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September 2017

September 26, 2017

The Other Side of the Hedge: A Deep Dive on Orthopraxy and Immanence

The Pagan community pays more than occasional lip service to the idea that modern Western...

July 2017

July 13, 2017

The Cartomancer: Just Shut Up

On how to tackle fear. Not by facing it, but by dissolving your attachment to...

March 2017

March 08, 2017

The Cartomancer: The Art of Bibliomantic Moving

How do you read signs? Do you have a calculated system, or are you open...

February 2017

February 22, 2017

The Cartomancer: A Moving Number

What goes through your mind when you move house? How attached are you to things?...

August 2016

August 17, 2016

Lamp & Labyrinth: Reciprocity, Tit for Tat, and Vending Machine Religion

In my paganism and my personal practice, reciprocity is of utmost importance in thought and...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

A Lakeside Hearth: Looking Inwards

There are numerous conflicts in modern Pagan practices. When they do spill over, the conversation...

December 2015

December 14, 2015

Star Made Witch: Living with Honor by Emma Restal Orr

O-Books offered up several titles for columnists to review this month and I selected Living...

June 2015

June 11, 2015

Spear of Athena: Whose Sun is it Anyway?

My eyes dart over the message board, and I’m met with a question: we are...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

The Zen Pagan: What Does It Mean For the Gods to Exist?

To answer the question "Do the deities exist?", we need to answer two questions, just...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

Wyrd Words: Pagan Life Lessons – Sacrifice

How can we focus on our life goals when life itself seems bound and determined...

January 08, 2015

Wyrd Words: Pagan Life Lessons – Hope

The old ways are just as much about personal revelations as they are interpersonal relations....

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Naturalistic Traditions: Were the ancient Skeptics naturalistic?

Thus far in this series, we've found the world's first Naturalistic Pagans in the Greek...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Naturalistic Traditions: Were the Cynics and Stoics naturalistic?

"Live according to nature." This was the motto of not one but two ancient Greek...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Naturalistic Traditions: Were Epicurus and the atomists naturalistic?

If the universe is nothing but atoms, as modern physics proclaims, what place can there...

December 03, 2013

Naturalistic Traditions: Were the Classical Greeks naturalistic?

Last time, we discovered the world's oldest Naturalistic Pagans* in the Ionian philosophers of ancient...

June 2013

June 21, 2013

Syncretic Electric: Figuring Out the Rules

Julian Betkowski introduces his new column "Syncretic Electric" and his path, Neoclassical Syncretism.

May 2013

May 15, 2013

Druid Thoughts: The Ethics of Divination

The future is not cast in stone. Just looking at it can change it. Thinking...

February 2013

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...

April 2012

April 06, 2012

Dear Jasmine: The Rede

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