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July 2016

July 10, 2016

Miasma Matters: Concerning Purity

I loved John Beckett's post on purity, even if I did flinch uncomfortably on at...

July 04, 2016

Revisiting Pagan Calvinism

Back in 2012 I wrote about a fundamentalist aspect of Pagan religious culture that I...

May 2016

May 01, 2016

A Generation of Converts: Back to a Life of Faith

Looking back over decades spent contemplating religion is a curious thing. With few exceptions, the...

April 2016

April 05, 2016

Wiccanate: Or You Think This Post Is About You

I get called an elitist, a snob, a fascist and filth by the very people...

March 2016

March 12, 2016

New Ancestors: Saying Goodbye, Saying Hello

My mom died last Sunday. Over the past few days I have inhabited a whole...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

Teach Me To Be Religious

There is a fascinating trend among the conversations I have had with other polytheists lately....

February 13, 2016

Character References for the Gods

I make it a rule not to write under the influence, but tonight I am...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Living: This Is Religion, Too

I have been insanely busy. It makes me feel guilty. I think I should be...

January 10, 2016

Solon’s Tenets: Integrity, Not Oaths

Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath. Put more trust...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

My Sun Sets to Rise Again

When no one but the Gods are looking and your soul is on the line,...

December 13, 2015

Meeting the Gods on Their Terms

A friend has a place they meet the Gods called the Roadhouse of the Dead....

September 2012

September 28, 2012

So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish!

On April Fools 2010 I began working with Patheos, and added my first post to...

September 27, 2012

My Hopes For The Future of Paganism

Long ago, Patheos did a series on the Future of Religion, including the Future of...

September 27, 2012

Practical Polytheism: A Review of Devotio Antinoo

There are few people in the world that I admire more than P. Sufenas Virius...

September 25, 2012

Pagan Americana: Murphey’s Midnight Rounders

There are many Pagan musicians I love passionately: Damh the Bard, SJ Tucker, Emerald Rose,...

September 24, 2012

Being Negative Is Healthy; Or It’s Good To Be An Ass Sometimes

Despite how often I display it, or state it outright, people keep forgetting I'm an...

September 24, 2012

Third Parties, Choices, and Our Place In Paganism (and the World)

Last Friday I was at a rally for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson. I was...

September 23, 2012

Learning New Steps To Dance

“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the...

September 20, 2012

Just Like The Christians: An Interview with the Emperor Julian

[In the midst of a large Pagan convention a time machine appears and within it...

September 20, 2012

Mishap, Magic, Minneapolis and Mabon

Yesterday I got to my bus stop on time only for no bus to arrive....

September 18, 2012

Christians Acting Like Christians: Dissecting Tim Dalrymple’s Comments on Paganism

Tim Dalrymple is a good guy. If I were in the midst of paintball battle...

September 17, 2012

Embarrass Me. Please.

I really want the Patheos Pagan Facebook page to reach 4,000 by Saturday, September 22nd....

September 16, 2012

The Problem of the Personal Experience

I agreed to edit a devotional anthology to Hephaistos a coon's age ago. Submissions poured...

September 15, 2012

The Five Points of Pagan Calvinism

The Five Points of Pagan Calvinism The Fluidity and/or Subjectivity of Ultimate Spiritual Reality The...

September 13, 2012

Reciprocity, The Will of the Gods, and Theodicy

[Sometimes I have ideas for blog posts that I know will get me a lot...

September 12, 2012

Reducing Stress, Increasing Joy: The Stoicism of Epictetus

I am in a new state, in a strange part of the country, with three...

September 11, 2012

I’m A Patriotic Pagan But I’m Tired of 9/11

I remember where I was. I was watching tv when the second plane came out...

September 10, 2012

A Very Public Pagan Pride

Saturday I went to the Twin Cities Pagan Pride and had a wonderful time. I...

September 08, 2012

My First Pagan Pride

Today I'm catching a ride with some friends to Twin Cities Pagan Pride. And strangely...

September 07, 2012

Archiving Our History Before We Lose It

Part of my journey to the midwest included a really fascinating chat with a friend...

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