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July 2017

July 16, 2017

The 8 of Cups, or, I Like It Here Why Do I Have To Leave?

There’s no need for a grand exit… or a grand entrance. Just decide to leave...

July 13, 2017

The Leadership of Lugh – A Response To Oppression

When the Tuatha De Danann first came to Ireland they were oppressed by the Fomorians,...

July 11, 2017

An Oath to the Morrigan

What happens after you find a God? Sometimes we’re called to priesthood. Sometimes they just...

July 09, 2017

Is This The Same God?

Rather than stacking up the similarities and differences between Cernunnos and Pashupati and trying to...

July 06, 2017

The Coming of Lugh

Perhaps one of the reasons more people don’t celebrate Lughnasadh is simply that they don’t...

July 04, 2017

My Paganism: Nature, Nurture, or Choice?

Jason Mankey asked all the Patheos Pagan bloggers to write on “How I Found Paganism.”...

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...

June 27, 2017

The Birth of Lugh

Jason Mankey calls Lughnasadh “the ugly-duckling of sabbats.” I don’t like that, but Jason is...

June 26, 2017

Under the Ancient Oaks – The Video Series

The first in a new series of short videos on topics of interest to Pagans...

June 25, 2017

A Speculative Look at the Cycles of Magic and the Otherworld

In which I look at cyclical time, the Mayan calendar, planetary alignments, ice ages and...

June 20, 2017

Who Ya Gonna Believe, Me Or Your Lying Eyes?

There has never been a greater need to ignore what the mainstream culture tells you...

June 18, 2017

Paganism and the Primacy of the Written Word

The written word is a useful servant, but Western culture has made it an arrogant...

June 15, 2017

A Farewell to Normalcy

I want being a Pagan to become normal, in the way it was normal for...

June 06, 2017

Differentiation is Good, Arrogance is Not

In matters of absolute religious truth, ultimately we don’t know and we can’t know. But...

June 04, 2017

Playing the Grand Game When You’re Not A Great Power

This is not the future we wanted. Most of us simply want to live good...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

Knowing the Gods Are Real is Not What Makes Them Real

Expanding our understanding of reality beyond the literal is a good and necessary thing. Interconnections...

May 25, 2017

The Place of Ancient Heritage in Contemporary Paganism

Some believe we need to rebuild the religions of our pre-Christian ancestors as faithfully as...

May 23, 2017

7 Spiritual Practices for Difficult Times

These are the spiritual practices that work for me in difficult times. They won’t prevent...

May 21, 2017

Portrait of a Priesthood

The story – or as much of it as can be told – of this...

May 14, 2017

Who Can Stand Against Us? An Invocation For Tower Time

We are living in Tower Time and in the last throes of Empire. We may...

May 11, 2017

Spiritual Preparations For Leading Ritual

Leading a good ritual requires more than making all the necessary logistical preparations. It also...

May 07, 2017

So You Had a Religious Experience – Now What?

Religious experiences are like finding a locked box in your grandmother’s attic. It’s beautiful and...

May 05, 2017

A Pagan at the National Day of Prayer

Many public events for the National Day of Prayer restrict participation to Evangelical Christians, but...

May 04, 2017

Incorporating Animism into our Paganism

Animism is not a religion. It’s a foundational concept of many religions, one that both...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

The Path of Paganism

After a journey of over three years, my first book The Path of Paganism is...

April 25, 2017

Why I Had To Make a Clean Break With Christianity

I grew up in fundamentalism and so I had to make a clean break with...

April 23, 2017

Beltane – The Coming of the Gods

The Tuatha De Danann had to fight to make a home in Ireland. I do...

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 18, 2017

The Monsters that Live in the Depths

Some aren’t interested in deeper practice. Some aren’t ready for it… but when are any...

April 16, 2017

Three Forms of Immortality

To be human is to live with the realization that we are alive but that...