Release date: 1 September, 2023

RITONA is pleased to announce an updated edition of one of our most popular titles: True To The Earth: Pagan Political Theology.

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.

Specifications and Ordering Information

This new edition of True to the Earth: Pagan Political Theology, will be released in all formats, including hardcover.

Hardcover edition: 190 pages, hardcover with digital cloth finish and matte cover, B&W text — $25.00

Paperback edition: 190 pages, perfect bound, matte cover, B&W text. —17.50

In addition, we are offering two packages:

HARDCOVER RELEASE PACKAGE: includes hardcover editions of both True To The Earth and The White Deer, by Melinda Reidinger, for $55.00 US (these normally retail together for $65.00 US — save ten dollars!)

PAGAN THEORY COLLECTION: includes the paperback editions of True to the Earth, The White Deer by Melinda Reidinger, and Being Pagan, by Rhyd Wildermuth, for $48.00 US (these normally retail together for 58.00 US — save ten dollars!)