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April 2015

April 26, 2015

“It Gets Better”: We need to make it better now!

We are not doing enough and we are not moving fast enough to save these...

April 25, 2015

Happy Month of “Yes You May”!

To me, there has always been something a little naughty about May in general. Maybe...

April 24, 2015

Arbor Day: Earth Day for Procrastinators

If Earth Day snuck up on you or passed you by (it was Wednesday), don't...

April 22, 2015

Pagans Around the World Call for Environmental Action on Earth Day

In this time of accelerating environmental change, many of us feel a sense of urgency...

April 13, 2015

Putting Marx in his place: Why we need a change in spirit as much as a change in economics

Working toward a shift in consciousness is not sufficient by itself. But likewise, neither do...

April 07, 2015

Backfire and Backtracking: Update on Indiana’s Religious Discrimination Law

I don't know if I've ever seen a more beautiful instance of the phenomenon known...

April 01, 2015

We are the Earth … aren’t we? (The power of the preposition)

The purpose of the Pagan Community Statement on the Environment is not to create some...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

The Draft Pagan Community Statement on the Environment is available for public comment

UPDATE In honor of Earth Day, the statement has been published at ecopagan.com where you can add your...

March 27, 2015

A Pagan Lawyer’s Take on Indiana’s “Religious Right to Discriminate Law”

There is a clear discriminatory intent behind Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act. While "on its...

March 23, 2015

Church is no substitute for religion, Part 3: Why we need Pagan shrines not “temples”

It's somewhat surprising, given the degree of theological and ritual innovation in the Pagan community,...

March 19, 2015

Church is no substitute for religion, Part 2: The Spirituality Gap

"Religion" is about symbol, myth, and ritual, while "church" is about community, morality/ethics, and ideology

March 18, 2015

Church is no substitute for religion, Part 1: The Sunday Assembly and Religionless Church

The Sunday Assembly wants to be "all the best parts of church but without the...

March 11, 2015

Bowing before the personified impersonal: Prayer for an atheist Pagan

Ever since leaving my Christian religion of origin, I have refused to kneel when I...

March 10, 2015

Wish upon Ostara: Why I wish Ostara was called something else

The year should turn the Wheel, not the other way around. The problem with many...

March 06, 2015

Witch is Worse?: Why we need an American Council of Witches … or something

If you don't like something about how the American Council of Witches operates, then by...

March 03, 2015

HP Pride: Be Interviewed on HumanisticPaganism.com

Whether you call yourself an “Atheist Pagan”, “Atheist Witch”, “Pagan Humanist”, “Druid Naturalist”, or none...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

I cried the day Obama was elected (but not for the reason I thought)

The PantyCon mock-up wasn’t describing a real workshop at Pantheacon, but it was describing a...

February 19, 2015

Pantheacon is Priceless (assuming one can afford it)

I don't even want to tally up how much Pantheacon cost this year, after plane...

February 18, 2015

Borrowing Lent for Pagans: Creating Space

My 12-year old daughter came home from school yesterday and said she wanted to give...

February 14, 2015

It’s 5 a.m. at Pantheacon

"Of course, it had to die," I think, "How else to fit it into the...

February 09, 2015

Mistakes I’ve made (on both sides): Atheists and Theists under the Big Tent of Paganism

Theists and atheists have always disagreed and they always will. And that goes for theistic...

February 06, 2015

See you at Pantheacon!

I am honored to be on two panels at Pantheacon this year, one official and...

February 04, 2015

What Pagans can teach the Mormon church about repentance

In the Mormon church and in the Covenant of the Goddess, I see similar evidence...

February 01, 2015

My god may be blind, but I’m not: Why theists don’t have a corner on religious experience

Some atheists have had experiences which are very similar, if not identical, to those of...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 8: Exoteric and Esoteric Ritual

Neo-Pagan ritual may function as a celebration of and an experience of connection with nature;...

January 29, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 7: The Mother and the Son

The Neo-Pagan Goddess may be called Mother, because she is the eternal Source, the continuous...

January 27, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 6: Descent to the Underworld

The psychological process which is symbolized by Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey is not a one...

January 25, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 5: The Dying God

Scholars have criticized Jame Frazer's Golden Bough, arguing that he glossed over significant differences in...

January 23, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 4: Sacrifice

It is natural to resist change and to "rage against the dying of the light."...

January 21, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 3: The Eternal Return

In contrast to the monotheistic religions with their linear view of sacred time and the...