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January 2015
January 11, 2015
What do Druids and Wiccans, Heathens and Hellenists, Thelemites and chaos magicians, shamans and seers,...
January 08, 2015
Non-Conformance and Diplomacy – The Realities of Being Pagan
As people committed to social justice, it’s our job to build a society where differences...
January 06, 2015
Three Short Reviews of Three Short Books
Here are three short reviews of three short books: a resource on the Morrigan, a...
January 04, 2015
A group of atheists did a nice job of developing their own Ten Commandments, but...
January 01, 2015
New Year, New Start – Now What?
If we’re going to take advantage of this New Year to start something new, we...
December 2014
December 29, 2014
Top 10 Posts on Under the Ancient Oaks
2014 has been a very good year on Under the Ancient Oaks. Here are the...
December 22, 2014
Top Posts on Patheos Pagan in 2014
There’s been a lot of good writing on Patheos Pagan over the course of 2014....
December 18, 2014
Dark Times – A Winter Solstice Meditation
The dark times we are experiencing now will not disappear when we light our Solstice...
December 16, 2014
Amanda Palmer and the Art of Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding has become a seemingly magical source of money for a variety of projects and...
December 14, 2014
Hold Loosely But Practice Deeply
Religious certainty is for fundamentalists and fools. Hold your beliefs lightly, but while you hold...
December 11, 2014
“Supernatural” is a convenient but lazy word that means “something outside the realm of what...
December 09, 2014
Winter Solstice – A Solitary Ritual
Many Pagans maintain solitary practices. Even if you work with a group, sometimes you can’t...
December 07, 2014
Demanding justice now is always right. Being frustrated when we don’t get it is understandable....
December 04, 2014
This may not be what you intended when you supported “law and order” and “tough...
December 02, 2014
The Garden of Eden – A Pagan Reading
The Eden myth has many interpretations. This is a speculative reading from the viewpoint of...
December 01, 2014
Does Magic Undermine the Sovereignty of Nature?
Does the practice of magic undermine the sovereignty of Nature? John Halstead thinks it does....
November 2014
November 27, 2014
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, but giving thanks is an important part of daily spiritual...
November 25, 2014
Tell Me Who You Are, Not Who You Aren’t
Too many of us define ourselves by what we’re not. That allows what we don’t...
November 23, 2014
It’s easy – and satisfying – to judge our ancestors by modern standards. Some times...
November 20, 2014
I understand why retailers are opening on Thanksgiving, but I still don't like it. What’s...
November 18, 2014
Where do the bounties of Nature come from? Two things are certain: they didn’t come...
November 16, 2014
Even if religion completely disappeared, it would quickly return because people have religious experiences all...
November 13, 2014
Insisting there must be some grand cosmic purpose for suffering is not compatible with polytheist...
November 11, 2014
Here are three books for polytheists: a guide to devotional polytheism, an academic look at...
November 09, 2014
An ordeal isn’t just a hard and stressful experience, even if it teaches you something...
November 05, 2014
Those who put their faith in Democrats – or Republicans, or Libertarians, or Communists –...
November 04, 2014
Recognizing a miracle is a beautiful thing. Counting on a miracle is a recipe for...
November 02, 2014
We made detailed plans and preparations for our Samhain ritual. And then the Gods and...
October 2014
October 31, 2014
Death is a part of life. We contemplate death not to make sure we believe...
October 29, 2014
How Do We Know What the Gods Want?
Unquestioning belief is not a Pagan virtue. How do we know what we know about...
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