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October 2012

October 11, 2012

Before the Gardnerians: Introducing the Magus

[This begins the first chapter of my forthcoming A Tapestry of Witches: A History of...

October 08, 2012

Last Day of the Mysteries / Preview of a New History

Boedromion 23: The final events at Eleusis included the rite of the Plemochoai, top-shaped vases,...

August 2012

August 02, 2012

Jesus, No, but Joshua’s a Different Story

A Pagan Almanac for August 1 & 2, 2012 Lunar Cycle: August 1 -- Fourth...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Survival or New Creation?

A Pagan Almanac for July 29-31, 2012 Lunar cycle: July 29, First day of the...

July 28, 2012

Looking for the Craft IV

A Pagan Almanac for July 27 and 28, 2012 Lunar Cycle: Ninth and tenth days...

July 26, 2012

Looking for the Craft III

A Pagan Almanac for July 24-26, 2012 Lunar Cycle: Sixth to eighth days of the...

July 22, 2012

Looking for the Craft, Part II

A Pagan Almanac: July 21, 2012 Lunar Cycle: Third day of the waxing Moon Rome:...

July 20, 2012

Looking for the Craft

______________________________________________________________________________________________________ A Pagan Almanac for July 20, 2012 Lunar Cycle: Second day of the waxing...

July 19, 2012

A Pagan Almanac: Day One

A Pagan Almanac for July 19, 2012 Lunar cycle: Day 1, first crescent Rome: The...

July 17, 2012

The Three-Dimensional Structure of the Pagan Movement

In writing about the history of the Craft, I have been often perplexed about how...

July 16, 2012

What Is a Witch?

I am not silly enough to suppose that everyone, or even a majority among Witches,...

July 04, 2012

Why the Craft Is an “In Your Face” Religion

Earlier today, on Charles Arnold’s e-group on Linkedin, someone expressed surprise that the fundamentalist Christians...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Aphrodiphobia, Part VI: Religion as Ecstasy

The woman whom I named Lilith has been my friend for more than forty years...

June 23, 2012

Aphrodiphobia, the Sistine Heresy, and Ecstasy, Part I

"If Catholicism were really like what Greeley describes, there would be no need for the...

June 16, 2012

Why Wicca Is a Major World Religion

Gerald Brosseau Gardner, that strange retired Englishman, created Wicca because he could not find an...

June 13, 2012

A Very Strange Novel About Witches and Gnostics

As a writer, I have always been fascinated by historical puzzles, about how various religions...

June 12, 2012

The End of My Catholic Boyhood

In order for you, dear reader, to see why I think about religion as I...

June 11, 2012

“Human Life Is Sacred”: My Foray Into Blogging

I’m rather excited. Friendship with Star recently ambushed us both—so I have begun writing on...

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