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March 2015

March 08, 2015

Hospitality For Humans

Nobody thinks our guests are unimportant and nobody means to be inhospitable, but that’s what...

February 2015

February 03, 2015

The Need For Private Rituals

When you’re constantly facilitating religious experiences for others it’s hard to have a real religious...

January 2015

January 18, 2015

Who Are Our Ancestors?

When we honor our ancestors we realize we are the beneficiaries of their lives and...

December 2014

December 09, 2014

Winter Solstice – A Solitary Ritual

Many Pagans maintain solitary practices. Even if you work with a group, sometimes you can’t...

November 2014

November 04, 2014

Counting on a Miracle

Recognizing a miracle is a beautiful thing. Counting on a miracle is a recipe for...

November 02, 2014

The Gods Laugh

We made detailed plans and preparations for our Samhain ritual. And then the Gods and...

October 2014

October 26, 2014

Samhain – A Solitary Ritual

Of all the high days on the Wheel of the Year, Samhain is perhaps the...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Devotion to Danu

If we lived in a polytheist society, honoring a new-to-you deity would be no more...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Lessons From a First Ritual

I wasn’t ready to lead a public ritual when I was asked to do it...

June 03, 2014

Planning Special Rituals

Much of what makes a seasonal ritual successful is also important in rituals for special...

March 2014

March 04, 2014

A Rite of Sacrifice

There are times we approach the Gods with what we’d like to give them, or...

January 2014

January 09, 2014

Pagan Worship

I worship the Gods who call to me, who challenge me to live according to...

December 2013

December 29, 2013

Integration – A Review

2013 has not been an easy year for me, but it has been a year...

November 2013

November 12, 2013

Putting Mystery in Your Rituals

Different people come to Paganism for different reasons, but one of the most common is...

October 2013

October 20, 2013

Facilitating Religious Experiences

Religious experiences happen when individuals are ready and when the gods so desire. All we...

October 08, 2013

The Search for Excellence in Ritual

Any ritual that honors one of the old gods in a public park in Dallas,...

August 2013

August 04, 2013

The Cernunnos Ritual

What happens when a group of UU Pagans lead a devotional ritual to the Lord...

July 2013

July 03, 2013

Preparations and Invocations

Telling the stories of the gods is a great way introduce them to people who...

July 01, 2013

Photography and the Sacred

The omnipresence of cell phone cameras and social media raises the issue of when and...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Egyptian Summer Solstice

The gods – of Egypt or of any other land – do not make everything...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

A Modern Pagan View of Sacrifice

The common meaning of sacrifice is “to give up” but the older meaning is “to...

March 2013

March 12, 2013

Silence and the Limitations of Language

Were the religious experiences of our distant ancestors incomplete because they did not have language...

March 01, 2013

Make Magic of Your Life

My first impression was that Thorn Coyle had written a self-help book. Was I ever...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Morrigan Devotional Ritual

When small groups of like-minded Pagans work together in an intimate setting, great things can...

February 05, 2013

Wondering About Offerings

Introducing a spiritual practice – even a familiar one – in ritual is like planting...

February 03, 2013

Render Due Honor

On a cold Friday night in Texas, forty people came together and rendered due honor...

January 2012

January 19, 2012

Common Ritual Errors and How to Avoid Them

There are rituals that leave you feeling like you’ve touched the gods and walked between...