Living by the Moon: A Practical Guide for Choosing the Right Time [Paperback]

Ute York (Author), Edith Zorn (Translator), Athene Bengston (Translator)

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Bluestar Communications Corporation (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885394152
• ISBN-13: 978-1885394156
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,448,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a source of Some good information, March 21, 2000

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nines (galveston, tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Living by the Moon: A Practical Guide for Choosing the Right Time (Paperback)

the gardening section of the book was VERY informative. i was inspired to begin my own extensive garden due to this book, and plan on following it's suggestions. however, the esoteric chapters were more than a little weak. having read many different books of magickal "rules", philosophies and interpretations, i found it somewhat easy to steer clear of the less founded information. the book was worth it for me nonetheless.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not enough real research, February 12, 1999

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This review is from: Living by the Moon: A Practical Guide for Choosing the Right Time (Paperback)

Considering the length of this book's bibliography I had supposed that it would offer some real insight into the moon and its effects. What I got was a lot of superstition, personal conjecture and rehashed mistakes. The assumption that thousands of years ago humans did not pay attention to the wandering bright stars we now know as planets is just one of the many misguided statements. Instead of reading and quoting real anthropological or historical studies about the moon the author relies on supposition and non-scholarly sources to create this book.

If the author had declared her intent to write about her own supposition, experience and conjecture and then had really done so it would have been a much better book than this mismash attempt.

The writing itself is disjointed and awkward. I would recommend giving this a miss, unless you really need to fill out your book shelves, or are rabidly collecting calendar, moon or astrological information.