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November 2012

November 01, 2012

All Hallows: candy and pomegranates, gravestones and red wine

The Wild Hunt arrived here in Chicago-land region this week. We had one beautiful warm...

September 2012

September 07, 2012

“One needful thing”, Part 3: Letting go of the side of the pool

In Part 1, I traced the development of Unitarianism since the early 19th century to...

August 2012

August 07, 2012

An infant dedication and second thoughts on Unitarian Universalism

Last week, I went to town on the excessive rationalism and the lack of "poetic...

June 2012

June 24, 2012

New Family Summer Solstice Celebration

For various reasons, we held our family summer solstice celebration during the daytime this year. ...

June 21, 2012

The Challenges of Family Rituals

I've now posted all eight of my family seasonal celebrations: Winter Solstice (Yule) Myth: The...

June 02, 2012

Soul-Centered Paganism

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

April 2012

April 28, 2012

My Neopagan Beliefs

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

March 2012

March 21, 2012

Family Spring Equinox Ritual

Here's my outline for our upcoming family Spring Equinox celebration: Lord and Lady Day Spring...

February 2012

February 26, 2012

Pantheacon 2012 (Part 3): Rituals

I attended many rituals over over the 3 day Pantheacon event. I want to talk...

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...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

Family Winter Solstice Ritual

For those of you following this blog, you may have noticed that my family never...

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 03, 2011

Getting the Story Straight

Last night during our (belated) family Autumn Equinox ritual, my wife got frustrated. Specifically, she...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

Ritual during times of illness

I'm sick. It's my biannual, post-allergy season cold. The hard stuff last about 2 or...

August 13, 2011

Exoteric and esoteric ritual

I have never liked discussions about "esoteric" meaning or practice. "Esoteric" for me is associated...

August 03, 2011

Janet and Gavin Bone, Part 3: Ritual that doesn’t connect

Originally posted on August 1, 2011 by John Halstead Let me begin by saying that...