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July 2018

July 10, 2018

11 Fictional Witches and Wizards I Love, Ranked by How Guilty I Feel For Loving Them

Some of the fictional witches and wizards we love don’t exactly have our sense of...

July 08, 2018

Resisting Politely

No bully ever stopped bullying because his victim was polite. When Trump’s victims and would-be...

July 05, 2018

Discernment: Distilling the Truth from our Pagan Experiences

Discernment is the ability to judge well. It keeps us from jumping to conclusions that...

July 03, 2018

Preparing For Pagan Priesthood

There is no universal answer to the question of how to prepare for Pagan priesthood...

July 01, 2018

Did You Think The Gods Were Lying?

The warnings began seven years ago: “a storm is coming – get ready.” Did you...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

10 Years Under the Ancient Oaks

On June 29, 2008 a new blog entered the world – this one. My goal...

June 26, 2018

Top 10 Posts of All Time

Friday is the 10th anniversary of Under the Ancient Oaks. In celebration I want to...

June 24, 2018

The Summer Solstice: Sharing Each Other’s Burdens

We all bear many burdens, neither fair nor just, for our world is none of...

June 21, 2018

Your Place in the Resistance, Your Place in the Restoration

If you want to be a hero, here’s your chance. But this is not a...

June 19, 2018

Awareness and Context in Contemporary Polytheism

There is a hunger for the first-hand experience of the Gods. But in order to...

June 17, 2018

Paganism Is More Than Belief

Angelo Nasios argues that Hellenism is the culture of the Greeks. Does that mean that...

June 14, 2018

Do You Really Want A Homophobe To Bake Your Wedding Cake?

I would not throw the Masterpiece baker in jail. But neither would I tell the...

June 12, 2018

Conversations Under the Oaks: June Q&A

Welcome to Conversations Under the Oaks, a monthly Q&A feature. This is your chance to...

June 10, 2018

8 Things to do for Summer Solstice as a Solitary Pagan

Many traditional activities for the Summer Solstice are designed for large groups, but many Pagans...

June 07, 2018

The Otherworld in a Dream – 4 Things I Learned

On rare occasions I have dreams that can only be described as prophetic. They have...

June 05, 2018

The Supreme Court is Wrong and What I’m Doing About It

The Supreme Court did not say bakeries can refuse service to same sex couples. The...

June 04, 2018

Druid News: Eimear Burke will be the new Chosen Chief of OBOD

Philip Carr-Gomm announced that he is beginning a two-year transition to step aside as Chosen...

June 03, 2018

Pouring Offerings to the Morrigan in Ireland

Sacred travel is good, but it is not necessary. Experiencing the Gods is a matter...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Toward a Common Polytheist Theology

In the last post I said that over time, modern Paganism will settle into three...

May 29, 2018

Paganism Doesn’t Need Unity

We need to stick together where we have common interests, but not on matters of...

May 27, 2018

Paganism in the Dry Season

Dry seasons come to all of us sooner or later. The realities of life intrude...

May 22, 2018

Magic In The Office – 3 Things I Do At Work

I don’t work magic to get results for my employer. I work magic to keep...

May 20, 2018

A Very Careful Prayer

“Be careful what you ask for – you just might get it.” I’m overloaded right...

May 15, 2018

Immigration and Emigration – Where Could You Go If You Had To Leave?

A million Irish people left their homeland during the Great Famine. Some of them are...

May 15, 2018

Trump, Jeffress, and the Jerusalem Embassy – This is Why We Need Separation of Church and State

When an fundamentalist preacher represents the United States at the dedication of a new diplomatic...

May 13, 2018

Animism, Personhood, and Killing to Eat

Do you mindlessly eat what you’ve always been told to eat and mindlessly ridicule those...

May 10, 2018

Conversations Under the Oaks: May Q&A

We have lots of questions this month. How to handle theological disagreements. How to tell...

May 08, 2018

The Value of Chaos

I don’t like chaos. I don’t like risk. Taking risks can make things better, but...

May 06, 2018

The Gods Are Like Water

In a recent podcast, Lonnie Scott said “are the water spirits that make their way...

May 03, 2018

Teetering on the Edge of Chaos

I don’t want people to be fearful. Not because nothing’s coming that can harm us...

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