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June 2012

June 22, 2012

Dream: Finding my soul outside the Pagan community?

For someone who considers himself “Jungian”, I don’t dream very often. Or rather, I don’t...

June 03, 2012

Star Foster surrenders the “Pagan” label to the naturalists

Okay, not quite. I overstated my title for dramatic effect. But that's how shocked I...

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 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 15, 2012

A politically incorrect opinion on cultural approriation by eclectic Neopagans

Eclectic Neopaganism is criticized by anthropologists and other academics who condemn the removal of religious...

May 11, 2012

Sign of the (Pagan) End Times?

Peter Dybing, former first officer of the Covenant of the Goddess, has quit Paganism. Well,...

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 28, 2012

My Neopagan Beliefs

What does it mean to me to be Neopagan? Part of it is believing certain...

April 05, 2012

Praise for Pagan Humanists

I like to see whenever Humanistic Pagans or Pagan Atheists get mentioned by more polytheistic...

February 2012

February 11, 2012

D.H. Lawrence, the proto-Pagan (part 2)

I've previously posted about D. H. Lawrence before. I am fascinated by his ideas, especially...

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 05, 2012

Why My Pagan Yule Sounded a Lot Like Christmas Too (Part 1)

Over at Bishop in the Grove, Teo Bishop took issue with the singing of Paganized...

October 2011

October 21, 2011

My love/hate relationship with Neopaganism, Part 2

Why I love Neopaganism: #1 I love that Neopaganism honors the dark as well as...

October 21, 2011

My love/hate relationship with Neopaganism, Part 1

Why I hate Neopaganism: #1 I hate magic. Most Neopagans seem to believe in...

October 19, 2011

Justice, Karma, and the Savage Garden

Last Sunday in our "Spirit Circle" discussion at the UU Church, we had one of...

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,...

August 27, 2011

Pagan Archetypes

Over at Alison Leigh Lilly's blog, Peace, Poesis, and Wild Holy Earth, she brings some...

August 26, 2011

Blog Response: UU and Pagan Aesthetics

Over at Rev. Dr. Victoria Weinstein's blog PeaceBang I posted a responses to her post,...

August 03, 2011

The New Name: The Allergic Pagan

Originally posted on August 2, 2011 by John Halstead I’ve decided to rename my blog. ...

August 03, 2011

Janet and Gavin, Part 2: Pagan Spirituality

Originally posted on July 30, 2011 by John Halstead Well, I had a wonderful evening...