David Given Schwarm

Dark Moon Rising: Pagan Bdsm & the Ordeal Path by Raven Kaldera My rating: 4 of 5 stars A book about the Ordeal path written by a very odd character who is in conflict with his community. A lot of this book is written in reaction to other peoples beliefs which reads combative and dated–mostly the sections written by Raven. Other sections, written by other voices, are excellent–some fun poetry and interesting reflections on rituals. overall I cannot really recommend this — the spirituality sections are short and generally not well developed and a lot of the book focuses on the sexual aspects which is generally difficult to read or recommend. I had lemmed this book because it got to “pervy”, but I am glad I went back and finished it–the end sections were strong. View all my reviews