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March 2016

March 18, 2016

“How Do You Like Them Apples?” On Gods and Metaphors

I have noticed -- especially recently -- that rigidity of definitions tends to correspond to...

March 11, 2016

From a Flatland Metaphysics to the Ecology of the Gods

Let's acknowledge that all of us are talking about gods, but we're talking about them...

February 2016

February 16, 2016

In Religious Matters, Truth Is Overrated

There are things that matter as much as truth. Things like beauty and compassion, a...

January 2016

January 01, 2016

I’ve forgotten why I cared: The irrelevance of (un)belief in the gods

Have you ever asked a question and then, in the course of the ensuring conversation,...

November 2015

November 08, 2015

My Religion is Rooted in the Holy Powers of the Soil

My religion is rooted. In fact, it is a religion of roots ... and of...

October 2015

October 10, 2015

We’re All Appropriating Dead Pagan Cultures

Do those who are attempting to revive a dead culture have the right to claim...

October 02, 2015

The Image on this Header is Holy to Me

This is where I write about my spirituality. This is where I write about holy...

September 2015

September 04, 2015

Believing In Our Myths, Without Believing Them

We need to find a way to live mythically, without taking our myths literally --...

September 02, 2015

Don’t Tell Me I Haven’t Met Any Gods

If you're a polytheist who believes in multiple pantheons, then you have to acknowledge the...

July 2015

July 09, 2015

Your goddess is not a fad, but you may wish she was sometimes

The Morrigan is a battle deity. And whatever you believe about her metaphysical nature, her...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Why I don’t trust the gods (at least not if I’m alone with one)

I think it's a mistake to assume the gods are benign. The word "worship" derives...

June 15, 2013

We’re not all Amy B.: Meet some other non-theistic Pagans

When saw that Jason Mankey interviewed atheist Pagan Amy B. at Raising the Horns, I...

June 02, 2013

Hearing voices or talking to ourselves?

All revelations are personal. That's why all revelations are suspect. -- Neil Gaiman, American Gods...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

“Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.” — Friedrich Schiller

Controversy has broken loose on the Pagan blogosphere again. This time over the suggestion that...

April 2013

April 13, 2013

Home Is Where You Find Your Gods

There are many ways to define one's religious identity. It might be defined in terms...

September 2012

September 07, 2012

“One needful thing”, Part 3: Letting go of the side of the pool

In Part 1, I traced the development of Unitarianism since the early 19th century to...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Who are we talking to anyway?: Humanistic Paganism and the gods

Over at The Wild Hunt, Brendan Myers has posted a guest article about whether Humanist...