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January 2016

January 03, 2016

4 Steps to a Deeper Pagan Practice

While much of life returns to normal starting tomorrow, there’s still something not-quite-ordinary about the...

January 01, 2016

A Beautiful Resistance

I’ve always had mixed feelings about the Gods & Radicals website. Their writers are seeing...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

Top 10 Posts of 2015

Thank you for all your support this year. Here are the top ten post of...

December 22, 2015

The 4 Best Posts of 2015 You Didn’t Read

While I’ve come to accept that sometimes the Pagan community just doesn’t care about something...

December 20, 2015

Arson at Yule

Denton CUUPS missed doing a Yule circle for the public, but we marked the Solstice...

December 17, 2015

Solstice Morning at Newgrange

If Newgrange is to have meaning for us beyond historical curiosity, it will not be...

December 15, 2015

Eight Years of Useless Religion

All any religious writer or speaker can do is say “here it is if you’re...

December 13, 2015

It’s Not All The Same And That’s OK

Articulating religious differences is not an insult. I don’t have to affirm your beliefs and...

December 10, 2015

Stonehenge: Imagining the Winter Solstice

How can Stonehenge not grab our attention? It stands there on the Salisbury Plain, silently...

December 08, 2015

Polytheism Is Theism!

Some people see the depth and meaning in polytheism, and they feel the call of...

December 06, 2015

Deep Magic

Deep magic is the way the world works, not in some quasi-scientific, oversimplified cause-and-effect way,...

December 03, 2015

Comforting Religion, Challenging Religion

There is a place for religion that comforts, soothes, and heals. But there is also...

December 01, 2015

What Are We Not Seeing?

Those who would control us don’t have to enslave us. It’s much easier to simply...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Worshipping Fearsome Gods – Video

Here’s the video from the "Worshipping Fearsome Gods" Sunday service at Pathways UU on November...

November 24, 2015

How Do You Know You’re on the Right Path?

In the moment I never know if I’m doing the right thing or not. It’s...

November 22, 2015

Worshipping Fearsome Gods

The many Gods of our ancient ancestors include deities of chaos, death, and other unpleasant...

November 19, 2015

I’m Thankful For The Pagan Community

As you gobble your turkey and say your prayers of gratitude next Thursday, remember to...

November 17, 2015

Two Books to Shift Your Approach to Paganism

Two short reviews of two short books: Sacred Gifts by Kirk Thomas and Irish Paganism...

November 15, 2015

Symposium

Part of being Pagan is re-creating the customs of our ancient ancestors. On Saturday evening,...

November 14, 2015

Practicing Through the Hurt

The world is hard and it’s getting harder. You might as well be who and...

November 12, 2015

Enough With The Holiday Ridiculousness Already!

What was a joyous and magical month in my childhood is now a three-month-long slog...

November 10, 2015

Our Pagan Religions Are Never Settled

Our religious debates will never end. And contrary to what those of us who are...

November 08, 2015

6 Benefits of Perseverance

Half of life is just showing up – the other half is sticking with things...

November 05, 2015

Pagan Teaching Models and My Approach

A lot of beginners are enamored with the idea of having a teacher, but not...

November 03, 2015

Feri Seekers and the Ivy League Syndrome

Over 94% of the people who want to go to Harvard don’t get in. So...

November 01, 2015

Sore Quadriceps and the Reality of Pagan Priesthood

This is the reality of Pagan priesthood – it’s a lot of work. Not just...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

Secret Societies and the Impossibility of Perfect Vetting

Some Pagans are saying those whose confidence was betrayed are partially to blame because they...

October 27, 2015

Adventures in Tarot Reading

I don’t read for the public very often. But when I worked a Psychic Fair...

October 25, 2015

Witches of America – A Review

Many times our deepest desires are at odds with what the mainstream society tells us...

October 22, 2015

Must Paganism Be Transgressive?

Some Pagan traditions – most notably Witchcraft – are inherently transgressive, but there’s more than...

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