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Sam Webster

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Sam Webster, M. Div., Mage, has taught magick publicly since 1984. He graduated from Starr King School for the Ministry at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley in 1993. He is now a PhD candidate at the University of Bristol, UK, studying Pagan history under Prof. Ronald Hutton. He is an Adept of the Golden Dawn, a cofounder of the Chthonic-Ouranian Templar order, and an initiate of Wiccan, Druidic, Buddhist, Hindu and Masonic traditions.

His work has been published in a number of journals such as Green Egg and Gnosis, and 2010 saw his first book Tantric Thelema (http://www.concrescent.net/book/tantric-thelema), establishing the publishing house Concrescent Press (http://Concrescent.net). He also authors the blog Arkadian Anvil (http://witchesandpagans.com/Arkadian-Anvil/Blogger/Listings/sam-webster.html). Sam founded the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn in 2001 (http://OSOGD.org), and he serves the Pagan community principally as a priest of Hermes.

Works by Sam Webster

Hermes & Morals, Good Night & Good Luck

Sam Webster | February 01, 2017

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Hermes, Ethics, and a dash of Thelema

Sam Webster | January 18, 2017

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Working Polytheism Part 2: Means

Sam Webster | October 20, 2016

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Working Polytheism

Sam Webster | September 07, 2016

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Hermes and the Spirits

Sam Webster | June 09, 2016

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Hermes in Service

Sam Webster | May 11, 2016

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Hermes at War

Sam Webster | April 06, 2016

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Hermes in Action: Professional Life

Sam Webster | March 09, 2016

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The Mind of the God: the Power of the Question

Sam Webster | February 10, 2016

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The Speech of the God and The Value of Deliberation

Sam Webster | January 13, 2016

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Forming the God

Sam Webster | December 09, 2015

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God Work

Sam Webster | November 19, 2015

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My Ancestors Are Dead

Sam Webster | October 14, 2015

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Cultural Paganism and a Primordial Pantheon: 0 to Many

Sam Webster | September 09, 2015

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Genus before species: What are the Gods?

Sam Webster | August 12, 2015

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Welcome At the Herm

Sam Webster | July 15, 2015

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Institutions in Paganism: the Coin is for All

Sam Webster | March 12, 2014

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Pantheon Foundation: building 21st Century Pagan...

Sam Webster | February 19, 2014

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Monist? How are you using the word?

Sam Webster | January 15, 2014

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Restoration Reviewed

Sam Webster | December 18, 2013

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Leadership is Relationship

Sam Webster | November 20, 2013

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How Pagans can Save the World: the Pagan Restoration

Sam Webster | October 16, 2013

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Why Pagans Can Save the World

Sam Webster | September 18, 2013

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Who is Pagan?

Sam Webster | August 21, 2013

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Pagan Ministry: Serving the Pagan People/s

Sam Webster | July 17, 2013

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Pagan Priesthood: Setting the Table, Restoring the Way of...

Sam Webster | June 19, 2013

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Restoring Idolatry to Iconolatry

Sam Webster | May 15, 2013

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Restoring Idolatry to Iconolatry

Sam Webster | May 14, 2013

The ancient icons of the Gods were destroyed in order to break worshippers' contact with......

Pagan Restoration in New Format

Sam Webster | May 08, 2013

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Toward the Pagan Restoration of Sacrifice

Sam Webster | April 17, 2013

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Toward the Pagan Restoration of Sacrifice

Sam Webster | April 16, 2013

It is time for Pagans to restore sacrifice to its ancient and central place in our......

Why I Am Pagan

Sam Webster | April 03, 2013

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Why I Am Pagan

Sam Webster | April 02, 2013

In 200 words or less, why is Sam Webster Pagan?...

Why You Can't Worship Jesus Christ and Be Pagan

Sam Webster | March 19, 2013

A Pagan who worships the Christian God is rendering aid and comfort to an enemy: a Being......

Enough of Because: The Nature of Pagan Authority

Sam Webster | February 19, 2013

In the Pagan community, authority is persuasive, not coercive. I write here to provoke......

Beginning the Pagan Restoration

Sam Webster | January 15, 2013

The old ways need to be rebuilt, and Paganism will become something new and different,......

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