Reviews for Power of Flowers: Healing Body and Soul Through the Art and Mysticism of Nature

The average rating for Power of Flowers: Healing Body and Soul Through the Art and Mysticism of Nature based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-12-13 00:00:00 Richard Upchurch This book was a total waste of money and falls apart at it's very foundation, given that the sources the authors drawn from are either known, blatant, and even criminal frauds, or people who are giving inaccurate information based on presumed initiation, which does not exist. It lacks cultural understanding for the religions it speaks about, and reaches for connections that blatantly do not exist within the given cultures or religions. This made me really sad--I had high hopes for this book, as queer and gender-variant folks in culturally based religions is a really important, very vital topic to discuss, but it falls flat in practically every way.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-11-13 00:00:00 Michael Sarosiak This would have been much better if the authors had not fallen into the unfortunate trap of thinking "Gnostic Voudon" had anything to do with Haitian vodou. It meant I felt unable to trust anything they said about any of the other trads mentioned in the book when I knew that they had so badly misunderstood and misrepresented my own. Vodou is a tradition that doesn't care about your personal sexual orientation and welcomes initiates of all orientations but there are no sex rites, ever. This dangerous confusion of white western appropriations with Vodou is an insult to those who took part in this book in good faith. Real and personal research with an actual Vodou priest/ess is essential!