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July 2015

July 05, 2015

Honoring Fearsome Gods

When we honor fearsome Gods, we begin to accept reality. We begin to understand our...

July 01, 2015

Pursuing the Gods

There’s a decidedly unhelpful idea in the wider Pagan world that all “real” polytheists are...

June 2015

June 04, 2015

The Book of the Great Queen

The Morrígan is a fitting Goddess for our times, and The Book of the Great...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

The Authority to Initiate

Without the lineage and heritage of a recognized group, is an initiation valid? There are...

May 21, 2015

Initiation

Previously I’ve written about how to plan and compose initiation rituals. This is how we...

May 03, 2015

Beltane: An Inclusive Ritual That Works

Denton CUUPS Beltane was traditional and current, inclusive and polytheist. That’s not always easy, but...

January 2015

January 06, 2015

Three Short Reviews of Three Short Books

Here are three short reviews of three short books: a resource on the Morrigan, a...

November 2014

November 11, 2014

Three Books For Polytheists

Here are three books for polytheists: a guide to devotional polytheism, an academic look at...

November 05, 2014

Faith in the Wrong Things

Those who put their faith in Democrats – or Republicans, or Libertarians, or Communists –...

October 2014

October 26, 2014

Samhain – A Solitary Ritual

Of all the high days on the Wheel of the Year, Samhain is perhaps the...

October 21, 2014

Why I Worship the Gods

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

October 09, 2014

Holy Work and Two Lies of Religion

When we decide to follow a religious path or to undertake a religious quest, we...

August 2014

August 07, 2014

Nurturing Polytheism

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

June 2014

June 10, 2014

Interview With Morpheus Ravenna

Morpheus Ravenna discusses her spiritual life, her priesthood, and her upcoming book exploring the mysteries...

March 2014

March 13, 2014

Not Her Priest

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

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Temple of the Morrigan

Have you ever been to a ritual or had a spontaneous religious experience where you’re...

February 18, 2014

Pantheacon Recap

Last year I wrote about my Pantheacon envy. This year I went to Pantheacon. It...

February 04, 2014

Why I Am a Devotional Polytheist

My beliefs about the Gods flow from my experience of the Gods. Of the various...

October 2013

October 13, 2013

Hearing the Call

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

August 2013

August 18, 2013

Of Goddesses and Warriors

As an exercise in literary interpretation, the idea that Morrigan was merely testing Cú Chulainn...

August 15, 2013

The Call of a Goddess

Though I very much want to write a dissertation on seeking the gods, I can’t...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

Nine Things I Think

Nine Things I Think will be an irregular feature whenever I have a list of...

July 10, 2013

A Commitment to the Gods

Though I have a strong commitment to Nature, the natural world alone is not enough...

May 2013

May 05, 2013

Telling Their Stories

The Denton CUUPS Beltane Circle was not your typical light-hearted celebration of fertility. We had...

April 2013

April 28, 2013

Comments, Texas Pagan Events, and a Video

Disqus comments, Denton CUUPS Beltane, the Houston Pagan Conference, and the video of "Reclaiming Your...

March 2013

March 17, 2013

Reclaiming Your Sovereignty

Before the Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh, Figol the Druid blessed the warriors, saying “as...

March 12, 2013

Silence and the Limitations of Language

Were the religious experiences of our distant ancestors incomplete because they did not have language...

March 10, 2013

Do The Gods Change?

The Pagan Neoplatonists believed the gods were unchanging. The ancient stories and our own experience...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Morrigan Devotional Ritual

When small groups of like-minded Pagans work together in an intimate setting, great things can...

December 2012

December 29, 2012

Sovereignty Before the Gods

photo from Wikimedia Commons If you write about religion beyond the level of platitudes, people...