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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...

January 12, 2013

My (Neo-)Pagan Elevator Speech

Jonathan Korman (whose post I can't seem to talk enough about) recently described an awkward...

January 06, 2013

2012 Blog Roll, Looking Forward to 2013

Over the past several months, I have come across many posts on other blogs that...

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 28, 2012

Lateral Transcendence: Toward Greater Compassion

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

October 18, 2012

Water and Stone: libations and altars

Recently, I discovered a great blog at Witches and Pagans called Baring the Aegis: Hellenismos...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

Paganism and Real Live Nature

Recently Teo Bishop wrote a wonderful post about his experience of doing ritual in nature. ...

September 05, 2012

My Trip to San Francisco

I just returned from a trip to San Francisco. In addition to getting some business...

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 20, 2012

Pike’s Peak

This past week, I took a trip to Denver for work, and when I was...

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 13, 2012

Summer Solstice – Urban Style

Last month, Jason Pitzl-Waters posted this link at the Wild Hunt, but it was a...

June 2012

June 02, 2012

Soul-Centered Paganism

This post is Part 3 of a 3-part series on my evolving sense of Pagan...

May 2012

May 10, 2012

“Post-Paganism”

I am a label junkie. If you've been following this blog for any length of...

March 2012

March 15, 2012

The cruel miracle of spring

So spring has arrived. It's beautiful. We have our windows open. Just in time for...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

Tradition, Rootedness, and Freedom

Tradition, tradition! Tradition! Tradition, tradition! Tradition! Who, day and night, must scramble for a living,...

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...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

Listening to the three kindreds

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

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 20, 2011

Red in Tooth and Bear Claw

Okay, I need some catharsis. Warning: do not read this if you want to sleep...

August 09, 2011

ADF Lughnasadh Ritual

I mentioned earlier that I attended my first ADF ritual about a week ago. After...

August 03, 2011

Lightning Storm

Originally posted on July 23, 2011 by John Halstead Last night there was a lightning...