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May 2010

May 13, 2010

Pagan Universalism

What does universalism mean in a Pagan setting? This is important to me because intuiting...

May 09, 2010

The Greatest Show on Earth

Richard Dawkins is a lousy philosopher, but he’s an awesome biologist.I’ve never been very passionate...

May 09, 2010

CUUPS Beltane

Beltane was so much fun I had to do it again!Last night was our CUUPS...

May 04, 2010

Gathering of the Tribes

A few pictures from our Beltane Circle last Saturday. We weren't able to use the...

May 02, 2010

Beltane Universalism

Last night’s multi-group Beltane celebration was excellent. We had representatives from six different Pagan groups...

May 01, 2010

Beltane Next Saturday

Denton CUUPS is celebrating Beltane a week late this year. Some of our folks who...

April 2010

April 28, 2010

God Is Not One?

Via The Wild Hunt, here’s an essay in the Boston Globe from Stephen Prothero, a...

April 25, 2010

Requiem for Trees

Two of our trees at DUUF are gone. They contracted a disease (if I heard...

April 24, 2010

Gorsedd 2009 Photos

It has taken a lot longer than anyone expected, but some of the “official” photos...

April 22, 2010

Happy Earth Day!

As several people have pointed out, modern Paganism is a contemporary indigenous religion: it is...

April 20, 2010

Begin Again

What do you do when you realize your spiritual practice has gotten sidetracked, again? I...

April 11, 2010

Daniel Dennett Doesn’t Like UU Hymns

Here's an interesting quote from uber-atheist Daniel Dennett:I know and love the Unitarians, but I...

April 07, 2010

Blood and Soil

Jason Pitzl-Waters at The Wild Hunt (which all Pagans should read every day) has a...

April 02, 2010

Easter at a UU Church

My recent blogging has been almost exclusively Pagan, but UU World has a story about...

March 2010

March 30, 2010

Recharging the Magic

“There will be no foolish wand waving or silly incantations in this class!” – Severus...

March 27, 2010

The Evolution of Religion

From Religion Dispatches comes this article on the evolutionary origins of religion. It’s at least...

March 24, 2010

Pagan Tent Revival

I had envisioned doing this outdoors to torchlight, but the weather forced us inside. The...

March 22, 2010

The Anthropology of Magic

And now back to a review of a more specialized book…There aren’t a lot of...

March 21, 2010

Spring???

There are some Pagans who say our rituals and observances don’t just celebrate the seasons,...

March 20, 2010

Is Theology the Problem?

Fellow DUUFer Bruce sent me this column from the Huffington Post titled “Sin Isn’t the...

March 17, 2010

Pagan Reading List

I occasionally review books on this blog – things I read that are helpful to...

March 14, 2010

Introduction to Pagan Religion

I don’t remember who said what, but obviously it was funny! Thanks to David Sparks...

March 10, 2010

A Celebration of Spring

If you're in the DFW area, come out to our Celebration of Spring next Saturday...

March 07, 2010

alt-ctrl-delete

The start of the 2001 Chickamauga Chase – I’m in there somewhere. I finished the...

March 04, 2010

Honouring the Ancient Dead

Via the blog of OBOD Chief Philip Carr-Gomm, here's a link to a video by...

March 04, 2010

The Alphabet Versus The Goddess

A big part of my spiritual quest is an attempt to better understand the origins...

March 02, 2010

Introduction to Pagan Religion Class

March 01, 2010

Paganism and Science

Stephanie on the Ethical Witches list asks “Are Science and Paganism mutually incompatible?” No more...

February 2010

February 21, 2010

Worship, Pagan and Otherwise

A friend forwarded an excerpt of an e-mail Q&A; with Bishop John Shelby Spong. The...

February 16, 2010

Ecological Psychology

Here’s a rather long piece from the New York Times Magazine titled “Is There an...

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