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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...