, and a thorough bibliography. All in all, it's much what you would want from a theography: both informative and useful.
But something is missing here. It's not so much what is being said as what isn't.
