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March 2024

March 20, 2024

We’re Pagans – We Do Ritual

Historian Francis Young says that while ritual is clearly important to us as humans, we...

February 2024

February 21, 2024

5 Ways to Deepen Your Paganism

The call to deeper magic and spirituality often comes subtly. At first you’re barely aware...

January 2024

January 28, 2024

Meaning Doesn’t Require a God – It Requires a Choice

Occasionally I hear someone say “if there is no God then life has no meaning.”...

January 10, 2024

“Pagan” Has A Meaning

Paganism is impossible to precisely define, but that doesn’t mean it’s anything anybody says it...

December 2023

December 27, 2023

November 2023

November 26, 2023

Witchcraft IS Freedom!

A Christian blogger is promoting “freedom from witchcraft.” I say he has it backwards. Witchcraft...

November 19, 2023

A Foundation of Many Gods

I don’t know what I’m going to do when I’m no longer tied to a...

November 12, 2023

What Do We Do if Society Becomes “Less Friendly” to Pagans and Witches?

For the most part, we can do what witches and Pagans do to whatever degree...

October 2023

October 08, 2023

Olivia Pettijohn (1982 – 2023)

Livvy Pettijohn will live on in the thoughts and memories and stories of those of...

August 2023

August 10, 2023

8 Things I Still Believe From Childhood

Children often believe strange things – I was no exception to this rule. There some...

July 2023

July 27, 2023

The Return of a Storm Goddess

A handful of people are hearing from a Storm Goddess whose name we can’t determine...

July 16, 2023

Building a Truly Pagan Culture

Conservatives who complain that the U.S. is becoming Pagan show their ignorance about Paganism. What...

June 2023

June 28, 2023

Evangelicals Claim Paganism Isn’t Really Pagan

Two Evangelical writers claim that Paganism is somehow inauthentic because it doesn’t exactly match the...

June 14, 2023

An Experience of the Gods that Left Me Floored

Seven questions and answers about the Gods and our experiences of Them, Pagan books, spiritual...

June 11, 2023

Our Imperfect Perceptions of the Gods

We will never get it perfectly right – we are imperfect humans. But when we’re...

June 07, 2023

For Those Who Want to be Polytheist Clergy

A young person asked how to become polytheist clergy. This way isn’t the only way...

May 2023

May 24, 2023

Sometimes There Is a Devil in the Craft

Is it any wonder many witches are inspired by the story of Lucifer and his...

May 21, 2023

4 Questions (and Answers) on Relationships With the Gods

Here are four questions on our relationships with our Gods and our obligations to Them.

May 14, 2023

When a God Wants You to Violate Your Ethics

Our Gods are virtuous and They rarely ask us to do things that would violate...

April 2023

April 30, 2023

Do Pagans Pray?

Prayer is a near-universal human practice, something done in virtually all religions. As we approach...

April 19, 2023

An Apocalypse Is In The Air

Whatever is going on, it’s no longer just Pagans and witches who are noticing it....

April 16, 2023

Waiting on a Signier Sign

A meme says “every time the universe sends me a sign, I’m like OK but...

April 12, 2023

Patron Deities in Modern Paganism

Some contemporary Pagans and polytheists have patron deities. Most don’t. “Finding your patron deity” is...

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...

April 05, 2023

Recovering From a Post-Ritual Hangover

Post-ritual hangovers happen after rituals that raise a lot of energy or that involve the...

March 2023

March 01, 2023

What to Offer to the Gods?

If we lived in a Pagan society where offerings were a regular part of our...

February 2023

February 15, 2023

Paganism: A Religion of Doing

Our traditions are sacred and our virtues are timeless, but how we embody and express...

February 12, 2023

Ross Douthat Is Right: Spiritual Experimentation Is Dangerous

New York Times conservative columnist Ross Douthat is right: spiritual experimentation is dangerous. I join...