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July 2010

July 14, 2010

Listening

I’ve recently been reminded of the importance of listening. I’ve done a lot of talking...

July 13, 2010

Spells For Democracy – RIP

According to Gerald Gardner, in the Summer of 1940 the witches, druids, occultists and other...

July 12, 2010

How Facts Backfire

Via WitchVox, here’s an interesting article from Joe Keohane of the Boston Globe. The headline...

July 08, 2010

Libertarianism

I generally keep this blog away from politics, but libertarianism seems to be all the...

July 07, 2010

Gorsedd, Version 2

The Earth Healing Ritual from Gorsedd 2009I’m headed back to California at the end of...

July 05, 2010

On The Road Again

This Sunday, July 11, I’ll be the guest lay speaker at First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist...

July 04, 2010

The Spirits of America

In October 2004, Denton CUUPS performed our Lunar Eclipse Ritual for America as part of...

July 03, 2010

The Unconscious Will

St. Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans (1993)IT WAS 1993, in that most magical of American...

July 02, 2010

Blog Roll Update

I’m updating my blog roll; adding a few folks I read regularly and recommend that...

June 2010

June 27, 2010

Crossing the Veil

Yesterday was the memorial service for James Stevens. DUUF Minister Emeritus Rev. Don Fielding led...

June 24, 2010

Gods and Physics

Last weekend’s Intermediate Pagan Practice class covered deities: common concepts of God, Pagan views of...

June 21, 2010

To The Sun

Hail, O Sun and God of the Sun. We welcome your presenceas we celebrate the...

June 17, 2010

Egyptian Summer Solstice

We're only celebrating once this year - there's no Solstice event at White Rock Lake....

June 16, 2010

James Stevens 1944 – 2010

James Stevens died earlier today after a long, painful battle with cancer. We who counted...

June 12, 2010

An Evolutionary Dilemma

I try to stay out of politics – I find the process frustrating and the...

June 08, 2010

When Magic Fails

If you’ve spent any time in a Christian environment, you’ve heard someone say “God answers...

June 06, 2010

A World Full of Gods

In preparing for our second Intermediate Pagan Practice class, I pulled John Michael Greer’s A...

June 01, 2010

The BP Oil Spill Disaster

The Dallas Morning News Religion Blog is a shadow of its former self, but today...

May 2010

May 30, 2010

Chaos Magic

My only first-hand exposure to chaos magic has been listening to a few college-aged guys...

May 29, 2010

View From the Chisos Mountains

I'm home from a trip to Big Bend National Park. I've read more books and...

May 25, 2010

Why Religion Matters

On vacation, blogging via iPhone. Gotta love technology, Brigid be praised! After all, what is...

May 20, 2010

New Pagan Practice Classes!

In response to the requests we had at our Introduction to Modern Pagan Religion class...

May 20, 2010

Knowledge

It is often said that people only see what they want to see. That’s frequently...

May 17, 2010

Outraged?

On the way to church yesterday, I saw a bumper sticker that said “if you...

May 14, 2010

Druid

As I was completing my first term as an officer of Denton CUUPS, I came...

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...

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