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September 2026

September 20, 2026

The Fear of Witchcraft

Maybe the Halloween silly season is starting early this year. Maybe it’s the publicity around...

December 2025

December 18, 2025

Fairy – The Otherworld

“Fairy is a real place that humans may interact with and which is the home...

December 27, 2023

Top 10 Posts of 2023

The Top 10 posts of 2023 on Under the Ancient Oaks: divination, a Storm Goddess,...

April 2023

April 09, 2023

Once You’ve Had a Taste of the Otherworld

The Gods I serve and who occasionally allow me to experience them directly have forbidden...

March 2023

March 15, 2023

The Great War in the Otherworld and in this World

For all that it’s important to pay attention to what’s going on in this world,...

October 2021

October 21, 2021

A Pagan Theology of the Dead

Before we talk about how we work with the dead, we need to talk about...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Paying Attention to Changes Between the Worlds

I have a theory (that’s more like informed speculation) of what’s going on between the...

June 2018

June 07, 2018

The Otherworld in a Dream – 4 Things I Learned

On rare occasions I have dreams that can only be described as prophetic. They have...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Top 10 Posts of 2017

Thank you for all your support this year. Here are the Top 10 posts of...

December 07, 2017

Parting the Mists: An Introduction to Journeying

Journeying is the first-hand experience of other times, other places, and other realms. These are...

November 2017

November 14, 2017

The Mead Tenders Who Weren’t There

Earlier this year I was part of an Otherworldly journey and I was explicitly told...

October 2017

October 05, 2017

The Otherworld Needs to be Experienced, Not Escaped

If your belief system doesn’t include an Otherworld, I respect that. But kindly make your...

September 2017

September 19, 2017

Travel Is Good For the Soul – Including Travel Beyond the Veil

Travel is an educational and life-expanding activity and I highly recommend it. And, the same...

November 2016

November 06, 2016

The Veil Is Shredded

The Veil is a metaphor, but the boundary between the worlds is real and it’s...

June 2016

June 09, 2016

The Otherworld is Bleeding Through

I saw a green glowing bird this morning. I don’t think it belongs in this...

October 2015

October 15, 2015

Pagan Thoughts on Death and the Afterlife

If I’m wrong and the atheists are right, then I will have had a good...

May 2015

May 06, 2015

Walking Between the Worlds

Paganism is neither solely concerned with Gods and spirits, nor with social justice and other...

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