Review and comments so far:
-Creative genius!
-Brilliant!
-This is hilarious…
-This is a great piece of writing; I loved it! Thanks so much for sharing.
-This is made of extreme win. I must see the rest of this!!
-ROTFLMAO!!!! I think I pi**ed myself from laughing.
-Great story idea.
-It's refreshing to read a "Divine Comedy" that's actually a comedy. It's hilarious.
-Frighteningly fabulous, I love it!

Below review of it just come out from Druid Network, shorten version below. Being compared to Douglas Adams :)

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The Divine Comedy of Neophyte Corax and Goddess Morrigan
by Payam Nabarz
Available from http://www.lulu.com/content/1728442
Paperback or download
Price £8.88 or £6.66
Review by Bish. -Druid Network

I was tempted to keep the review short in order to match the book,
which only runs to some fifty pages. But the quality of a work is not
reflected only in its page numbers. The Divine Comedy (I shall, um,
cut short the full title) is a play, generally between two
protagonists, Corax and Morrigan - Corax being a seeker after the
wisdom of the gods and Morrigan, of course, being such a one. The
story runs through the traditional year, poking fun at Corax with some
'in jokes' and pagan related situation comedy as he attempts to gain
knowledge from the goddess of war, death, change and justice.

The advertising for this work suggested a similarity with that of
Terry Pratchett, but I suspect there's more of a bond between it and
the late great Douglas Adams (who of course was a playwright and radio
scripter as well as an author). The lines work best when read out
aloud than simply read, and it would indeed make an interesting play
for BBC Radio's 4 or 7. The layout is that of a traditional play, with
scene descriptions and narration, and paragraphs for each actor's
lines....

.....Some of the descriptions are very contemporary (does anyone still
use Lynx body spray?) and the language is often that of the street,
which will appeal to the younger reader - and this is where I think
the play is aimed. Elements of many pagan traditions are brought into
play (ouch, pun alert, sorry) and although a deeper understanding of
some of the traditions will only help the reader, nearly everyone will
be sufficiently familiar with the situations and players to get by.

It would not be fair to reveal much of the plotline in such a tale,
but I did enjoy a scene entitled 'an eclectic pagan's near death
experience' which asked the question as to just where an eclectic ends
up, and in the company of which gods?

The book is launched on 31st January but is available now in paper and
(amended) .pdf format.

Here is the first part of the sample chapter

Act V: A Kali Puja: a magickal workshop.

On a bright sunny day, Corax was flying over the forest when he heard the sound of falling trees. He flew to where the sound had originated, and was greeted by sight of his old mate Oilphant Ganesh. Oliphant was gently making his way across the forest, knocking down trees like they were grass, (which to him they were!)

Corax: Hi, you’re looking cheerful 2day where r u heading?

Oliphant: Hi, going to new temple in the old castle.

Corax: Not the castle!

Oliphant: Yes, there is a new temple to Kali, and there will be a ‘Kali Puja’ workshop to mark Kali’s festival...

Corax: Wow a real Kali Puja, I always wanted ‘to do’ a Puja, who is running the Puja?

Oliphant: Its Lady Pelican, she spent a whole six months in India and a year in Siberia.

Corax: Great, I’ll accompany you then.

Corax and Oliphant make their way towards the castle, they are faced with signs like: ‘keep off the moors’ and ‘don’t go to the castle’. They both shake their heads on such signs muttering about Christians who try to stop them reaching enlightenment. As they approach the castle several hearses leave the gate, carrying coffins. At the door they are faced with a very nice dog called Canine.

Canine: Welcome brothers, and sisters. The workshop is about to start. Just leave all your dosh in the donation box on the way in and please take off your shoes.

Corax and Oliphant excitedly go in and sit down in the large meeting room, which is freshly painted. Corax smells the faint scent of blood underneath the smell of paint.

Lady Pelican: Sit down and relax your body…...

Many hours of chanting, and meditation pass, however there is no sign of Kali as far as Corax can see.

Corax: (whispering) Oliphant, can you see Kali?

Oliphant:(whispering) No, except I felt touch of hands on my shoulder.

