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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...

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....

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...

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...

September 06, 2012

Spiritual Pagan Tattoos

Last week I asked people to share pictures of their tattoos with the story behind...

September 05, 2012

Paganistan, I Am In You

Ok, so admittedly I am on the outskirts of Paganistan, crashing with the amazing Nels...

September 03, 2012

Imperfect Gods: English to Polish to English

Rutilius got a kick out of my post Worshiping An Imperfect God, and asked to...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Vagabond

It is not a poetic metaphor, I am literally surviving off the kindness and generosity...