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September 2013

September 20, 2013

Mabon, Mabon-Not

Mabon is a terrible name for the Pagan fall equinox. It's obscure mythologically and only...

September 01, 2013

A Neopagan Celebrity Tarot (Part 2)

My nominations for the last 11 trump cards of the Tarot drawn from Pagan celebrities...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

A Neopagan Celebrity Tarot (Part 1)

My nominations for the first 11 trump cards of the Tarot drawn from Pagan celebrities...

June 2013

June 09, 2013

“We have met the enemy and he is us.” — Pogo (Revised)

I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between my...

June 02, 2013

Hearing voices or talking to ourselves?

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

March 2013

March 22, 2013

“Waiter! There’s some Christianity in my Pagan soup!”

The latest brouhaha in the Pagan blogosphere is Sam Webster's post "Why You Can't Worship...

January 2013

January 10, 2013

(Neo-)Pagan Sensibility

I want to take a time out from my 2012 blogroll review and talk briefly...

November 2012

November 24, 2012

The many shades of Pagan embarrassment

"You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

Defining Paganism and Neopaganism

I can't believe I am diving into this linguistic swamp again, but here goes. Recently,...

September 18, 2012

Paganism and Real Live Nature

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

May 2012

May 23, 2012

The Three (or more?) “Centers” of Paganism

This post is part 2 of a 3-part series. In the first part, I discussed...

May 21, 2012

Confession: Pagan Fundamentalism

This post is part 1 of a 3-part series. Previously, I posted a 3-part series...

May 10, 2012

“Post-Paganism”

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

May 08, 2012

American Neopaganism, Part 3: Past, Present, and Future

In this final part of my American Neopaganism series, I want to talk about different...

May 03, 2012

American Neopaganism, Part 2: “I think I may be a Wiccan”

In my last post, I wrote that Neopaganism was a distinguishable tradition from Wicca, and...

May 02, 2012

American Neopaganism, Part 1: An Imaginary Tradition?

The AmericanNeopaganism.com website which I maintain will be taken down next month. I've maintained it...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Family Mid-Spring Ritual: Jesus and the Goddess

For May Day, I usually take my family to the CUUPs celebration at the UU...

April 26, 2012

Is life like the Iliad or the Book of Job?

If you have never seen that sight, then suspend your decision about the propriety of...

January 2012

January 15, 2012

Spiritually, but not religiously, Pagan

Recently at the Bishop in the Grove blog, Teo Bishop wrestled again with the label...

January 09, 2012

My Yule Sounded Alot Like Christmas Too (Part 2)

3. Paganism and Christianity In my previous post, I proposed that the reason why there...

October 2011

October 28, 2011

Religious Identity, Boundaries, and Authority

I was just listening to a lecture which I downloaded from The Teaching Company entitled...

September 2011

September 17, 2011

Chicago Pagan Pride

I just got back from Chicago Pagan Pride and I am having my obligatory Pagan...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

Meso-Wicca and Neo-Paganism

Over at Patheos, two weeks after Star Foster lauded the praises of traditional initiatory Wicca,...