Books on Raising Pagan Kids

To supplement my list of children's books for Pagan kids, below are some titles for raising Pagan children. These will help you introduce Paganism to your children, integrate magick into their every day lives, and give them fun activities during the Sabbats and other points of the year!

As before, I've included both the author's website (where possible) and a link to the Amazon (or other) page where you can purchase each title.

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Circle Round - Raising Children in Goddess Traditions

Starhawk

In our rushed, stressed society, it's sometimes difficult to spend meaningful time as a family. Now Starhawk, Diane Baker, and Anne Hill offer new ways to foster a sense of togetherness through celebrations that honor the sacredness of life and our Mother Earth.

Goddess tradition embraces the wheel of life, the never-ending cycle of birth, growth, love, fulfillment, and death. Each turn of the wheel is presented here, in eight holidays spanning the changing seasons, in rites of passage for life transitions, and in the elements of fire, air, water, earth, and spirit. Circle Round is rich with songs, rituals, craft and cooking projects, and read-aloud stories, as well as suggestions for how you can create your own unique family traditions. Here are just some of the ways to make each event in the cycle of life more special:

• Mark Summer Solstice by making sweet-smelling herb pillows for good dreams
• Send a teenager off to college with the Leaving Behind and Carrying With rituals
• Comfort an injured child with the Tree of Life meditation
• Commemorate a loved one by planting or donating a tree

As a one-of-a-kind resource for people of many faiths and beliefs, Circle Round will be a beloved companion in your home for years to come.

Author's Page
Amazon.com

Pagan Degrees for Children
Shanddaramon

This book provides a system of learning Pagan and good living concepts just for children and young adults through three main degrees. Children from the ages of 5 - 18 can work on obtaining the Neophyte, Apprentice, and Mage Degrees by meeting specific goals designed for children and by completing the requirements for earning Achievement Awards. The Neophyte Degree is subdivided into several Levels to help give young children small and easily obtainable goals. Provided with each Degree and Award is a great deal of information and sources for learning and for exploring.

Author's Page
Amazon.com

Pagan Parenting
Kristin Madden

This is a guide for any pagan family, no matter what its relgion. It describes the development of the human energy system from conception through adolescence, and how it relates to a child's spiritual, magical, and emotional development. The main focus of the book is on games and exercises designed to encourage the beneficial development of innate psychic and magical abilities. It aims to foster healthy family relationships and offer parents suggestions on how to handle common pagan parenting issues, such as how to answer tough questions asked by young children and teens, and how to deal with the honesty versus secrecy dilemma regarding practices and beliefs.

Author's Page
Amazon.com

Raising Witches
Ashleen O'Gaea

This is the first book that gives parents the means to teach their children Wicca in a more formal fashion. Featuring a Wiccan curriculum for each of the five age groups from infancy to young adulthood, O'Gaea shows parents how to effectively weave Wicca into a child's natural progression of learning.

Author's Page
Amazon.com

The Pagan Family
Ceisiwr Serith

"The Pagan Family" provides general advice for Pagans who wished to celebrate their religion as a family on the construction of rituals, as well as ritual guidelines for weddings, births, birthdays, seasonal celebrations, lunar phases, coming of age, divorce and death. The book also contains suggestions for the creation of the sacred home (including blessings and household shrines); activities for children such as meditations, mask and rattle making, drumming and storytelling; suggested prayers for throughout the day; tips for teaching children about paganism. References and resources for further information are included in the appendices.

Author's Page
Amazon.com