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August 2026

August 14, 2026

The Great God Pan Among the Stars

I took her hand and replied "You're not lost anymore, I've found you." She looked...

March 2026

March 09, 2026

What Makes a Good Ritualist? No Idea

What Makes a Good Ritualist? No Idea, But Here Are Some Things I Do. (This...

October 2022

October 19, 2022

9 Pagan Gods You Should Know

There is no one goddess of the Witches and no one god of the Pagans;...

June 2020

June 14, 2020

Worship Is More Than Words & Offerings

Worship is not something we do simply with words or offerings. Worship occurs when we...

June 07, 2018

Gatekeeping & The Gods

To limit a deity to only a certain time or space limits that deity. If...

June 03, 2018

Adventures With Zeus

The first pagan god I ever prayed to was Zeus, and he still knows how...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

The Lessons of the Horned God

I first met the Horned God nearly twenty years ago, and he's been teaching me...

October 2016

October 06, 2016

Proselytizing is For Weak Gods

A god that needs people to facilitate an introduction has no agency, and I’d take...

February 2016

February 23, 2016

The Horned God: Not As Old As You Think

History is full of horned and antlered gods, but a "Horned God?" That's a modern...

November 2015

November 12, 2015

Paganism in the Disney Vaults

Animated versions of Persephone and Pan next to Mickey Mouse? Not quite, but the Walt...

July 2015

July 09, 2015

Why I Call Myself a Polytheist

I've always thought of myself as a practitioner of Wicca and a polytheist. I think...

July 06, 2015

Can Deity Be a Fad?

Can deity be a fad? Are certain goddesses and gods just trendy? Perhaps, but then...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Today We Won!

A world that refuses dignity to every consensual relationship is a world that doesn’t honor...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

Reconnecting With Your Spiritual Side

There are times when I feel really connected to my spirituality, and then there are...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

(Un)Wilding Witchcraft

I've always had trouble with the idea of a wild Witchcraft because my Witchcraft is...

July 2014

July 14, 2014

A (Pagan) Wind in the Willows

"The Wind in the Willows" is Pan at his very best. He’s powerful, knowable, and...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

A Ritual Timeline

How long does it take to put together the perfect festival ritual? How about ten...

February 10, 2014

Suffering For the Gods

I don't understand a theology of suffering as reward. Why would the gods want us...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

The Questions of Polytheism

I've always called myself a polytheist, but the label is no where near as important...

August 2013

August 15, 2013

The Charge of the God

Revealed now are the words of the Great God, or at least how one person...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Doing (and Writing About) Pagan Things

Being a Pagan is about doing Pagan things. Why does that always seem so hard...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

The Gods They Are a Changing

Are the gods unchanging monoliths or do they change and grow alongside of we humans?...

March 20, 2013

Jesus and Pagans: A Tired and Divisive Debate

I'm a Pagan, and there are no obstacles between myself and the divine. How I...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Pan: The God of All

In Modern Greek the word pan translates to “everything” or “all” but it's much more...

February 05, 2013

My Gods are Gay, My Gods are Straight (And Everything in Between)

My gods are both gay and straight, and everything in between. Their understanding is not...

January 2013

January 03, 2013

40 Years 40 Things

In 40 years on this Earth I haven't learned very much, but I have cultivated...

September 2012

September 14, 2012

Precious Pagan Moments

My faith is a constant presence in my life. It guides my beliefs and values...

September 11, 2012

My Gods Are Strong

"And ye shall go out and proclaimeth my name on all that you see and...

August 2012

August 07, 2012

Finding The God

How does one find the God? Perhaps the gods find us and we don't have...

June 2012

June 17, 2012

The Strange Triumph of Cernunnos over Pan

If you’ve ever read the book Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton you are...