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2015-11-06T08:37:21-05:00

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Raiding of Intellectual Cattle: A Guest Post by Steven Posch

Last updated on: November 6, 2015 at 8:37 am By John Halstead

As a storyteller, I tend to do much of my thinking through stories. In the much-vexed ongoing discussion of cultural appropriation it seemed to me that abstract theorizing may well benefit from the wisdom of narrative. So I began casting around for a story that treated with the topic. Read more

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2015-11-03T11:21:56-05:00

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I Got Played By A Troll

Last updated on: November 3, 2015 at 11:21 am By John Halstead

When you engage with a troll, the troll always wins. Do not feed the trolls. Read more

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2015-10-31T06:40:20-05:00

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I Hold These Things To Be Sacred: A Reply to Sarenth Odinsson

Last updated on: October 31, 2015 at 6:40 am By John Halstead

I hold these things to be sacred and holy: all life, the earth, nature, our selves, our bodies, our relationships. Read more

2015-10-29T21:26:34-05:00

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“Atheist Pagan” Does Not Equal “Secular Pagan”

Last updated on: October 29, 2015 at 9:26 pm By John Halstead

Yes, atheist Paganism is "a thing." And it should neither be confused with secularism nor reduced to humanism. Read more

2015-10-24T01:57:12-05:00

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A “Truce” Which Requires Silence Cannot Produce Peace

Last updated on: October 24, 2015 at 1:57 am By John Halstead

There will never be a clean separation between Pagans and Polytheists. There will always be people who move back and forth between the two communities, like children of a joint custody arrangement. And we will continue to use much of the same vocabulary, albeit using many of the same words to mean different things. We will continue to bump up against each other in online and IRL forums. So silence is not an option. Read more

2015-10-22T16:45:49-05:00

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What If Every Day Was a Parliament of the World’s Religions?

Last updated on: October 22, 2015 at 4:45 pm By John Halstead

Gathered in one place were Catholics and Protestants, Buddhists and Jains, Muslims and Sikhs, Hindus and Pagans, members of various indigenous faiths and others. The sentiment that I heard expressed repeatedly over the long weekend was: "What if the world were like this? What if the Parliament of the World's Religions represented reality?" Read more

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2015-10-19T17:36:08-05:00

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Highlights from the Parliament the World’s Religions: Sound Bites

Last updated on: October 19, 2015 at 5:36 pm By John Halstead

Sound bites from the Parliament of the World's Religions in Salt Lake City Read more

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2015-10-15T06:39:17-05:00

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On My Way to the Parliament of World Religions

Last updated on: October 15, 2015 at 6:39 am By John Halstead

I am very excited to be attending the Parliament of World Religions starting this Thursday in Salt Lake City. I'm honored to be speaking on a panel of Pagans responding to Pope Francis' environmental encyclical. I'm looking forward to some great Pagan programming, as well as learning from those of other faiths. Read more

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2015-10-10T13:57:14-05:00

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We’re All Appropriating Dead Pagan Cultures

Last updated on: October 10, 2015 at 1:57 pm By John Halstead

Do those who are attempting to revive a dead culture have the right to claim vicarious victimhood? Culturally all of us are much closer to the perpetrators than to the victims of the cultural crimes that we are claiming to be vicarious victims of. We’re all of us -- eclectic Neo-Pagans and polytheistic reconstructionists -- in the same boat. And living in a pluralistic society, we have to get used to the idea that others will use our images and our words in ways that are sacred to them, but alien to us. Read more

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2015-10-03T19:51:53-05:00

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The Image on this Header is Holy to Me

Last updated on: October 3, 2015 at 7:51 pm By John Halstead

This is where I write about my spirituality. This is where I write about holy things. And this image is holy to me. Now maybe you can’t appreciate the connections I’ve drawn. I don’t expect you to. But I do expect you to respect the fact that the connection exists for me. It is as real and as holy to me as your relationship to your gods is to you. Read more

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