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September 2012

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 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 07, 2012

Archiving Our History Before We Lose It

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

February 2012

February 15, 2012

Fitting Tributes: The Passing of Lord Athanor

Pagans having two names can have some amusing consequences. How often do you tend to...

December 2011

December 19, 2011

When Interfaith Gets Ugly

Patheos is a diverse place. I tend to think of it like a city with...

October 2011

October 07, 2011

Book Review: Raven Grimassi’s Old World Witchcraft

This book is bold, and not at all what I expected. Although he's been one...

September 2011

September 16, 2011

Ancient Pagans and Christians, or Who Did What To Whom

Watching people debate about the first four centuries of the common era is like watching...

August 2011

August 04, 2011

Pre-Smurf Humor

I am in an exceptionally good mood as I write this on a misty, post-storm...

July 2011

July 14, 2011

Grounding the Revolution, Embracing the Legends

Wicca is by nature a revolutionary religion. Rebellion laces it's liturgy and mythos. According to...

July 01, 2011

Life, Liberty and the Institution of Marriage?

Yesterday I was reading Timothy Dalrymple's post on the gay marriage debate. Tim's a good...

May 2011

May 16, 2011

Did Oathbreaking Lead to the Dark Ages?

I'm busier than a house-elf at Yule today, so here's a blast from the past....

March 2011

March 27, 2011

Recording Pagan History: Your Stories Are Worth Telling

I've had Pagan media folks comment on my ability to get folks to tell stories...

March 17, 2011

Irish Snakes Survive and Thrive: All Snakes Day

The Irish love a good story. They are a lyric, storytelling people. Their storytelling tradition...

January 2011

January 21, 2011

Wicca Series: History of Wicca?

Every Monday and Friday in January we will be asking people questions about Wicca. Want...

January 07, 2011

Wicca Series: Is Wicca a “new religion”?

Every Monday and Friday in January we will be asking people questions about Wicca. Want...

November 2010

November 21, 2010

Book Review: Trials of the Moon by Ben Whitmore

Title: Trials of the Moon: A Critique of Ronald Hutton's "The Triumph of the Moon:...

November 05, 2010

Guy Fawkes and Revolution

Remember, remember the 5th of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I can think of...

October 2010

October 29, 2010

13 Songs for Samhain

Seems strange that we began the 13 Songs series with Beltane and here it is...

October 16, 2010

Pantheon Book Club: The Secret History of Rock ‘n’ Roll by Christopher Knowles

Music and religion go hand in hand. Maybe it's on a dance floor, moving to...

October 12, 2010

Dying To Make Men Free

I'm a Southern girl, born and bred. I've had family serve during almost every military...

October 11, 2010

Columbus and Coming Out

I live in my own little world, where no one makes candles that smell like...

September 2010

September 11, 2010

Remembering 9/11

(Warning: some of the descriptions below are graphic and may be disturbing for some readers.)...

July 2010

July 30, 2010

NPT: New Pagan Translation?

Next week we're taking a look at theology from a Pagan perspective and as a...

July 26, 2010

Agora: A New Film In The Pagan Cinematic Pantheon

I think I've mentioned before that I'm not a weeper. I can squeeze out a...

July 13, 2010

Columbia and The Wicker Man: Embracing The Barbaric?

Over the July 4th weekend several Pagan blogs raised a cry of "Hail Columbia!". This...

July 04, 2010

Pagan Inclinations of the Founding Fathers

What a great thing it is, to live in a country founded on principles of...

June 2010

June 15, 2010

Touchdown Jesus and the Curious Fate of Giant Statues

This morning the news was full of the tragic demise by lightning induced fire of...

June 14, 2010

The Development of Heathen Culture – Part II

William Arnal writes that “no statement about what religion is can avoid at least partially...

June 02, 2010

Shaving Bunnies: Doing Your Research 101

Helllloooooooo Baby Pagani! Here at Paganism 101 we do insist on a bit of research....