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October 2025

October 08, 2025

The Divinity Of Nature

Nature is our source and our sustenance. We are a part of Nature – not...

November 2022

November 22, 2022

Paganism in Space – Beyond “Earth-Centered”

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

August 2022

August 07, 2022

The Gods And Nature

Are the Gods part of Nature? Some of Them clearly are. Others, I don’t know...

March 2021

March 23, 2021

A Year in the Parks

When I no longer had access to a gym last year, I started walking in...

March 21, 2021

Loving Nature in Tornado Season

We see Nature as sacred and holy, something to be honored, respected, and enjoyed. We...

November 2020

November 12, 2020

We Are All Part of Nature

I want to go back to the beginning of my Paganism, and it all begins...

December 2019

December 15, 2019

Winter Solstice and the Pagan Restoration

The Winter Solstice may be humanity’s oldest holy day. It’s a reminder that long nights...

July 2019

July 28, 2019

Connecting To The Land Where You Are

Text from the Sunday service at Denton UU, and a condensed version of my presentation...

July 02, 2019

My Vision of a Pagan Future

This is what I hope to see in 50 years, 100 years, 300 years. But...

December 2017

December 24, 2017

The 4 Best Posts of 2017 You Didn’t Read

While I’ve come to accept that sometimes the Pagan community just doesn’t care about something...

June 2017

June 22, 2017

Bargaining at the Goblin Market

Folklore tells us the Goblin Market is a place humans can rarely see, and if...

April 2017

April 20, 2017

Owning Land in an Animist World

We can own land, at least in a limited sense of the term. But owning...

April 09, 2017

Feeling Small in the Presence of the Gods

Feeling small in Nature isn’t the result of some artificial hierarchy – in the immensities...

April 06, 2017

We Don’t Have to Own the Land to Honor the Land

Humans have always been migrants. We may settle down for a few generations, but then...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Lessons From a Broken Flower

Something that could have been beautiful tried to rise too far too fast without the...

September 13, 2016

The Return of the Dark

As we approach the Autumn Equinox and as we get ready to celebrate Mabon or...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

The Magic of Wild Places

My Paganism, my Druidry, and even my polytheism have roots in the wild. There is...

August 02, 2016

Intuitive Animism

Animism provides a framework for an inspirited and enchanted world, a world where everything you...

June 2016

June 05, 2016

The Lack of Respect for Wild Animals

Not only do we not fear animals that could harm us, we don’t respect them....

October 2015

October 20, 2015

This Land Is Your Land

This land is your land. Not in the sense of ownership but in the sense...

September 2015

September 15, 2015

Worshiping Change, Fighting Change

Why do we simultaneously worship change and fight change? May we have the strength and...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

The Universe Has No Plan And That’s OK

I don’t think the Universe has a plan, and in any case I can’t relate...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

A Pagan at Donner Pass

We treat Nature as something other, something to be conquered and exploited, never remembering that...

May 12, 2015

A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment

I encourage you to read A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment and if you...

April 2015

April 07, 2015

The Collapse of the West and the Future of the Human Species

Rome ruled the West for 400 years, but its empire collapsed. In this hemisphere, the...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

There Is No Supernatural

“Supernatural” is a convenient but lazy word that means “something outside the realm of what...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

The Thanksgiving Arms Race

I understand why retailers are opening on Thanksgiving, but I still don't like it. What’s...

November 18, 2014

A Pagan Thanksgiving

Where do the bounties of Nature come from? Two things are certain: they didn’t come...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

Rewilding: Privilege and Reality

We are the product of 10,000 years of civilization, 10,000 years of keeping the wild...

August 10, 2014

Rewilding Our World

George Monbiot suggests “for more wonder, rewild the world.” But we’ve been taught the wild...