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September 2022

September 21, 2022

Worship, Practice, and Spirits from Pop Culture

Today we have four questions: on worship, practice in difficult situations, spirits from pop culture,...

September 18, 2022

Worshipping Deities From Different Cultures

Gods have people. In the past, those people were likely to be from a single...

January 2022

January 16, 2022

Worshipping Gods From Different Pantheons

Worshipping and working with deities from different pantheons isn’t as simple as filling your plate...

May 2021

May 18, 2021

Many Ways to Serve Many Gods

I’m disturbed that someone would tell someone else that they must commit to a deity...

June 2020

June 18, 2020

Worship: Proclaiming That The Gods Are Worthy

Even if your worship is a private thing, it brings you closer to your Gods....

January 2020

January 23, 2020

A Letter to Beginning Polytheists

There are plenty of books, blogs, and websites devoted to Wicca and to every form...

December 2019

December 26, 2019

The 4 Best Posts of 2019 You Didn’t Read

While I’ve come to accept that sometimes the Pagan community just doesn’t care about something...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

Pagans In and Out of Communion: What it Takes to Worship Together

What does it mean for Pagans to worship together? What does it take for us...

February 2019

February 07, 2019

What It Means To Work With The Gods

Some polytheists find this phrase insufficiently reverent: “you don’t work with a God, you worship...

December 2016

December 11, 2016

Resting in the Shadows of the Solstice

The many traditions of the Winter Solstice encourage us to light candles and make merry...

March 2016

March 13, 2016

This Is My Polytheism

Your polytheism may be very similar to mine. Great. Your polytheism may be very different...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

I’m Thankful For The Pagan Community

As you gobble your turkey and say your prayers of gratitude next Thursday, remember to...

July 2015

July 01, 2015

Pursuing the Gods

There’s a decidedly unhelpful idea in the wider Pagan world that all “real” polytheists are...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Why I Worship the Gods

This is why I worship the Gods, and why I think that’s a good thing...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Polytheism is the Future

From where I stand, the growing devotion to many Gods is the most important trend...

June 2014

June 29, 2014

Serving Many Gods

Devotional polytheism isn’t an all or nothing thing. As with our human relationships, different relationships...

January 2014

January 09, 2014

Pagan Worship

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

July 2013

July 10, 2013

A Commitment to the Gods

Though I have a strong commitment to Nature, the natural world alone is not enough...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Egyptian Summer Solstice

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

June 06, 2013

Box Pews

Box pews are an interesting artifact from the early Protestant era. They served a purpose,...

May 2013

May 12, 2013

Nature Religion?

The question of whether or not Paganism is a Nature religion is interesting and can...

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 28, 2013

Why I Am a Pagan

Patheos has a new series called “Why I Am A...” which challenges writers to explain...

March 21, 2013

Pagan Groups: Seeking To Find

The myth of the solitary Witch In The Forest is romantic, but most of us...

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 07, 2013

Worship the Gods

Pagans understand different people worship different gods. We have more trouble accepting that different people...