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November 2025

November 23, 2025

Do You Fear Death?

Statistics show that people fear death less as they grow older, and that Catholics fear...

October 2025

October 19, 2025

Grieving A Religion That Might Have Been

The Under the Ancient Oaks course “Unpacking Your Religious Baggage So You Can Live A...

June 2024

June 26, 2024

A Pagan Reviews An Evangelical Book About Pagans

The Return of Paganism fails to make a rational case for the superiority of the...

May 2024

May 28, 2024

Dear Exvangelicals: I’m Rooting For You

Dear Exvangelicals: I got out of Evangelical fundamentalism and onto a religious path that is...

April 2024

April 07, 2024

Richard Dawkins Calls Himself a Cultural Christian

New Atheist Richard Dawkins’ work on evolution is excellent. But his writings on religion are...

May 2023

May 24, 2023

Sometimes There Is a Devil in the Craft

Is it any wonder many witches are inspired by the story of Lucifer and his...

December 2022

December 18, 2022

Debaptism: You Probably Don’t Need It, But It Can Be Done

The experiences of our old religions leave a mark, sometimes metaphorically and sometimes spiritually. Those...

November 2022

November 27, 2022

Do the Gods Care About Everyone?

Does Apollo care about me? I’ve never poured the first offering for Him, never called...

November 22, 2022

Paganism in Space – Beyond “Earth-Centered”

Some Christians insist that the Earth is unique and the only place where “intelligent” life...

September 2022

September 18, 2022

Worshipping Deities From Different Cultures

Gods have people. In the past, those people were likely to be from a single...

September 15, 2022

Polytheist Theology: the Names, Functions, and Relationships of the Gods

Robust and meaningful theology is never the product of any one person. It’s always the...

July 2022

July 10, 2022

Certainty is the Greatest Sin

Religious certainty is the greatest sin. It is caused by a fear of hell and...

October 2021

October 07, 2021

Three Theological Errors and How Paganism Can Do Better

An Evangelical blogger says that either the Christian God exists or he does not exist....

May 2021

May 16, 2021

Philosophy in Modern Paganism, and Why I Am a Druid

What is the place of philosophy in the Pagan movement? And what is it about...

September 2020

September 10, 2020

To The Pagans Who Think I’m Wasting My Time

I understand that some Pagans are ambivalent – at most – about the Gods. That’s...

August 2019

August 01, 2019

A Question of Pagan Theology

“Do Gods call people to Their service or not?” is a theological question. My theology...

May 2019

May 05, 2019

How the Rest of Us Can Learn from the Errors of Biblical Literalists

Facts are real. They may be complicated and they may be unpleasant, but we ignore...

February 2019

February 07, 2019

What It Means To Work With The Gods

Some polytheists find this phrase insufficiently reverent: “you don’t work with a God, you worship...

January 2019

January 20, 2019

Magic, Druidry, and Syncretism – What Can Be Combined and What Can’t

What can you use magic for? How do you combine pantheons or magical systems? Can...

December 2018

December 04, 2018

Dealing With Doubts as an Experienced Pagan

I sometimes talk about how my experiences are so strong I no longer believe, I...

August 2018

August 09, 2018

A World With Many Religions is Better Than a World With Only One

Even if there is One True Way, we have no way of knowing which one...

August 07, 2018

Conversations With A Persistent Proselytizer – The Importance of Foundational Assumptions

I’ve had a running conversation with a Christian who asks a lot of questions. Most...

July 2018

July 24, 2018

Good and Evil, Virtues and Values: One Polytheist’s Thoughts

Recently I got several questions dealing with the matter of good and evil. What is...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Toward a Common Polytheist Theology

In the last post I said that over time, modern Paganism will settle into three...

May 06, 2018

The Gods Are Like Water

In a recent podcast, Lonnie Scott said “are the water spirits that make their way...

March 2018

March 13, 2018

Paganism as an Orientation

What if our Paganism isn’t simply a random choice or the product of our environment,...

March 11, 2018

Get Over Your Fear of Religion!

All some people seem to want is a vague and trite spirituality that makes them...

February 2018

February 21, 2018

A Pagan Reflects on Billy Graham

I admire Billy Graham’s dedication and devotion. But I cannot minimize the problems of what...

October 2017

October 08, 2017

The Courage to Follow Your Intuition

Following your own intuition requires courage: courage to start and even more courage to stay...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

Differentiation is Good, Arrogance is Not

In matters of absolute religious truth, ultimately we don’t know and we can’t know. But...