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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
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
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
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
We need to stick together where we have common interests, but not on matters of...
May 27, 2018
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
“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
I don’t like chaos. I don’t like risk. Taking risks can make things better, but...
May 06, 2018
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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