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January 2014

January 30, 2014

Gods I have known, Part 1: Microcosm

I have come to know many other gods. They were always present with me, but...

January 28, 2014

What the heck is Jungian polytheism?

Why call these archetypal forces gods? The reason I call them "gods" is because I...

November 2013

November 07, 2013

Naming the Whirlwind: speaking of “God”

What words or phrases do you use to name that experience of mystery and wonder...

June 2013

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...

May 18, 2013

Religion vs. Therapy

Over at Patheos, in a post entitled, "another false divide", deity-centric hard polytheist Aine makes...

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...

April 01, 2013

But are the archetypes real?

Check out my new post at Dreaming the Myth Forward: "But are the archetypes real?" ...

February 2013

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...

January 2013

January 19, 2013

I worship the blind God

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

December 2012

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...

October 2012

October 04, 2012

Are the gods real?

Do we worship the same gods? Over at Patheos, Star Foster recently published an interesting...

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...

August 03, 2012

These are my gods: or my biography told in deities

The God of the Old Testament The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Who’s in charge here? Grace, humility, and defiance of fate

I've been thinking about grace and humility lately. Last Sunday in the Spirit Circle discussion...

March 2012

March 08, 2012

What is it that rules outside man’s self?: The gods as “other”

I recently had an online discussion with Rua Lupa following her guest post at Humanistic...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Pantheacon 2012 (Part 1)

[written Feb. 19, 2012] Okay. So I am at Pantheacon 2012! This is the third...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

Listening to the three kindreds

I have written previously about listening as a form of meditation ... listening to the...