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June 2021

June 01, 2021

Salt City Pagan: My Paganism and My Politics

I was asked if my religious beliefs influence my political beliefs. Say what? How could...

November 2016

November 11, 2016

Outside the Circle: A Pagan at a Gun Range

Paganism and guns isn’t something you see an article on very often. We Pagans love...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Book of Blackbirds: The Politics of Kindness

I believe that showing simple kindness, while not exclusive to Paganism by any means, rightfully...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Hills of the Horizon: A Defense of Sacred Kingship

Several years ago, I took a trip out into the sticks for a Beltane ritual....

April 12, 2016

Witch on Fire: HB2 – There’s a Safe Pot to Piss in at the End of the Rainbow

This bill isn't really about transgendered people, or what pots they piss in, but it...

April 06, 2016

Dandelion Seeds: Why We All Need Indigenous European Paganism

The Rev. Melissa Hill tackles issues of white privilege and the fear that modern European...

October 2015

October 08, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: To Listen

To listen passively leads to anger and pain. To listen actively, while difficult, leads to...

August 2015

August 20, 2015

Why I am Still a Heathen

Patheos is doing a summer series called “Future of Faith in America”. The Pagan channel's...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Parenting and the Confederate Flag

I am related to Robert E. Lee. My family was wrong. We take down this...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

The Zen Pagan: Religion, Identity, Practice, Doctrine, Is, and Ought

Crouch suggests that if we applied critical thinking to religion the same way we apply...

December 2014

December 05, 2014

The Zen Pagan: #Ferguson: Righteous Anger and Wrathful Deities

As a power hierarchy becomes more and more unjust, of course more brutal and repressive...

August 2014

August 21, 2014

Wyrd Words: GENOCIDE – Whose Tool is it?

There is an entire population of people that are being systematically EXTERMINATED, and these various...

April 2014

April 18, 2014

Heathen Woman: Hidden Agendas in Heathenry

The heart of a warrior does not lie in inciting conflict, but rather in determining...

March 2014

March 24, 2014

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Gentle Bigotry & Freedom FROM Religion

We all must combat our own unspoken, gentle racism. When you speak, make sure your...

March 06, 2014

Wyrd Words: 3 “Religious Freedom” Laws That Are Literally The EXACT OPPOSITE of Religious Freedom

The United States has seen a recent rash of “Religious Freedom” bills, with the most...

February 2014

February 23, 2014

Pray Naked For Freedom

Stupid is happening out there. Arizona just passed a law that would legalize the kind...

December 2013

December 12, 2013

Wyrd Words: Conservative Pagans

Two weeks ago, I wrote a comedic story about a rather bizarre indecent that happened...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Wyrd Words: Tea Party Paganism

Let me reassure you that you did NOT misread that title! There is nothing wrong...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Syncretic Electric: Looking at Our History (Part 5) — Feminism

Not every Pagan views their spirituality as a site of political action, but, for many...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Druid Thoughts: The Influence of Story

A modern fairy tale: Once upon a time there was a person who everyone had...

April 2012

April 16, 2012

Making Light: Gods Bless Tennessee

Just this week, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, chose not to veto the so-called “Monkey Bill”...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

Cool Ad on the War on Women

I hope every American gets to see this short but powerful video, maybe several times. ...

March 19, 2012

I’m Not A Doctor, But I Play One In The Senate

All across the country right now politicians are legislating health care willy-nilly. From the semi-reasonable...

March 14, 2012

The Contraception Issue Turned Upside-Down Cake

Hypothetical situation: I work for a Greek polytheist. My boss believes in moderation in all...

March 14, 2012

The Pagan/Atheist Alliance

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

March 14, 2012

Framing, Limbaugh, Pagans and Christians

I have been fascinated by the collapse of the right wing attack on women that...

February 2012

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...