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March 2013

March 30, 2013

Why I am a Neo-Pagan, or One thing I agree with Sam Webster about

There's a blogging project started over at Patheos, "Why am I a ...", in which...

March 27, 2013

Quote: Intellect in service to wonder

My posts tend to run a little long. So, I've decided to start a thought-provoking...

March 26, 2013

The Tree of Life

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. -- Soren Kierkegaard...

March 22, 2013

“Waiter! There’s some Christianity in my Pagan soup!”

The latest brouhaha in the Pagan blogosphere is Sam Webster's post "Why You Can't Worship...

March 20, 2013

The Gospel of Compost

"All my life I had waited for an inspiration, a manifestation of God, some kind...

March 16, 2013

There’s being Earth-centered, and then there’s being earth-centered: why both are important

I recently made two attempts to explain why I think why our subjective experience should...

March 13, 2013

Straight talk about the Pagan identity crisis

You have got to check out B.T. Newberg's newest post at Pagan Naturally, "The 'Pagan'...

March 12, 2013

Making my career serve my vocation

I awoke this morning to the sound of a bird chirping for the first time...

March 09, 2013

Blog Roll: “Atheist” Pagans, Mormons, and more

There's just been too much cool stuff to write about lately. So I'm going to...

March 03, 2013

The Sun Also Riseth: The limits of objectivity (UPDATED)

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where...

March 03, 2013

Is Yoga Pagan? Is thanking the Sun Hindu? And does any of this belong in public school?

I came across this article on Yoga as the "New Satanism" recently on MMM. It...

March 02, 2013

Obituaries that I missed: Roszak and Hillman

This is not news, but I just came across these two obituaries for men that...

March 02, 2013

New Post at “Dreaming the Myth Forward”: Jungian Eco-Psychology

Check out my new post at Dreaming the Myth Forward: Jungian Eco-Psychology: Touching nature through...

February 2013

February 23, 2013

I’m making it up

Where you’ve nothing else construct ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them. --...

February 17, 2013

Nature Worship: or Seeing the Trees for the Ents

P. Sufenas Virius Lupus has published another provocative post over at Queer I Stand, entitled...

February 16, 2013

Moving Beyond Character Creation

I am in a spiritual slump ... again. I have not been able to get...

February 11, 2013

Myths about other people’s religions

Last week, at my Unitarian discussion group, I got a humility check. That's a big...

January 2013

January 27, 2013

The night it snowed: The context of our Mid-Winter celebration

Teo Bishop recently wrote about adding context to Pagan rituals: “I wish that just once...

January 19, 2013

I worship the blind God

You weary Nations, perhaps I am some new being you've never encountered before. Yet there...

January 19, 2013

The next time you walk into your bookstore …

... you may find your Pagany books in the Religion section, instead of in the...

January 16, 2013

Naturalistic Pagans, Jungians, and Polytheists, O my!

1. B.T. Newberg has published a fascinating breakdown of the Naturalistic Pagan Community: Jungians, cognitive-evolutionary...

January 12, 2013

My (Neo-)Pagan Elevator Speech

Jonathan Korman (whose post I can't seem to talk enough about) recently described an awkward...

January 11, 2013

Your One-Stop-Shop for Pagan-Polytheist Controversy (Updated 1-26-13)

Star Foster recently added her name to the growing list of Polytheists who have dropped...

January 10, 2013

(Neo-)Pagan Sensibility

I want to take a time out from my 2012 blogroll review and talk briefly...

January 06, 2013

2012 Blog Roll, Looking Forward to 2013

Over the past several months, I have come across many posts on other blogs that...

January 05, 2013

Is there a “disconnect” between Pagan blogosphere the Pagan community?

About a month ago, Jason Mankey wondered whether the controversies in the Pagan blogosphere have...

January 01, 2013

Dreaming the Myth Forward

A couple of weeks ago, I was thinking about New Year's resolutions in anticipation of...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

What to buy a Pagan for Christmas

I got some really awesome Christmas presents this year, so I thought I'd brag a...

December 23, 2012

The role of faith and hubris in Paganism

Last week I came across a word that, ten years ago, I would never have...

December 15, 2012

The questions that led me to Neopaganism

When I left the Mormon church, I felt a strong need to justify myself. A...