True to the Earth - 2nd Edition by Kadmus

About the Book

True to the Earth is the first English work to offer a robust explanation of the power of pagan cosmologies and their relevance for modern environmental, political, and social crises.

Book Synopsis

Originally released in 2018, True to the Earth is the first English work to offer a robust explanation of the power of pagan cosmologies and their relevance for modern environmental, political, and social crises.

This updated edition includes a foreword from Sarah Lyons and a new introduction from the author.

Organic pluralism, an embrace of multiple, conflicting truths, and a deep understanding of the interconnection between humans and the natural world: all were core values of oral and animist cultures. As global climate change and the collapse of Empire throw the earth and our modern societies into crisis, these core values are what humanity and the nature it destroys desperately need again.

In True To The Earth: Pagan Political Theology, author and professor of philosophy Kadmus weaves a narrative from the lore of Celtic, Greek, Norse, and indigenous traditions to show us how we once saw the world and how we can see it again. He unveils the modern assumptions which blind us from seeing the past and what we've lost, challenges the core foundations of literal, universalist thinking, and shakes us free from the unseen bonds monotheism has placed upon our understanding of ourselves and the world.

Review Quotes

A fantastic eye-opener! Kadmus walks us through a profoundly-written approach to conscious embodiment and the living-out of pagan myth to develop a respectful reverence of all things, and from there guides us to an outlook of better living for and with our beleaguered world already so cruelly detached from the awe necessary for our continued survival and thriving.

Sam Block (polyphanes), blogger-author of "The Digital Ambler"

"True to the Earth provides a needed antidote to crackpot realism and the cynical calls for an "acceptable" level of misery in our politics. Many better worlds are possible, and Kadmus gives us a valuable vision of what shape these better worlds could take if we have the courage and luck to make them."

Cooper Wilhelm, host of Witchhassle, and author of DUMBHEART/STUPIDFACE

"True to the Earth is an exemplar of political theology, born from the self-fecundating chasm of our Earth, and all of its teeming possibility. With a mind incisive, and a heart blisteringly golden, Kadmus is our steward into reimagining how these pagan values, virtues, and ways-of-being, can inform a whole-ifying and animistic way of relating with ourselves, each other, the world of spirits, and the world of humans, all in deference to natural wisdoms. A brazen and critical exploration of a pagan ethics."

Sasha Ravitch, Author, Consultant, & Stellar Witch

At once a challenge and an invitation, True to the Earth offers a glimpse into the High-Pagan cultures of the past that embraced the complexity, plurality, and animacy of natural and social worlds. Kadmus carries us on a journey exploring the radical implications such ways of thinking and knowing can have today.

J D Kelley, founder of Astro Magia

Kadmus has presented us with a learned and considered set of reflections and encouragements to navigate chaos and plurality and challenge empty perfection and monopoly, reminding us engaged philosophy cannot exist without its feet on the hallowed ground of nature and unfolding history.

Dr. Alexander Cummins, cunning-man and historian of magic