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March 2016

March 04, 2016

The Dictionary Is Not A Holy Book

Language is a living thing -- especially religious language. It is supple and flowing, and...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

Syfy’s Magicians Series Serves As a Cautionary Tale to Would-Be Magicians

If SyFy's Magicians series goes the way of other television adaptations of sophisticated novels, then...

March 2015

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...

January 2015

January 05, 2015

An atheist Pagan, an animist, and a devotional polytheist walk into a ritual …

We have to accept that we can define words for ourselves, but not for others....

August 2013

August 03, 2013

My Favorite Posts From July

There's so much interesting blogging going on in our community. I want to highlight a...

May 2013

May 05, 2013

Longing and Grace in Lev Grossman’s The Magician King

God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

Who wants to be a magician?

“There is another world, and it is this one.” -- Paul Eluard I recently got...

April 15, 2012

Reality vs. Meaning

I’ve been watching this series on TV, “Awake”, and I noticed a parallel to some...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Treacherous parodies of freedom, joy, and fulfillment

A few weeks ago, my daughter heard an ad on the radio for an audition...

January 19, 2012

My Son Confronts Existential Despair

Yesterday, I initiated a conversation with my 13 year-old son about what he believes happens...

January 15, 2012

Plunging into the sea of matter

I struggle with periodic bouts of existential despair. I don't mean depression. Just periods when...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

D.H. Lawrence on symbols and metaphors

I am currently discovering D.H. Lawrence, who was a kind of proto-Pagan. I just came...

October 2011

October 19, 2011

Movies that are religious experiences, Part 2 (Solaris)

A little while ago, I posted about my favorite movie, The Fountain. It is one...