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2013-12-15T16:53:52-08:00

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Why Is Sex a Problem at All? The Poison of Puritanism

Last updated on: December 15, 2013 at 4:53 pm By Aidan Kelly

Why don’t human beings just have sex whenever they feel like it—which is usually—just for the pleasure of it? (It is Sunday morning. I did not listen to a sermon. As you can see, I instead wrote one—or, at least, a Pagan equivalent.) Read more

2013-11-27T13:17:16-08:00

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Retrieving the Myth of Jesus and Sophia, Part II

Last updated on: November 27, 2013 at 1:17 pm By Aidan Kelly

Understanding what the actual theology of the classical Gnostics was about depends on understanding what they meant by the Greek term “Paston,” usually translated as “bridal chamber.” In context the term meant a type of experience, not to a physical location, so it is better translated as “sacred marriage,” a term whose connotations are much clearer to us. I have made great use in writing (and, at least once, in a blessed moment in real life) of the fact that,... Read more

2013-11-24T22:39:30-08:00

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Retrieving the Myth of Jesus and Sophia, Part I

Last updated on: November 24, 2013 at 10:39 pm By Aidan Kelly

In various previous blogs I have been pursuing the myth of Jesus and Sophia. I think of that myth as a palimpsest over the historical Joshua and Miriam, one that encoded the theology of the Marianite Christians, the name I am giving to the community in Alexandria that I think was founded by Mary Magdalene after she fled from Judea to escape from assassination by the Romans and their quislings. We have only fragments of that story. Suppose we had... Read more

2013-11-20T15:25:56-08:00

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Goddess Murder, 36: The Holy Apostle Mary Sings of Her Husband; Dante II

Last updated on: November 20, 2013 at 3:25 pm By Aidan Kelly

XL. The Holy Apostle Mary Sings of Her Husband [An excerpt from the Gaulish Chronicles as translated by S. Dugan and A. Verrazano] When I was young, I waited for him, not knowing when he would come, or even if he would come. I did not know what he would look like; I had forgotten his appearance after I left our Father’s house. I dreamed of him, knowing that I loved him. On my bed by night I sought him... Read more

2013-11-18T00:45:26-08:00

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The United States Has Always Been a Pagan, Socialist Nation, Part II

Last updated on: November 18, 2013 at 12:45 am By Aidan Kelly

In Part One I presented an argument that the USA began as a socialist nation. There are already a few people screaming that we are NOT a Socialist nation. No, that’s not what I said. I am using “socialist” in the classic Enlightenment sense, meaning a society that is governed for the benefit of all its people, not for the benefit of any minority. Of course, at the moment we have drifted far from that ideal. Read more

2013-11-14T07:54:15-08:00

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Goddess Murder, 35: Enter Dante Gabriel Rossini

Last updated on: November 14, 2013 at 7:54 am By Aidan Kelly

Abstinence sows sand all over / The ruddy limbs and flaming hair,/ But Desire Gratified / Plants fruits of life and beauty there. --William Blake Read more

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2013-11-11T06:13:59-08:00

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The United States Has Always Been a Pagan, Socialist Nation

Last updated on: November 11, 2013 at 6:13 am By Aidan Kelly

A viable balance between politics and religion is as difficult to achieve and maintain as is such a balance between the partners in a marriage. Neither too close nor too distant will work in the long run. Read more

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2013-11-06T16:23:30-08:00

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Goddess Murder, 34: Aradia’s Second Revelation Discourse

Last updated on: November 6, 2013 at 4:23 pm By Aidan Kelly

XXXVIII. The Second Revelation Discourse [An excerpt from The Gospel of Diana as translated by A. Verrazano and A. Peregrino. The committee thinks that this speech has been added to by the final auther, whom Professor Verrazano has labelled the “Ultimate Diana.”] “The goal of humans is perpetual experience of divine joy. Humans are divine, but also deluded. Your divine nature is hidden from you by your ignorance. Your first task is to realize your divinity. The black priests tell... Read more

2013-11-02T17:58:27-07:00

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Goddess Murder, 33: From the Letter to Theophilus; Avalon 3

Last updated on: November 2, 2013 at 5:58 pm By Aidan Kelly

XXXVI. From the Letter to Theophilus We believe in the sacredness and sanctity of our sexuality, and we initiate those who are worthy into our mysteries. With our initiates, we form a sacred and secret society, keeping each other company in our pursuit of knowledge, for the Hebrew daath signifies both knowledge and sexual union. The full initiates of our tradition practice sacred sexuality and equality between men and women as Joshua taught. We are all husbands and wives of... Read more

2013-10-25T10:56:28-07:00

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Goddess Murder, 32: Aradia’s First Revelation; Avalon 2

Last updated on: October 25, 2013 at 10:56 am By Aidan Kelly

XXXIV. The First Revelation Discourse When Aradia, my mother, began to be a woman, her mother Diana called her and said, “I must tell you the story of Aradia, whom you are named after. She had come to teach us Witchcraft, but the Christians arrested her and murdered her. “I had thought she was dead, but on the following day, as I was walking in the woods where we were hiding, I heard a voice behind me, and turning, I... Read more

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