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March 2013

March 20, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Who Polices the Druids?

Do any Pagan organisations have the means to respond if there’s a pedophile priest accusation...

March 18, 2013

Seekers and Guides: Covening for Beginners

Sable Aradia, Wiccan minister and teacher, offers some tips for those just beginning to get...

March 14, 2013

Loop of Brighid: The Brig – Divine Energy of Creation

You often hear pagans say that our religions are defined more by practice than by...

March 11, 2013

A Question of Judeo-Pagan Values

I'm not suggesting that Judaism is a kind of Paganism. What I am suggesting is...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Wrestling With Gods: Pagan Gnosis through Jewish Eyes

Today, I chatted with Hermes over breakfast. I accept his faults, he accepts mine. We...

February 19, 2013

The Busy Witch: Magic and Marriage

I’ve been creating informal altars around our home for years, but this little corner shelf...

February 12, 2013

Making Light: Interfaith is Not a Dirty Word

A few years ago, I co-founded an interfaith group with other women of various faiths,...

February 07, 2013

Naturalistic Traditions: Exploring the Historical Roots of Naturalistic Paganism

Were there Naturalistic Pagans in the ancient world? This is the central question of a...

January 2013

January 03, 2013

Loop of Brighid: What Is Brigidine Paganism?

Brighid is one of the most beloved and widely-venerated deities in the entire world, and...

January 02, 2013

Druid Thoughts: Innate Paganism

If you're like me, you get to the cold, dark, damp days and think, ‘Bloody...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

Wikipedia vs. Pagans [updated]

[UPDATE 5/22-24/13] Qworty, the Wikipedia editor primarily responsible for targeting Pagan articles for deletion (usually with...

November 09, 2012

Air Force Base Hosts the Largest Weekly Wiccan Service in the World

Basic Military Training Wicca Faith Group Serves the Faith Needs of Many A small cadre...

October 2012

October 10, 2012

ANNOUNCING: New Managing Editor of the Patheos Pagan Channel: Christine Hoff Kraemer

Dear Readers, We are pleased to share with you some exciting news: Effective immediately, Christine...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Pantheisticon: Sex, Gender, and the Green World

I’ve just finished transcribing the Pagan Spirit Gathering press conference from last month regarding Dianic...

July 20, 2012

Sacred Body, Sacred Earth

Victor Anderson, one of my beloved teachers, enjoined us to neither coddle nor punish weakness....

June 2012

June 29, 2012

UPDATED: Damien Echols Has An Occult Tattoo

Check it out here. Anyone want to try and translate the Theban? UPDATE: Damien translates, and...

June 20, 2012

Discrimination In Paganism

On the Patheos Pagan FB page I posted a poll regarding discrimination after reading Patti...

April 2012

April 27, 2012

Pagan vs. Christian: The Right and Wrong Ways to Go About It

Grand Rapids (MI) Pagan Pride Day is a wonderful event, and I used to speak...

April 19, 2012

We All Come From the Horned God, possibly, but don’t sing it…

We all come from the Horned God, and to him we shall return, like a...

April 11, 2012

Arguing History

For all intents and purposes I'm a "Pagan Minimalist*." That doesn't mean my practice is...

April 06, 2012

Dear Jasmine: The Rede

Dear Jasmine, I am wondering about The Rede and “Harm None”, and how it works...

April 01, 2012

Making Light: Listening as Mystery Unfolds

I keep meaning to write something about Anthesteria or Thargelia or something relevant to this...

March 2012

March 14, 2012

The Pagan/Atheist Alliance

I'm a Facebooker, it's a problem, and I know this. I probably check it ten...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Overview of the PantheaCon Gender Debate

The discussion over the "Genetic women only" ritual by Z Budapest at PantheaCon is in...

February 22, 2012

Druid Thoughts: In Search of a Feminist Goddess

I should begin by explaining that I am not a Wiccan, but have had close...

February 22, 2012

Dear Jasmine: Kitchen Witchery

Dear Jasmine, I am new on my pagan path and I am interested in kitchen...

February 01, 2012

A State of Exclusion: Religious Demagoguery and the State of the Union Address

Mentions of the Christian God have been used in one form or another in nearly...

February 01, 2012

The Future of Pagan Leadership

***Disclaimer: I would like to state that this is entirely my opinion and doesn’t reflect...