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August 2026

August 23, 2026

The Will to Dwell in an Enchanted World

Brendan Myers wrote about the will to dwell in an enchanted world. As I continue...

August 02, 2026

Own Your Beliefs

Framing an argument as “my church teaches…” is an attempt to evade responsibility. So is...

February 2026

February 11, 2026

Of Course Things Feel “Off” Right Now

I’ve lost track of how many times someone has told me “something feels off.” The...

February 01, 2026

More Organic Paganism, Less Protestant Envy

Less background noise from the dominant religion will make it easier for us to hear...

December 2025

December 26, 2025

The 4 Best Posts of 2025 You Didn’t Read

Divination, reincarnation, the divinity of Nature, and the need for life-long learning. These are topics...

December 07, 2025

Dunning-Kruger For Religion

I’m seeing a steady stream of posts by Evangelicals trying to “debate” atheists and doing...

November 2025

November 30, 2025

What It Means To Be A Pagan

Different Pagans have different callings and different areas of interest. Unlike the followers of some...

September 2025

September 28, 2025

The Case For Polytheism

Are the Gods many, one, or none? We owe it to ourselves to contemplate this...

September 21, 2025

Spiritual Sources of our Current Troubles

Factual reporting and relevant analysis are more than helpful – they’re necessary. But secular news...

September 17, 2025

Celebrating Balance at a Time That’s Out of Balance

Celebrating the Fall Equinox will help you remember who you are, even as the world...

September 08, 2025

The Foundations of a Modern Paganism

Modern Paganism is an honest religion. It does not ask us to believe things we...

August 2025

August 27, 2025

A Modern Pagan Case For Reincarnation

We can never be sure what comes after death, but we can examine the evidence,...

August 18, 2025

Unpacking Your Religious Baggage

Announcing a new 8-week on-line class from Under the Ancient Oaks: “Unpacking Your Religious Baggage...

August 10, 2025

Beliefs Are More Than Assumptions

Whether we are deconstructing an old religion or working to recover from toxic religion, it’s...

June 2025

June 10, 2025

Willful Childlessness

The Southern Baptist Convention is condemning “willful childlessness which contributes to a declining fertility rate.”...

April 2025

April 27, 2025

Beltane: Let’s Live Deliciously

When we celebrate Beltane – publicly, loudly, deliciously – we promote Pagan concepts, thinking, and...

March 2025

March 30, 2025

“Everything Happens For A Reason”

“Everything happens for a reason” is technically true, but in the context in which it...

March 26, 2025

Examining Your Worldview Is Dangerous – And Necessary

A fundamentalist Christian group said “a biblical worldview applies to every area of life.” We...

February 2025

February 05, 2025

Paganism In A Time Of Intolerance

In this time of growing intolerance, the best thing some of us can do is...

October 2024

October 27, 2024

A UU Pagan Looks at Death and Beyond

Our mainstream society likes to ignore death and hide it away. But sooner or later,...

September 2024

September 29, 2024

Proselytizing For Certainty: An Impossible Task

The apologists of Threads aren’t trying to convert atheists so much as they’re trying to...

September 12, 2024

Demons in the Pagan World

I’m too busy with my own Gods to pay much attention to the spiritual persons...

August 2024

August 20, 2024

Dealing With Doubt: A Modern Pagan Approach

Religious questions are inherently uncertain. In the absence of conclusive evidence, doubt is unavoidable. But...

August 01, 2024

The Rising of the Star

In 1941 Dion Fortune instructed her order to stop concentrating on defense and start visualizing...

July 2024

July 10, 2024

Religious Experience – How We Know What We Know

An Evangelical blogger asks if ecstatic religious experiences are rational, and if it’s good for...

June 2024

June 30, 2024

Tower Time Is Still Very Much With Us

I stopped talking about Tower Time because too many people were expecting an apocalypse or...

January 2024

January 28, 2024

Meaning Doesn’t Require a God – It Requires a Choice

Occasionally I hear someone say “if there is no God then life has no meaning.”...

December 2023

December 11, 2023

An Epistemology of the Many Gods

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with the question of how we know...

November 2023

November 19, 2023

A Foundation of Many Gods

I don’t know what I’m going to do when I’m no longer tied to a...

October 2023

October 22, 2023

We Can Temper Fate With Free Will

We ignore fate at our peril. At the same time, we do ourselves no favors...