I hadn't thought about it, but yes, Galina's article does presuppose familiarity with the rosary. I remember I picked up a $1 pamphlet about the rosary from the local Catholic gift shop in order to figure out a couple of fine points (having been raised Wisconsin Lutheran instead of Catholic). Speaking of Galina, she also sells prayer cards for hundreds of Gods and Goddesses in her Etsy shop, WyrdCuriosities. I sponsored four and wrote prayers for two cards, so you can say I'm a fan!
I'd forgotten to mention my favorite prayer books. Both are by Hester Butler-Ehle: "Fieldstones: new shoots from stony soil" is an anthology of prayers to the Celtic gods (Irish, Welsh, and Gaulish), and "Hearth and Field: a Heathen prayer book" is self-explanatory (it opens with a nice litany of the Aesir and Vanir). She's also written two for the Greek Gods, which I have not seen.
Devotionals are being published for a number of pagan deities--here's a Goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/75052.Pagan_Devotionals . Asphodel Press and Neos Alexandria's Bibliotheca Alexandrina have each put out several. Moon Books has a line called "Pagan Portals," which includes introductions to various deities; they may not be intended as devotionals but can be used as such, and usually have some prayers or rituals for the God in question. Others are self-published on Lulu, Createspace, etc. I own two devotionals for Thor: the one from The Troth is scholarly, dry, and IIRC has a grand total of 2 prayers (although the ritual section is good), the other is self-published with atrocious grammar that is physically painful for me to read, but is beautifully heartfelt and includes many fine prayers.
As you say, one still has to dig for information about pagan prayer--and contend with other people's religious trauma while doing so--but it's wonderful to see the devotional resources growing, compared to the mid-1980s when I started!
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I'd forgotten to mention my favorite prayer books. Both are by Hester Butler-Ehle: "Fieldstones: new shoots from stony soil" is an anthology of prayers to the Celtic gods (Irish, Welsh, and Gaulish), and "Hearth and Field: a Heathen prayer book" is self-explanatory (it opens with a nice litany of the Aesir and Vanir). She's also written two for the Greek Gods, which I have not seen.
Devotionals are being published for a number of pagan deities--here's a Goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/75052.Pagan_Devotionals . Asphodel Press and Neos Alexandria's Bibliotheca Alexandrina have each put out several. Moon Books has a line called "Pagan Portals," which includes introductions to various deities; they may not be intended as devotionals but can be used as such, and usually have some prayers or rituals for the God in question. Others are self-published on Lulu, Createspace, etc. I own two devotionals for Thor: the one from The Troth is scholarly, dry, and IIRC has a grand total of 2 prayers (although the ritual section is good), the other is self-published with atrocious grammar that is physically painful for me to read, but is beautifully heartfelt and includes many fine prayers.
As you say, one still has to dig for information about pagan prayer--and contend with other people's religious trauma while doing so--but it's wonderful to see the devotional resources growing, compared to the mid-1980s when I started!
--Sister Crow