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February 2018

February 15, 2018

Michael Harner and the Need for Context

There is no question Michael Harner was highly influential in the Pagan community and beyond....

February 08, 2018

Cherish Your Normals: You Need Them (And They Need You)

Let’s accept people for who and what they are, even if they’re weird – and...

February 06, 2018

Facts and Reason are Good, but Experience is Necessary

If there’s one primary theme running through almost 10 years of blogging at Under the...

February 01, 2018

One Year Later: The Lessons of P-exit

As much as most of us would like to forget about last year’s mass exodus...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk

If the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, the road to Fairy is...

January 28, 2018

9 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was A New Pagan

A scan through my private journals turned up a list of things I really wish...

January 25, 2018

Why I Don’t Like Sexy Morrigan Imagery

Bowdlerizing ancient stories and statues is just as wrong as trying to turn a Battle...

January 23, 2018

What I Can Do For You as a Priest, and What I Can’t

Perhaps your Pagan tradition doesn’t need priests. Most do, including mine. But being a priest...

January 18, 2018

Conversations Under the Oaks: January Q&A

Here are the questions and answers for this month’s Conversations Under the Oaks, a new...

January 16, 2018

No More Crayon Drawings on the Refrigerators of Mount Olympus

Early on the Gods seem happy we’re acknowledging Them and reaching out to Them. But...

January 11, 2018

Last week Devin Hunter talked about Heaven and Hell in the sense of “the Overworld...

January 09, 2018

Meditation: A Pagan Approach to a Universal Practice

Meditation is most commonly associated with Buddhism, but it is practiced in every religion and...

January 04, 2018

The Ethics of Praying For Others

Praying for others is a good thing, but doing it ethically requires that we do...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

November 2017

November 30, 2017

For What We Want Most, There Is A Cost To Be Paid

Some of us are called to go off the map in our devotional and magical...

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...

November 12, 2017

Under the Ancient Oaks: Devotion to Night

Under the Ancient Oaks, the video series. This month we’re doing something different. This is...

November 09, 2017

The Big Questions of Life – A Pagan Approach

The Big Questions of Life call us to step beyond the immediacy of our day...

November 01, 2017

Into the Cave of the Morrigan

Our Samhain ritual this year was titled “Into the Cave of the Morrigan.” It was...

October 2017

October 29, 2017

This Isn’t the Kobayashi Maru: When You Have to Break a Geas

Those of us who carry geasa, taboos, and other religious obligations and prohibitions can sometimes...

October 24, 2017

Pragmatism Is Necessary But Not Sufficient – A Pagan Interfaith Approach

Kimberly Kirner’s post on Pragmatism and Outcomes-Oriented Religion made a strong case for an interfaith...