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May 2014

May 08, 2014

Neo-Paganism.org is now in the Beta testing phase

Neo-Paganism.org is an attempt to outline a Neo-Paganism that is distinct from both devotional and...

May 06, 2014

The Travails of a Pagan in a Dual Faith Household

A Pagan's First Communion This past Easter, I attended an Easter service at the Valparaiso...

May 05, 2014

Happy Birthday Patheos: My Most Popular Posts

Patheos is 5 years old! We're also coming up next month on my one year...

April 2014

April 19, 2014

How James Frazer (inadvertently) saved Easter for Neo-Pagans

Rebirth is something very much on my mind at this time of year, as I...

April 13, 2014

New Post at Humanistic Paganism: “The Mystic Demystified: Making theistic language serve the religious naturalist”

I have a new essay which analyzes how a poem by Don Marquis was modified...

April 10, 2014

In Defense of an Eclectic Pantheon

I think the prohibition against mixing pantheons has less to do with the gods and...

April 08, 2014

Five ritualists I’d like to invite to dinner, Part 2: Steven Posch

"Paganisms are not proselytizing religions. We don't have to proselytize. Our job is to provide...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Love, Earth, Body, Ritual: These are the threads of my emerging spiritual tapestry.

Love, Earth, Body, Ritual: Over the next few months I'll be writing about how I...

March 25, 2014

The baby is the bathwater: Why I haven’t joined the Unitarian church

It seems to me that, in religious matters, we just can't throw out the bathwater...

March 24, 2014

New Family Spring Equinox Ritual: Connections

"The Goddess and the God are present in the physical world. They are the physical...

March 10, 2014

“A mighty host respond”: Pagan unity through diversity

Is it possible to build a religious community around the idea of celebrating difference? Is...

March 08, 2014

A Devotional Practice with the World at its Center

I realized that devotional practice is not limited to deity-centered religion. There can be an...

March 02, 2014

How Vampires Led Me to Paganism

I just finished reading Margot Adler's Vampires Are Us: Understanding Our Love Affair with the...

March 01, 2014

Five ritualists I’d like to invite to dinner, Part 1: Shauna Aura Knight

This is the first in a series in which I showcase some of the best...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

Wiccanate Privilege Discussion at Pantheacon

"Wiccanate" is a term coined by Johnny Rapture, and it refers to American Neo-Pagan theological...

February 19, 2014

Pantheacon 2014 Report

I’m on the plane right now, headed back home from Pantheacon. It’s been exciting and...

February 08, 2014

These aren’t the gods you’re looking for.

At some point in your spiritual journey, you have to stop looking over other people's...

February 05, 2014

The space between the words

Words do have meanings. And those meanings are important. Without them, we could not communicate...

February 01, 2014

I hate ewe’s milk.

Personally, my February celebration has nothing to do with sheep or with milk -- except...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

So Sannion, Galina Krasskova, and John Halstead walk into a bar, and the bartender says …

You thought it wasn't possible. You thought it couldn't be done. But I have lived...

January 31, 2014

Gods I have known, Part 2: Macrocosm

What is the relationship between the gods of my psyche and the gods of nature?...

January 30, 2014

Gods I have known, Part 1: Microcosm

I have come to know many other gods. They were always present with me, but...

January 28, 2014

What the heck is Jungian polytheism?

Why call these archetypal forces gods? The reason I call them "gods" is because I...

January 27, 2014

Pagan Tea Time with Conor O’Bryan Warren

I'm not sure I'm going to have time to blog about every Pagan Tea Time...

January 26, 2014

Varieties of Polytheism®

There are also other forms of polytheism, in addition to a Jungian “polytheism”, which don’t...

January 25, 2014

Why I Don’t Call Myself a Polytheist

In the recent debate over my alleged misappropriation of the term "polytheist", I think something...

January 24, 2014

Pagan Tea Time with Rhyd Wildermuth

I was very excited when Rhyd Wildermuth asked me if I'd like to have Pagan...

January 22, 2014

What I believe, just me and no one else

1. I believe the archetypes are gods. ... 5. I believe we have common ground....

January 19, 2014

(Neo-)Paganism is Paradox

Neo-Paganism, as I understand it, is a paradoxical religion which holds that the complexity of...

January 16, 2014

2013 Year in Review: Blog posts that should have gotten more attention (Part 2)

It's past time I published part 2 of my 2013 Year in Review, in which...