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August 2012

August 22, 2012

Imagined Insults – A Pagan Rant

One of the supposed advantages of Paganism is its inherent plurality and tolerance. Ancient pagans...

August 21, 2012

Is There an Augusta National in Your Life?

The Augusta National Golf Club was in the news yesterday when they admitted their first...

August 20, 2012

Mystery Teachings from the Living Earth

John Michael Greer is the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America,...

August 16, 2012

Corporate Sustainability

A factory in Sweden in 1995.  A place I visited on business, but not part...

August 14, 2012

Bad Science Makes Bad Religion

West Kennet Long BarrowLupa at No Unsacred Place has a very good essay titled “The...

August 10, 2012

A Pagan Epistemology

Yesterday I set out to write a post on the nature of the gods, as...

August 09, 2012

Peer Reviewed Sausage Making

There are millions of Pagans in the world and thousands of them have some presence...

August 07, 2012

An Olympic Effort

One of the things I enjoy about the Olympics is seeing athletes in sports most...

August 06, 2012

Hard Work

Aidan Kelly at Patheos posted a challenging essay titled “The Craft Is Actually Hard Work,...

August 03, 2012

A Line in the Sand

Star Foster at Patheos has created a small uproar with a passionate post titled “I...

August 02, 2012

The Myth of Progress

It is fashionable in some circles to bash the myth of progress – the idea...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Fat, Health and Society – A Pagan Approach

I have a strong opinion that those who point out problems have an obligation to...

July 24, 2012

Fat and Athletes and Expectations

Last week the Pagan internet exploded with posts on the issues of obesity, health, body...

July 22, 2012

Apocalypse Not

Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal, YucatanApocalypse NotDenton Unitarian Universalist FellowshipJuly 22, 2012Introduction – The Maya...

July 20, 2012

Tragedy and Uncertainty

Early this morning a 24 year old man in Aurora, Colorado went into a midnight...

July 18, 2012

No More Chick-Fil-A

I’ve always known Chick-fil-a and the people who run it have different values than I...

July 16, 2012

Low Magick by Lon Milo DuQuette

One of the problems with occult studies is that they’re occult – hidden. What does...

July 13, 2012

The Value of Travel

In all my years of schooling – kindergarten through graduate school – I have only...

July 10, 2012

Festivals, Retreats and Immersion

Today’s edition of The Wild Hunt is a speculative piece on the future of Pagan...

July 07, 2012

The Temple of Zeus

the Temple of Olympian Zeus, seen from the AcropolisThe Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens...

July 05, 2012

The Tension of Uncertainty: Faith and Doubt

The issues of doubt and faith have come up multiple times recently, which probably means...

July 02, 2012

True Blood and Religion

And their flesh shall nourish yours, their blood shall flow within you, for as the...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

Islam in Turkey

The title of this post should be “The Observations And Impressions Of An American On...

June 27, 2012

The Temple of Hephaestus

The Temple of Hephaestus, viewed from the rearHephaestus is a god of fire, volcanoes and...

June 25, 2012

Researchers

Egyptian Summer Solstice - opening the templeIf you hold open circles and advertise them publicly,...

June 22, 2012

I Went to Heaven – A Pagan View

One of the good things about internet news and social media is that it’s easy...

June 20, 2012

Summer Solstice

Hail, O Sun and Gods of the Sun! We call you and we honor you...

June 19, 2012

The Temple of Isis

Isis – or Auset, to call her by her Egyptian name instead of the more...

June 17, 2012

Apocalypse Not

Not all my vacation was spent visiting temples – I also did more reading than...

June 14, 2012

The Temple of Artemis

crossposted with No Unsacred Place The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was one of the...

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