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February 2020

February 18, 2020

Foreshadowing the Druid – Pagan Signs From My Childhood

Magical successes and magical failures. A search for knowledge and wisdom. A love of Nature,...

February 16, 2020

Magical Tech, Pagan Publicity, and Some Questions For Fun

The last of the Conversations Under the Oaks: how to find magical tech, publicizing Pagan...

February 13, 2020

Is This a God or Not? How to Tell Who You’re Talking To

Gods and spirits don’t wear nametags. Our first-hand experiences of them are usually subtle –...

February 11, 2020

Approaching the Gods with Offerings and Service

What to do with offerings after you offer them, community priesthood, and how to learn...

February 09, 2020

Teaching Without Credentials, the Dangers of Cursing, and Watered Down Paganism

Is the surge in the popularly of Paganism and witchcraft causing them to get watered...

February 06, 2020

Pagans and Politics: A Need For Both Action and Devotion

What is the proper mix of politics and religion? Both those who don’t see a...

February 04, 2020

Animism: Relating to Persons Who Aren’t Human

Animism is the idea that every being in the universe is not a thing but...

February 02, 2020

This Is The Primary: Vote With Your Heart

Voting for real begins tomorrow in Iowa. Let’s trust in democracy – let’s trust that...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

Never Annoy a Writer – The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 3

If you annoy a writer they may write you into their next book and then...

January 28, 2020

Fear Not, then Imagine a Better World

These are troublesome times. It is natural and good and right to be concerned. But...

January 26, 2020

A Practical Guide to Pagan Priesthood: A Book Review

If you are a Pagan priest, feel called to become a priest, or if you...

January 23, 2020

A Letter to Beginning Polytheists

There are plenty of books, blogs, and websites devoted to Wicca and to every form...

January 21, 2020

Building Paganism in a Culture that Trivializes the Sacred

There are so many opportunities for Pagans to be legitimately offended. We don’t have to...

January 19, 2020

Stories are Myths – Gods are Persons

A Catholic philosopher says that Paganism is about myths but Christianity is a true story....

January 16, 2020

Six Ways and The Morrigan – Two Books Worth Reading

A review of two excellent books for Pagans: one a hands-on guide to magic, the...

January 14, 2020

How to Do Paganism Wrong – Nine Arrogant and Offensive Ways

A columnist for a UK tabloid website decided to become a witch, spent all of...

January 12, 2020

The Morrigan Demands Persistence Not Perfection

Recently I’ve heard several people who work with and for the Morrigan express sadness and...

January 09, 2020

The New Dracula Is Imaginative But Ultimately Fails

I hadn’t planned on reviewing the new Dracula miniseries, but my Facebook comment got a...

January 07, 2020

Yes, Pessimists Can Do Magic!

It’s good to have, if not exactly an optimistic attitude, at least a hopeful attitude....

January 05, 2020

9 Ways To Improve Your Paganism In 2020

The new calendar year feels like a new start. For some of us, that means...

January 01, 2020

Divination For 2020: Our Most Intimate Goals and Our Deepest Fears

We are still in Tower Time, but this year’s emphasis is on us: our dreams,...

December 2019

December 29, 2019