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July 2015

July 21, 2015

Global Eco-Paganism: South Korea

This is the sixth in a series spotlighting some of the signatories to A Pagan...

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...

July 19, 2015

Words are not enough: What to do after you sign “A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment”

Signing "A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment" is a good start. But we can't...

July 14, 2015

Global Eco-Paganism: Namibia

This is the fourth in series spotlighting some of the signatories to A Pagan Community...

June 2015

June 27, 2015

I didn’t think this needed to be said, but apparently it does …

To any person who takes issue with me or the opinions I have expressed here,...

June 24, 2015

A Radical Pagan Pope?

While the Pope comes to many right conclusions about anthropogenic climate change and the limits...

June 20, 2015

How Hobbits celebrate the Summer Solstice: Raising the Shire

When we light our solstice fire, I will be thinking of shadows. I will be...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

Arbor Day: Earth Day for Procrastinators

If Earth Day snuck up on you or passed you by (it was Wednesday), don't...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

The Draft Pagan Community Statement on the Environment is available for public comment

UPDATE In honor of Earth Day, the statement has been published at ecopagan.com where you can add your...

March 23, 2015

Church is no substitute for religion, Part 3: Why we need Pagan shrines not “temples”

It's somewhat surprising, given the degree of theological and ritual innovation in the Pagan community,...

March 11, 2015

Bowing before the personified impersonal: Prayer for an atheist Pagan

Ever since leaving my Christian religion of origin, I have refused to kneel when I...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

I cried the day Obama was elected (but not for the reason I thought)

The PantyCon mock-up wasn’t describing a real workshop at Pantheacon, but it was describing a...

February 06, 2015

See you at Pantheacon!

I am honored to be on two panels at Pantheacon this year, one official and...

February 04, 2015

What Pagans can teach the Mormon church about repentance

In the Mormon church and in the Covenant of the Goddess, I see similar evidence...

January 2015

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 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?...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

Nothing new under the Winter Solstice sun: Christmas as a major sabbat

Christmas (like Hallow’een) is a sublime mix of Christian, pagan, and commercial traditions. And I...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

13 Things You Don’t Need to Know About the Triple Goddess (but are kind of interesting)

1. Gerald Gardner did not worship the Triple Goddess. Gerald Gardner, the father of Wicca,...

November 15, 2014

The Secret History of the Triple Goddess, Part 3: Will the real Triple Goddess please stand up?

No symbol is more ubiquitous in Neo-Pagan and Wiccan culture than that of the Triple...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Call for a Pagan Community Statement on the Environment

Where is our declaration on the environment? Where is our action plan on climate change?...

August 13, 2014

Why this Pagan cares about the LDS Ordain Women movement

Change is coming. It's not going to come as quickly or as completely as I...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

I miss you already Margot

None of the recent deaths of prominent Pagans has struck me so hard as the...

July 24, 2014

How the world’s largest living thing made proto-Pagans out of my Mormon family

We need to invite people to participate in simple rituals that will help them form...

July 12, 2014

The Allergic Pagan at Play: “wild” nature as soul food

Even while I sat at home scratching my poison ivy, I never once regretted the...

July 04, 2014

Five ritualists I’d like to invite to dinner, Part 3: Jason Mankey

This is the third in a series in which I showcase some of the best...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Why I don’t trust the gods (at least not if I’m alone with one)

I think it's a mistake to assume the gods are benign. The word "worship" derives...

June 17, 2014

“Darkness Leaping Out of Light”: The Summer Solstice from a different angle

If we celebrated the birth of the Sun Child to Mother Night on the longest...

May 2014

May 19, 2014

Finding the Pagan Goddess in a Mormon temple

Mormons believe in a Heavenly Mother, but are not allowed to pray to or even...

April 2014

April 19, 2014

How James Frazer (inadvertently) saved Easter for Neo-Pagans

Rebirth is something very much on my mind at this time of year, as I...