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September 2025

September 28, 2025

The Case For Polytheism

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

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...

December 2022

December 21, 2022

Giving Thanks to the Gods for This Year

When someone – or Someone – is gracious to us, the appropriate response is gratitude....

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...

January 2022

January 23, 2022

Connecting to Gods for Whom There is Little Lore

If you’re called to help establish or re-establish the worship of a deity for whom...

March 2021

March 14, 2021

Under the Ancient Oaks Online Spring Equinox Ritual: March 19

The Under the Ancient Oaks Online Spring Equinox Ritual will be Friday, March 19 at...

July 2020

July 09, 2020

The Presence of the Gods

An atheist blogger says “part of the case against God is the sheer absence of...

October 2019

October 27, 2019

Language and the Gods

There is value in learning the languages of our ancestors. At the same time, the...

September 2018

September 18, 2018

Why Would Anyone Take an Oath to a God?

Taking oaths is among the most serious and most personal of personal religious decisions you’ll...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

How Old Are The Gods and Why Does It Matter?

How old are the Gods? I don’t know. But I do know this: contemplating the...

March 2017

March 12, 2017

Reimagining Ostara

As a Nature-centered Pagan, I enjoy celebrating Ostara, the Spring Equinox. But as a Deity-centered...

October 2015

October 11, 2015

Why I Worship Gods From Europe

Why do so many American Pagans worship Gods of Europe? Why don’t we worship North...

October 06, 2015

Our Ancestors. These Gods. This Place.

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

March 2015

March 15, 2015

Ostara – A Solitary Ritual

Many Pagans maintain solitary practices. Even if you work with a group, sometimes you can’t...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

When You Can’t Turn It Over To God

Life is complicated. We can’t pretend it’s not, and we can’t expect a divine helicopter...

December 2014

December 09, 2014

Winter Solstice – A Solitary Ritual

Many Pagans maintain solitary practices. Even if you work with a group, sometimes you can’t...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Why I Worship the Gods

This is why I worship the Gods, and why I think that’s a good thing...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Devotion to Danu

If we lived in a polytheist society, honoring a new-to-you deity would be no more...

August 2014

August 07, 2014

Nurturing Polytheism

It seems like nurturing Goddesses and Gods are underrepresented in devotional polytheism. Is that true,...

July 2014

July 27, 2014

Portrait of Danu

When an artist offers her devotion to a Mother Goddess, beautiful things can be created.

June 2014

June 08, 2014

Tending the Altar

I look at my altar several times each day, but it’s been months since I...

May 2014

May 04, 2014

The Four Hallows of the Tuatha De Danann

This year’s Beltane ritual was centered on the Four Hallows of the Tuatha De Danann,...

March 2014

March 13, 2014

Not Her Priest

I wear many religious hats and fill many religious roles. One of them is priest....

March 04, 2014

A Rite of Sacrifice

There are times we approach the Gods with what we’d like to give them, or...

January 2014

January 05, 2014

Interdependence and the Weakness of Evolution

We are interdependent with each other, with other species, and with the Earth herself. A...

October 2013

October 13, 2013

Hearing the Call

How can you know if you’re hearing the call of a goddess or god? All...

October 10, 2013

Danu

Polytheism brings the opportunity to learn about and experience many deities. This is my experience...