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June 2013

June 09, 2013

Acadia

All of Nature is beautiful, powerful and sacred. But whether they are especially powerful or...

June 06, 2013

Box Pews

Box pews are an interesting artifact from the early Protestant era. They served a purpose,...

June 04, 2013

A Druid in Witch City

Salem is a tourist town – set your expectations accordingly and you can have a...

June 02, 2013

And I’m Back

My recent travels have given me time to read and reflect on the gods-and-superheroes debate...

May 2013

May 28, 2013

Bloom Where You’re Planted

We’re not all called to be famous heroes – some of us are called to...

May 23, 2013

The Good In Other Religions

We need not agree with everything Pope Francis says and does to agree with his...

May 22, 2013

Ronald West Beckett (1948 – 2013)

My brother Ron died this past Saturday, May 18. His passing was not a surprise,...

May 16, 2013

Loving Nature in Tornado Season

When we learn to see things as they are, we can develop a deep connection...

May 14, 2013

What Do You Value?

People make decisions that are detrimental to the natural world for the same reason a...

May 12, 2013

Nature Religion?

The question of whether or not Paganism is a Nature religion is interesting and can...

May 10, 2013

Farewell Sookie Stackhouse

When I heard Charlaine Harris was ending the Sookie Stackhouse series, I quickly came up...

May 08, 2013

The Ethics of Seership

Psychic Sylvia Browne told the mother of one of the rescued Ohio women that her...

May 05, 2013

Telling Their Stories

The Denton CUUPS Beltane Circle was not your typical light-hearted celebration of fertility. We had...

May 02, 2013

Pagan Coming Out Day

For too many people in our society, “Pagan” still means “Other.” That must change. Some...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Truth and Meaning

While the uncertain nature of religious truth leaves us free to interpret evidence in the...

April 28, 2013

Comments, Texas Pagan Events, and a Video

Disqus comments, Denton CUUPS Beltane, the Houston Pagan Conference, and the video of "Reclaiming Your...

April 25, 2013

Funeral for Toomer’s Oaks

The saga of the poisoning of Toomer's Oaks at Auburn University is coming to a...

April 24, 2013

The Reformed Druids of North America

The story of the The Reformed Druids of North America, a story that is both...

April 22, 2013

A Modern Pagan View of Sacrifice

The common meaning of sacrifice is “to give up” but the older meaning is “to...

April 19, 2013

My Defining Moment

My defining moment came when I heard voices. They weren’t audible, but they couldn’t have...

April 16, 2013

Ronald Hutton and the Paradox of Witchcraft

Ronald Hutton said “we are the only society that both believes in witchcraft and doesn’t...

April 14, 2013

Sacred Lands and Spiritual Landscapes

For me, the key theme of the Sacred Lands and Spiritual Landscapes Symposium was shifting...

April 10, 2013

Magic: Don’t Believe, Do

The primacy of belief is a modern, Western, Protestant concept. As Pagans, our emphasis is...

April 08, 2013

A Weekend in the Woods

I truly believe we can connect to Nature no matter where we are. More than...

April 04, 2013

Football, Crossroads and Druids

I don’t want to be on my deathbed and realize I was the Druid equivalent...

April 01, 2013

Pagan Groups: Why Not?

When I blogged about the need for Pagans to work in groups, I got a...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Why I Am a Pagan

Patheos has a new series called “Why I Am A...” which challenges writers to explain...

March 26, 2013

The Pagan Bubble

Religious “bubbles” have existed ever since religion became an organized thing and they persist for...

March 24, 2013

A Pagan Looks at Easter

Christianity is deeply embedded in our culture. Even if we are happily committed to Paganism...

March 21, 2013

Pagan Groups: Seeking To Find

The myth of the solitary Witch In The Forest is romantic, but most of us...

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