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January 2015

January 11, 2015

The Big Tent of Paganism

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

Atheists’ Ten Commandments

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

There Is No Supernatural

“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

Holy Tension, Holy Trust

Demanding justice now is always right. Being frustrated when we don’t get it is understandable....

December 04, 2014

I’m Not OK With This

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

My Daily Thanksgiving

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

The Pyramids of Uxmal

It’s easy – and satisfying – to judge our ancestors by modern standards. Some times...

November 20, 2014

The Thanksgiving Arms Race

I understand why retailers are opening on Thanksgiving, but I still don't like it. What’s...

November 18, 2014

A Pagan Thanksgiving

Where do the bounties of Nature come from? Two things are certain: they didn’t come...

November 16, 2014

Organic Religion

Even if religion completely disappeared, it would quickly return because people have religious experiences all...

November 13, 2014

A Pagan View of Suffering

Insisting there must be some grand cosmic purpose for suffering is not compatible with polytheist...

November 11, 2014

Three Books For Polytheists

Here are three books for polytheists: a guide to devotional polytheism, an academic look at...

November 09, 2014

Ordeals of Initiation

An ordeal isn’t just a hard and stressful experience, even if it teaches you something...

November 05, 2014

Faith in the Wrong Things

Those who put their faith in Democrats – or Republicans, or Libertarians, or Communists –...

November 04, 2014

Counting on a Miracle

Recognizing a miracle is a beautiful thing. Counting on a miracle is a recipe for...

November 02, 2014

The Gods Laugh

We made detailed plans and preparations for our Samhain ritual. And then the Gods and...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Samhain: Looking Toward Death

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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