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May 2016

May 17, 2016

A Need For Divination

It’s necessary for us to stay focused on the tasks at hand. But we also...

May 12, 2016

Polytheism in Difficult Times

Many of us are dealing with health issues, family emergencies, and stressful jobs. The political...

April 2016

April 24, 2016

The Mercedes Demon

When I was younger I wanted everything the mainstream culture told me I was supposed...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Losing My Religion, Twice

Dr. Jeffrey Kripal says you cannot study religion until you’ve lost two worlds. That strikes...

February 2016

February 23, 2016

Why We Make Offerings

If you’re new to polytheism, especially if you come from a Protestant background where religion...

February 07, 2016

Ostara: The Season of Preparation

If Imbolc is the season of contemplation, Ostara is the season of preparation. As we...

February 04, 2016

Religion That Works

Religion that works deals with religious matters. It does so honestly, transparently, and unapologetically. If...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

An Imbolc Meditation

As we celebrate Imbolc, let us use this cold, slow time of the year to...

January 17, 2016

Corporate Mindfulness: Be Careful What You Wish For

Corporate mindfulness is a mixture of Buddhism and Taoism with a little New Age thrown...

January 10, 2016

Beginning a Devotional Practice

There is no substitute for a consistent, reverent, devotional practice. Start small: pick one or...

January 03, 2016

4 Steps to a Deeper Pagan Practice

While much of life returns to normal starting tomorrow, there’s still something not-quite-ordinary about the...

December 2015

December 15, 2015

Eight Years of Useless Religion

All any religious writer or speaker can do is say “here it is if you’re...

December 03, 2015

Comforting Religion, Challenging Religion

There is a place for religion that comforts, soothes, and heals. But there is also...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

How Do You Know You’re on the Right Path?

In the moment I never know if I’m doing the right thing or not. It’s...

November 08, 2015

6 Benefits of Perseverance

Half of life is just showing up – the other half is sticking with things...

November 03, 2015

Feri Seekers and the Ivy League Syndrome

Over 94% of the people who want to go to Harvard don’t get in. So...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Adventures in Tarot Reading

I don’t read for the public very often. But when I worked a Psychic Fair...

October 22, 2015

Must Paganism Be Transgressive?

Some Pagan traditions – most notably Witchcraft – are inherently transgressive, but there’s more than...

October 20, 2015

This Land Is Your Land

This land is your land. Not in the sense of ownership but in the sense...

October 15, 2015

Pagan Thoughts on Death and the Afterlife

If I’m wrong and the atheists are right, then I will have had a good...

October 06, 2015

Our Ancestors. These Gods. This Place.

While we draw from the experience and wisdom of others, our particular set of beliefs,...

September 2015

September 20, 2015

Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven But Nobody Wants To Die

I see lots of people who want to be witches and Druids and priests and...

September 08, 2015

Life Coaching, Spiritual Direction, and Holy Work

Helping others find their true calling and develop the skills necessary to carry it out...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

Pagan Discipline

Discipline is neither an act of ego and domination nor an act of submission to...

July 09, 2015

Differences Matter and Trying Isn’t Enough

Yes, you can chop with a knife and carve with an axe, but not well....

July 07, 2015

Spiritual Buffets and the Value of Traditions

The many traditions of religion and spirituality are like a huge buffet offering an appetizing...

July 02, 2015

5 Reasons You Can’t Find the Right Spiritual Path

Religion used to be simple: you learned the religion of your family growing up and...

June 2015

June 18, 2015

A New Order – A Summer Solstice Meditation

The ancient Egyptian daily temple rituals were intended to maintain Ma’at – the proper order...

June 16, 2015

Letter To My Christian Friends

People who nod in agreement with my reverence for Nature and smile politely with my...

June 02, 2015

You Have A Destiny

The future is not fixed. I’m not a special snowflake and neither are you. But...