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October 2016

October 11, 2016

Donald Trump and a Culture in Need of Change

It would never occur to many men to talk like Donald Trump. But the women...

October 09, 2016

A Pagan Crisis of Faith

When faced with the reality of the Gods and spirits, some Pagans revel in the...

October 06, 2016

A Legacy of Magic

Magic has been a part of religion since the beginnings of religion, and it is...

October 04, 2016

A Legacy of Oracles and Seers

Oracular work is an ancient practice that has mostly been lost to the Western world...

October 02, 2016

Where Does Religion End and Politics Begin?

Most of us say we want to keep religion out of politics, but where does...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

The Persistence of a Polytheist

Call it dedication. Call it devotion. Call it stubbornness. I’m calling it the persistence of...

September 27, 2016

Nine Things I Think

Nine Things I Think: two new books, The Wild Hunt, the Presidential debate, camping, and...

September 25, 2016

Mainstream Paganism

I’m happy to see Pagan concepts and values make their way into the mainstream culture,...

September 22, 2016

Why I Don’t Work With Saint Cyprian

Reclaiming our ancestral heritage is one thing. Praying to someone who gave up that heritage...

September 20, 2016

Lessons From a Broken Flower

Something that could have been beautiful tried to rise too far too fast without the...

September 18, 2016

I Do Believe In Mercury Retrograde! I Do, I Do, I Do!

There’s nothing like first-hand experience to change your beliefs – all of a sudden I’m...

September 13, 2016

The Return of the Dark

As we approach the Autumn Equinox and as we get ready to celebrate Mabon or...

September 11, 2016

Druids, Polytheism, and Impermanence

What do an OBOD camp and the Buddhist principle of impermanence have to do with...

September 08, 2016

Building Our Polytheism

In a local, face-to-face group, you quickly learn what’s worth fighting over and what isn’t....

September 06, 2016

My Religion is a Religion of Relationships

As anyone who has ever been in any kind of a romantic partnership will attest,...

September 04, 2016

A Foundation of Mighty Ancestors

If you’re looking for the foundations of most polytheist religions, you don’t have to dig...

September 01, 2016

Polytheism Doesn’t Need Saving, It Needs Practicing

We have everything we need to restore polytheism and our many polytheist religions to a...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

CUUPS Convocation 2016

Almost 80 CUUPS members and friends from around the country traveled to Salem, Massachusetts for...

August 28, 2016

Mission and Vision: What Your Chapter Can Learn From the 2014 Surveys

This is my keynote presentation from the CUUPS Convocation, condensed and reformatted for a blog...

August 25, 2016

Resetting the Conversation on Purity

We have been unable to separate debate on polytheist concepts from our feelings about individual...

August 23, 2016

You Are What Your Record Says You Are

The AFA’s recent announcement drops all pretense, but their record has long shown they’re a...

August 21, 2016

A Service of Reconsecration

Yesterday, the Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship held a Reconsecration ceremony following eight months of repairs...

August 18, 2016

Step Functions and Loads of Bricks

There’s a place for sequential, ordered learning and advancement. But life rarely works that way...

August 16, 2016

Proudly Re-Paganing America

On the same day the Patheos editors put my post “Are We Bringing Sin Into...

August 14, 2016

The Magic of Wild Places

My Paganism, my Druidry, and even my polytheism have roots in the wild. There is...

August 11, 2016

Are We Bringing Sin Into Paganism?

Let’s be as pious and as pure as we can be. But at the end...

August 08, 2016

Many Gods West: Showing Up

I had a great time at the 2016 Many Gods West conference, but there were...

August 07, 2016

Building Polytheist Community – Put the Gods at the Center

My presentation from Friday’s “Building Polytheist Community” panel discussion at the Many Gods West conference...

August 04, 2016

Pieces of Eight

Gordon White of Rune Soup has a new book out titled Pieces of Eight: Chaos...

August 02, 2016

Intuitive Animism

Animism provides a framework for an inspirited and enchanted world, a world where everything you...

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