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February 2016

February 18, 2016

Want To Be A Pagan?: “Climb a Fucking Tree!”

"If you want to worship nature, you don’t need a sunwheel, pentacle, or a goddess...

January 2016

January 14, 2016

“Less Christian Than Thou”: Neo-Paganism and Polytheism Beyond the Christian Divide

Neo-Pagans and Polytheists -- have fundamentally different issues. Polytheism and Neo-Paganism don't just represent different...

October 2015

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...

July 2015

July 19, 2015

Beyond Female Role Models: The Triple Goddess as Nature

The Triple Goddess was not intended to be a role model for women. Rather, she...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

Where would we be without Wicca? (Part 2)

Without Wicca -- and with the influence of esostericism thorough Wicca -- Neo-Paganism might outwardly...

June 14, 2015

Where would we be without Wicca? (Part 1)

While Gerald Gardner's influence on Neo-Paganism was profound, I think there is good reason to...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 8: Exoteric and Esoteric Ritual

Neo-Pagan ritual may function as a celebration of and an experience of connection with nature;...

January 29, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 7: The Mother and the Son

The Neo-Pagan Goddess may be called Mother, because she is the eternal Source, the continuous...

January 27, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 6: Descent to the Underworld

The psychological process which is symbolized by Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey is not a one...

January 25, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 5: The Dying God

Scholars have criticized Jame Frazer's Golden Bough, arguing that he glossed over significant differences in...

January 23, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 4: Sacrifice

It is natural to resist change and to "rage against the dying of the light."...

January 21, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 3: The Eternal Return

In contrast to the monotheistic religions with their linear view of sacred time and the...

January 19, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 2: The Meaning of Death

Neo-Paganism sanctifies our ultimate annihilation and holds that death is no less sacred than life....

January 17, 2015

The Neo-Pagan Mysteries, Part 1: Introduction

Neo-Paganism may be understood as an initiatory or mystery religion. While Wiccan initiation is an...

January 13, 2015

Non-Violent Writing: Selma and the “Pagan” question

How are we to respond when other claim the exclusive right to use certain words?...

January 09, 2015

“In With the New, Out With the Old”: Generational Conflict Within Paganism

The next time some Pagan elder is demanding I defer to their judgment about my...

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....

December 2014

December 12, 2014

The First Commandment of Paganism: “Thou Shalt Not Judge” (and why this is a problem)

Paganism doesn't have any commandments, like the Abrahamic religions, but if we did, I think...

December 06, 2014

The Pagan Slur: Do we hurt the environmental movement by association?

It is probable that the people who are slurring environmentalism by association with "paganism" are...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

The Secret History of the Triple Goddess, Part 2: The Search for the Triple Goddess of Antiquity

I trace the evolution of the Greco-Roman triple goddess par excellence: Hekate-Diana. Many Pagans will...

November 13, 2014

The Secret History of the Triple Goddess, Part 1: Triads, Triplicities, and Trinities

The origin of the Robert Graves’ Triple Goddess has been hidden from us, because the...

November 10, 2014

Interstellar and Capitalism: Imagining a Different Future

More than any other religious group in the West, perhaps, Pagans can remember a time...

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...

October 17, 2014

Fruits of the Deep Ecology Tree: Wilderness and Rewilding

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

October 15, 2014

Fruits of the Deep Ecology Tree: Pantheism

Pantheism means “All (pan-) is God (theos)”. Pantheism is the belief that God/dess is not...

October 13, 2014

Fruits of the Deep Ecology Tree: Re-Enchantment

The re-enchantment of the world refers to the return of a sense of mystery to...

October 11, 2014

Fruits of the Deep Ecology Tree: Interconnectedness

The principle of interconnectedness refers to the concept that all living beings exist in relation...

October 07, 2014

Branches of the Deep Ecology Tree: Nature Religion: Reuniting religion and nature

Nature religionists perceive nature as both sacred and interconnected. By “sacred”, we mean that nature...

October 05, 2014

Branches of the Deep Ecology Tree: Ecotheology: Reuniting God and nature

Lynn White argued that the belief that the earth was a resource for human consumption...