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January 2017

January 31, 2017

Hermes & Morals, Good Night & Good Luck

I’ve learned from Hermes a set of morals. They are not good ethical practices. They...

January 17, 2017

Hermes, Ethics, and a dash of Thelema

Ethics are a contemporary question. How to build a system of ethics suitable for a...

October 2016

October 20, 2016

Working Polytheism Part 2: Means

Polytheism is not a mere belief. To be real, it must be practiced, and then...

September 2016

September 07, 2016

Working Polytheism

Polytheism is what happens when you know more than one God, or at least that’s...

June 2016

June 09, 2016

Hermes and the Spirits

It the world alive? For most of the ancient world, the world itself was alive...

May 2016

May 11, 2016

Hermes in Service

As our community matures, we are inevitably producing priesthoods and with that, laity. This happens...

April 2016

April 05, 2016

Hermes at War

Conflict is inevitable. How we deal with it is one of the greatest measures of...

March 2016

March 09, 2016

Hermes in Action: Professional Life

A God is as a God does, and Hermes is no exception. How this applies...

February 2016

February 10, 2016

The Mind of the God: the Power of the Question

To know Hermes is a lifelong task. Bounded approaches provide entry points and structures with...

January 2016

January 13, 2016

The Speech of the God and The Value of Deliberation

Today our commentarial tradition is fast and furious. If a weakness can be seen in...

December 2015

December 09, 2015

Forming the God

Gods arise to our experience in response to need, being the embodiments of Divine Providence....

November 2015

November 19, 2015

God Work

Is it enough to worship the many Divinities we know? For our maintenance, our simple...

October 2015

October 14, 2015

My Ancestors Are Dead

At this Hallows season the Ancestors come to mind. But what of reincarnation? What of...

September 2015

September 08, 2015

Cultural Paganism and a Primordial Pantheon: 0 to Many

I don’t do cultural Paganism. I worship the Gods I’ve come to know. My commitments...

August 2015

August 12, 2015

Genus before species: What are the Gods?

Polytheism is a consequence of knowing more than one Deity. Who and what are these...

July 2015

July 15, 2015

Welcome At the Herm

The purpose of this blog is to express, explore, and reflect upon a long term...

March 2014

March 12, 2014

Institutions in Paganism: the Coin is for All

Counter culture, or up and coming? Are we a religion of individuals or do we...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Pantheon Foundation: building 21st Century Pagan infrastructure

Pantheon Foundation, a California non-profit religious corporation providing IRS group exemptions for Pagan organizations, developing...

January 2014

January 15, 2014

Monist? How are you using the word?

I’ve been noting over that past year the use of the term monist to designate...

December 2013

December 18, 2013

Restoration Reviewed

This is the twelfth post of the Pagan Restoration blog, a worthy time for reflection...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

Leadership is Relationship

Leadership is a two way street. Those who lead only do so because of those...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

How Pagans can Save the World: the Pagan Restoration

Civilization totters; it needs a new Hierophant to show forth the Sacred, the values that...

September 2013

September 18, 2013

Why Pagans Can Save the World

Magic-users know that every problem invokes its own solution. I submit that we Pagans were...

August 2013

August 21, 2013

Who is Pagan?

‘Pagan’ has a vague and confusing definition that keeps us from understanding who we are...

July 2013

July 17, 2013

Pagan Ministry: Serving the Pagan People/s

Ministry is fundamentally about serving the ‘congregation,’ in contrast to being primarily about serving the...

June 2013

June 19, 2013

Pagan Priesthood: Setting the Table, Restoring the Way of the Gods

Priesthood in the ancient world was a call to service and a coveted honor. The...

May 2013

May 15, 2013

Restoring Idolatry to Iconolatry

The ancient icons of the Gods were destroyed in order to break worshippers' contact with...

May 08, 2013

Pagan Restoration in New Format

As of June 2013, Pagan Restoration will appear in this space on the third Wednesday...

April 2013

April 17, 2013

Toward the Pagan Restoration of Sacrifice

It is time for Pagans to restore sacrifice to its ancient and central place in...

April 03, 2013

Why I Am Pagan

In 200 words or less, why is Sam Webster Pagan?