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September 2016

September 01, 2016

Gods Save Us from Bad Pagan Rituals: 10 Signs You’re Half-Assing Your Mabon Ritual

Good ritual takes us out of our little isolated egos and expands our souls. You...

April 2016

April 15, 2016

Countdown to Earth Day 2016: #7 Reconnect With Wild Nature

If we really want to practice a nature religion or an earth-centered spirituality, then we...

April 13, 2016

Countdown to Earth Day 2016: #9 Ground Your Rituals

One thing you can do to honor the Earth this Earth Day is to help...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

“The Disenchantment of Hard Polytheism”

"... Human beings have consistently demonstrated a collective unwillingness to place the needs of our...

August 04, 2015

Why I Am “Still” A Pagan: the Problem and the Promise

In spite of the uncritical attitudes and superstitious ideas that haunt a lot of Paganism,...

April 2015

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...

November 2014

November 01, 2014

“We’re Already Living in a Tree”: Eco-Consciousness and a Life Worth Living

We hide from ourselves our immersion in nature. We do this by surrounding ourselves with...

October 2014

October 19, 2014

Fruits of the Deep Ecology Tree: Connecting with Nature

Neo-Paganism is a nature religion which, like other nature religions, perceives nature as both sacred...

July 2014

July 04, 2014

Five ritualists I’d like to invite to dinner, Part 3: Jason Mankey

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

March 2014

March 24, 2014

New Family Spring Equinox Ritual: Connections

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

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Where the sidewalk ends: Suburban enchantment

The chill wind was blowing gently and the cattails waved back and forth like they...

June 2013

June 22, 2013

Being the Allergic Pagan: My lover’s quarrel with the world

The irony of being a Pagan with seasonal allergies symbolizes an essential conflict at the...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

What do we mean by “magic”?

Magic is no instrument Magic is the end -- Leonard Cohen The issue of magic...

October 2012

October 28, 2012

Lateral Transcendence: Toward Greater Compassion

My minister at the Unitarian congregation I attend recently started a sermon series on "Dangerous...

March 2012

March 16, 2012

When everything is sacred, nothing is

I've often wondered what it is that makes humans human. Is it our developed forebrains...

February 2012

February 11, 2012

D.H. Lawrence, the proto-Pagan (part 2)

I've previously posted about D. H. Lawrence before. I am fascinated by his ideas, especially...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

Temple of the Earth Mother

When I first started this blog, I began with the name Temple of the Earth...

August 19, 2011

Dream: Connections

Last night I had a dream I was on drugs. I've never so much as...