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December 2022

December 04, 2022

Last Full Moon of the Year – Finish Strong

The last full moon of the year is this coming Wednesday, December 7. If you...

November 2022

November 30, 2022

Wednesday

“Wednesday” isn’t “The Addams Family” – if you expect “all together ooky” you’re going to...

November 27, 2022

Do the Gods Care About Everyone?

Does Apollo care about me? I’ve never poured the first offering for Him, never called...

November 22, 2022

Paganism in Space – Beyond “Earth-Centered”

Some Christians insist that the Earth is unique and the only place where “intelligent” life...

November 20, 2022

The 5 Real Reasons Your Spells Didn’t Work

Our magic works some of the time – why doesn’t it work all the time?...

November 16, 2022

Get Me Out of Here – But to Where?

I’m not going to tell you where I plan to move – the right place...

November 13, 2022

What I Believe (and how strongly I believe it)

Here’s a lighthearted look some of the things people believe in – or not –...

November 06, 2022

Paganism for the Long Haul

What do you do when you find yourself clinging to a familiarity that has become...

November 02, 2022

The Circle of Life is Broken

Brendan Myers’ new book is the philosophy of climate change: the thinking that got us...

October 2022

October 30, 2022

A Pilgrimage to Yosemite

My trip to Yosemite National Part was as much a pilgrimage as my trips to...

October 19, 2022

A Prayer For Troubled Times

In the context of a theologically diverse audience, and with the coming harvest weighing heavily...

October 16, 2022

The Problem With Common Sense

Voltaire said “common sense is not so common.” But another problem with common sense is...

October 12, 2022

Paganism and the Rise of the Nones

A new report from Pew says that in 50 years, the religiously unaffiliated may outnumber...

October 09, 2022

The Four Great Draculas

There have been over 200 portrayals of Dracula in movies and TV. I don’t know...

October 05, 2022

Surviving and Succeeding in Difficult Times

I can’t tell you everything is going to be OK, because it’s not. But we...

October 02, 2022

A Pagan Response to Christian Nationalism

Christian nationalism combines the worst of Christian fundamentalism with the worst of right-wing politics. It...

September 2022

September 28, 2022

Religiously Affiliated Colleges Need to Decide What’s First

A Mormon news site published a series of essays from leaders of religiously affiliated colleges...

September 25, 2022

Building a Relationship with the Nature Spirits Where You Are

Building relationships with your local nature spirits isn’t complicated, but neither is it easy. It...

September 21, 2022

Worship, Practice, and Spirits from Pop Culture

Today we have four questions: on worship, practice in difficult situations, spirits from pop culture,...

September 18, 2022

Worshipping Deities From Different Cultures

Gods have people. In the past, those people were likely to be from a single...

September 15, 2022

Polytheist Theology: the Names, Functions, and Relationships of the Gods

Robust and meaningful theology is never the product of any one person. It’s always the...

September 13, 2022

An American’s Thoughts on the Death of Queen Elizabeth

The Queen is dead – now what? Whether we are Americans, Britons, or otherwise, electing...

September 11, 2022

Who is Really a Witch?

A witch is a person who practices witchcraft, as they understand it. You need no...

September 08, 2022

From “A New Age is Dawning” to “Tower Time” – What It Means When People Predict Bad Times

For 300 years, people in the West lived in an era of near-continuous progress. Everyone...

September 06, 2022

The Role of Art in Paganism

Four questions on three topics: the purpose of art in Paganism, restarting a spiritual practice...

September 04, 2022

How Divination Works

We need not have a robust theory of divination to use it effectively. But I’m...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

Living in Tower Time

How do we prepare for Tower Time? How do we make our way through it?...

August 28, 2022

Discipline, Discernment, and Blogging Schedules

I’ve learned some things this year. Discipline is important. Discernment is more important. Spiritual practice...

August 22, 2022

Magic For Troubled Times

Deborah Castellano’s new book Magic For Troubled Times is the closest thing you can get...

August 18, 2022

8 Pieces of Bad Advice

I don’t take advice. I listen and I evaluate, and if something makes sense to...

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