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June 2020

June 15, 2020

Ask Angus #46: H2Ode

Assume you do get caught in the rain and get wet. Unpleasant? Sure. So the...

February 2019

February 13, 2019

Ask Angus #45: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!

The song in question is gleefully sung by a little old lady while she transforms...

September 2018

September 22, 2018

Ask Angus #43: Think Positive about Salty Tarot Music

Halite: Where does the phrase “Take it with a grain of salt” come from, and...

July 2018

July 17, 2018

Ask Angus #42: What makes witchcraft Witchcraft is W.I.T.C.H.C.R.A.F.T.

Pagandom is a nation comprised of 100% royalty: Every one of us a sovereign head...

April 2018

April 01, 2018

Ask Angus #41: The Meaning of LIFE

If the percentage of prayers answered were calculated like a batting average, then God has...

February 2018

February 09, 2018

Ask Angus #40: Dinner Party with History

Would there be spontaneous Karaoke with Freddie Mercury on piano and Sappho on lyre? Would...

February 07, 2018

Ask Angus #39: Words to Live By

Lance Gunn was extremely handsome, in a late 70's kind of way. You know: The...

October 2017

October 23, 2017

Ask Angus #38: A Web of Indigenous Jolly Ranchers

Cubical workers score lower than people who work in SEWAGE. So the next time you...

July 2017

July 04, 2017

How I Found Paganism – When I Wasn’t Even Looking!

The door was opened by a beautiful woman with piercing green eyes, who was dressed...

March 2017

March 25, 2017

Ask Angus #37: Witches Know Differently

June Bride: She had to get married because she got busy with her beau after...

March 19, 2017

Ask Angus #36: Latin Frog Spirits on Venus!

Is Genesis history, Sadhguru, What is wisdom, What is Taoism, What is magic, When Was...

April 2016

April 03, 2016

Ask Angus #34: Dreaming of Strangling your Angelic Mentor

If you are going to ask me what does it MEAN to dream about talking...

March 2015

March 03, 2015

Pantheacon, 2015: Sunday

Pantheacons "2-6-1" rule is: 2 meals, 6 hours of sleep and 1 shower. I think...

March 01, 2015

Pantheacon, 2015: Saturday

After Jason Mankey's big triumph it was time to set about burying him in the...

February 2015

February 21, 2015

Pantheacon, 2015: Friday

The polyester-and-sensible-shoe crowd were oh so serious, oh so sensible, and oh so frowny as...

February 21, 2015

Pantheacon, 2015: Thursday

We arrived on Thursday night, because we're smart. Even when I was unemployed in 2012...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

Ask Angus #32: Winter Solstice party with Dionysus and some Cavemen

We have been looking for every single opportunity to get shit-faced from the very first...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Ask Angus #31: Ambush Picnic Therapy

Here's where you put on the big-girl panties and paddle into unknown waters. And yeah,...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

Ask Angus 30: Life After Death – in the lowest level of HELL!!

The lowest part of Hell, level 9, is reserved for "Treacherous Fraud". For those of...

April 2014

April 04, 2014

Ask Angus 29: Trending Topic: Magic 8 Balls!

What will Paganism look like in 50 years? Oh, I dunno.....maybe a whole lot of...

March 2014

March 17, 2014

Ask Angus #28: ‘Saint’ Patricks Day

So, please, go drink a bucket of green beer tonight. Pretend you made it all...

March 15, 2014

Ask Angus #27: Literally Skydiving with Noah

You can do all the CASTING in the world, but the only way to really...

February 2014

February 09, 2014

Ask Angus #26: Valentine’s Day (or the Bohemian rite of Beltane!)

Valentines Day is a Hallmark Holiday whose purpose is redundant to those who are partnered...

December 2013

December 26, 2013

Invisibility: Mastering the Art of Vanishing by Steve Richards (Review)

This is the worlds longest 140 page book, and reading it has left me constipated...

December 05, 2013

Ask Angus 25: Occult Knowledge, from the Ends of the Earth!

If you measure from the center of the Earth, then the Andes are taller than...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

AskAngus 24: Holidays with Family and Mass Murder

Family. Oy. George Burns once said that "Everyone should have a big, loving family -...

November 22, 2013

AskAngus 23: What is strange liquid that fall from sky?

We want water only on our own terms. Assume you do get caught in the...

November 15, 2013

Ask Angus #22: Teo Bishop, the Invisible Fighter Pilot

I'm not a sheep, or the shepherd, or the herding dog, or even a wolf...

October 2013

October 14, 2013

Ask Angus 21: Music for Bats with Hats

Both bats and pagans can be seen flitting around forest meadows without a stitch of...

September 2013

September 10, 2013

Book Review: A Year at Stonehenge

Even those who are familiar with Stonehenge will be blown away by James Davies' photographs....