Pagan Christmas (35 page)

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Copyright © 2003 by AT Verlag

Translation copyright © 2006 by Inner Traditions International

Originally published in German by AT Verlag under the title Weihnachtsbaum und Blütenwunder by Christian Rätsch and Claudia Müller-Ebeling, ISBN 3-85502-8028

First U.S. edition published in 2006 by Inner Traditions

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rätsch, Christian, 1957–

[Weihnachtsbaum und Blütenwunder]

Pagan Christmas : the plants, spirits, and rituals at the origins of yuletide / Christian Rätsch and Claudia Müller-Ebeling ; translated from the German by Katja Lueders and Rafael Lorenzo.—1st U.S. ed.

p. cm.

“Originally published in German by AT Verlag under the title Weihnachtsbaum und Blütenwunder.”

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-59477-660-1

1. Christmas. 2. Plants—Folklore. I. Müller-Ebeling, Claudia. II. Title.

GT4985.R38 2006

394.2663—dc22

2006019226

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