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Selene: The Moon Goddess and the Cave Oracle Paperback – December 19, 2023

by Steve Moore (Author), Bob Rickard (Contributor), Alan Moore (Contributor)
4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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An examination of the myths of the Moon goddess and how she appeared to the original creators of those myths in ancient Greece.

Waxing and waning and reborn with each new month, the Moon has always been the supreme symbol of cyclical change in the western world.

Metaphorical representations of the Moon’s goddess also seem to undergo similar changes, each new century reinventing her in its own image. For Hesiod, she was a distant figure in the celestial pantheon, to Keats she was an intimate muse; Selene’s recurring role in music, literature, and song is a powerful testament to our continued fascination with her myth.

A deeply erudite and meticulously researched survey, this book explores the perennial curiosity our closest orbital neighbor continues to instill, providing at once an unprecedented body of historical research and a critical armature for the author’s lauded prose reverie Somnium.

Despite the importance of the Moon to recent developments in esoteric scholarship and mythography, Selene doesn’t attempt to present a “Moon-Goddess for the twenty-first century,” but rather looks at the myths of one specific Moon goddess and how she appeared to the original creators of those myths in the literature of ancient Greece.

In doing so, Selene marks the point at which classical scholarship comes closest to a physical embrace with its ethereal subject matter.
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    384 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    December 19, 2023
  4. Dimensions
    6 x 0.96 x 8.5 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1913689069
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1913689063
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"An impeccable and flawlessly researched piece of classical scholarship."
—Alan Moore

About the Author

Until his death in 2014, Steve Moore wrote comic books, novels and nonfiction, including his study of the I-Ching, The Trigrams of Han, his critically acclaimed novel, Somnium, and the posthumous collection of short fantasy stories, Tales of Telguuth. He also had a long-standing editorial connection with Fortean Studies and Fortean Times, to which he was a frequent contributor from their inception.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MIT Press (December 19, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1913689069
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1913689063
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.96 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

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This book is fantastic. A must have. It’s awful that it’s out of print already.
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Persephone
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything Luna or otherwise: 'All about Selene'
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2019
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I received this book on the 16th of July 2019, the evening of the lunar eclipse!
I had been patiently waiting for this ode to Selene to be published. Steve left is one final gift, one final rose for His Selene, so that we can know and love Her as He had.
A lovely compendium of myths and traditions that reference Selene, a snapshot of Her heritage if you like, this book will give the reader a deeper insight into how Selene influenced countless Dreamers, Poets, Artists and indeed civilisations.
He must have really loved Her deeply to be willing to dedicate most of his life to Her so completely.
We researched, well written, easy to follow.
A must have for all those that have ever looked up at a full moon and fallen in love with the golden aura of Selene.
Rest with Luna Steve. x
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