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November 2015

November 13, 2015

Spontaneous Ritual: Back to the Cenotaph

This year, I went back to the cenotaph on Remembrance Day; and what happened there...

November 11, 2015

Spontaneous Ritual: Lest We Forget

Over the past few years we have witnessed the birth of a cultural ritual around...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Samhain: The Wheel of Life & Death

Celebrate being alive with all of your passion and might; because Death comes for us...

October 13, 2015

Seekers and Guides: How to Prevent Antagonism in Paganism

How can one create an environment that discourages Antagonists? In many respects the Pagan structure...

October 05, 2015

From the Shadows: Why Every Pagan Should Care About Cultural Appropriation

YEAH, IT'S LIKE THAT.

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Seekers and Guides: How to Deal with Antagonists in Paganism

One thing that I took away from the recent conflict in my own tradition was...

September 12, 2015

Seekers and Guides: How to Recognize an Antagonist

Antagonists, who brew destructive conflict, are a plague upon any religious group. In my last...

September 08, 2015

Seekers and Guides: Antagonists in Paganism

Sooner or later, as a leader of a coven or within the religious community, you...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

Godspousery: Mysticism and the Hieros Gamos

One of the more interesting phenomena I've encountered in Paganism is something known as godspousery....

August 05, 2015

The Key is Devotion: Polytheism and Polyamory

"Polytheism and Polyamory are a Natural Combination," wrote Melissa Hill in Agora a couple of...

August 01, 2015

The Magical Battle of Britain

It's a strange footnote of history. Germany never invaded Britain. Dion Fortune organized an extraordinary...

July 2015

July 25, 2015

What’s *Your* Harvest? – Lammas for Urban Pagans

The traditional Lammas associations may not work so well for some of us, especially those...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

From the Shadows: Transphobia is Anti-Feminist

I learned a new term this week, I'm sorry to say. The term is TERF,...

June 23, 2015

6 Things That Neo-Pagans Could Learn from Polytheists

The Polytheists are doing a lot of things that I think the rest of us...

June 21, 2015

Happy Solstice!

Happy Solstice to one and all!

June 10, 2015

Seekers and Guides: Burnout

Why do teachers of the Craft seem to burn out so often and so quickly?...

June 07, 2015

Pagan Theology Round-up

Pagan Theology seems to be a relatively popular topic this month! Here's a round-up of...

June 03, 2015

From the Shadows: Burning the Straw Men

I'm getting a little weary of straw man arguments. They proliferate through the Pagan community...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Reawakening a Pagan Theology (CNPC Keynote Address 2015)

Is there such a thing as a “Pagan theology?” If so, what are the common...

May 23, 2015

ALL the Canadian Pagan Festivals!

It's festival season again! Here's a list of ALL the Canadian Pagan festivals I know...

May 21, 2015

Songs of the Northern Tribes

In support of Gaia Gathering: the Canadian National Pagan Conference, thirteen artists have come together...

May 12, 2015

Seekers and Guides: A Coven Leader’s Primer

Want to start a coven but you don’t know where to start? Here’s a primer...

May 03, 2015

GH is for Gallows Hill

Not a lot of people know this about me these days, but I used to...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Why Pagan Books Cost So Much (Part 2 of 2)

Ever wonder why Pagan books and e-books cost so much? Here's a look at the...

April 24, 2015

Why Pagan Books Cost So Much (Part 1 of 2)

Ever wonder why Pagan books and e-books cost so much? Here's a look at the...

April 14, 2015

Five Reasons Why Witchcraft is Awesome!

Witches don't proselytize. So I rarely get the opportunity to wax rhetoric on why I...

April 08, 2015

To the Media, Since You’re Listening

Since the death of my friend made the media, and since a Kamloops paper quoted...

April 03, 2015

The Life and Death of a Pagan Spirit Warrior: Heather Arlene Carr

You may have seen the news by now, probably because of the headline: "Pagan fire...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

Sacred Earth & Sovereignty: Pagan Temples and Why They Matter

It seems that I find myself in disagreement with two writers I respect: Jason Mankey,...

March 09, 2015

Seekers and Guides: Knowledge, Wisdom and Gnosis

Knowledge, Wisdom and Gnosis - What do these words mean to you? How do you...