Corax: Sorry that was me, I was nodding off and had to balance myself by putting my hand on your shoulder.

Oliphant: Oh, well this is just not happening for me, do you remember the door opening thingy that drunk rat told us about the other day in the pub.

Corax: Yep, you mean opening doors to parallel dimensions and letting the gods come through.

Oliphant: Yes, let’s try it.

Corax and Oliphant try the ‘opening the door thingy’ and suddenly the room is filled with flashes of lightning.

Lady Pelican: Keep the chanting going everyone, here comes 'The Goddess'.

One of the ladies, who was already painted in blue stands up and starts handing out flowers to all.
Oliphant and Corax look at each.

Corax: I guess it didn’t work, she was already painted in blue!

Oliphant: Errrmmm, look at the ceiling!

A translucent blue figure is forming on the ceiling.

Corax: Uh that would be Kali, though she is not wearing her usual human skull necklace.

Oliphant: She prefers her necklace fresh, probably.

Corax: I am sure it will be fine, where are you going Oliphant? Oliphant?

(Oliphant runs off very quickly).

The rest of congregation seemed to be too busy chanting and collecting the flowers to notice the blue figure descending.
The rest happened in a flash, several heads were chopped off by Kali before anyone had noticed. The Kali priestess screamed on seeing Kali and everyone opened their eyes. Kali picks several heads from the floor and makes a skull necklace, which she brings and puts on her priestess.

Kali: You, who act as my priestess, should wear my necklace.

The Kali priestess faints. (Perhaps it was the weight of several human heads dangling from her neck which overcame her.)

Here is a sample chapter, split into two sections:


.....The Kali priestess faints. (Perhaps it was the weight of several human heads dangling from her neck which overcame her.)

Kali: Now for my own necklace.

Kali’s blade moved across chopping several more heads, and was approaching Corax fast. But Corax is fixed in his seat, caught by the beautiful light from Kali’s eyes. Kali’s Blade is inches away from Corax, when it hits another metal object. The sound makes Corax to break eye contact and look up. It seems another blade had stopped Kali’s blade. The hands holding the sword are covered in black feathers.

Corax: Morrigan, ace what timing.

Morrigan: Silly boy, I’ll deal with you later.

Kali: Get out of my temple Morrigan, this is not your place, can’t you see I am busy.

Morrigan: Not this one, he is Mine.

Kali: He is in my temple.

Morrigan: He already belongs to me....

Lots of lightening and sword fighting between Kali and Morrigan takes place.

Corax looks across at the dead bodies, the fainted priestess, and the rest of living congregation and finally sees the workshop organiser Lady Pelican. Lady Pelican seems calm and is handling the situation much better than others. Corax walks up to her.

Corax: Is this what you had in mind for the workshop?

Lady Pelican: Be calm child, we are all in the astral plane now and what you are seeing is a vision, and not real. Remain focused on your breathing.

Corax: Are you sure this is all in the astral plane?

Lady Pelican: Yes and we are now communicating with each other as I have Telepathy Certificate Level 42.

Kali and Morrigan are fighting each other just above the heads of Corax and Lady Pelican.

Corax: (while dodging one of Kali’s arms) I see, maybe you should bring this workshop to an end, it seems that Kali and Morrigan are fighting each other.

Lady Pelican: You just focus on the astral vision, and allow it to tap into the collective subconscious, these goddesses are archetypes.

Corax: They seem very real to me, do archetypes chop people’s heads off?

Lady Pelican: The chopping off the heads which ‘you’ are seeing is internal symbol for liberation, also Kali and Morrigan are not really fighting, as you know all goddesses are just one goddess.

Kali and Morrigan suddenly stop fighting, and both look at Lady Pelican.

Lady Pelican: As I said. They are all just One Goddess. … Corax why are you running away?

Corax: But do ‘they’ know they are all one goddess.


While flying away Corax took one quick look over his shoulder, and saw Kali and Morrigan both with their swords raised rushing towards Lady Pelican. Despite flying away fast, Corax still heard Lady Pelicans screams..... Flying, he quickly caught up with Oliphant, who was also still running.

Oliphant: Glad you made it out, what happen to the rest?

Corax: Death by archetype.