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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 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 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 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 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 06, 2012

Spiritual Pagan Tattoos

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

August 2012

August 29, 2012

Why I Don’t Believe In Forgiveness

[I wasn't going to publish this since I thought it was inappropriate. But I'm being...

August 20, 2012

Fresh Snark: Spreading Some Love (and Hate) on Polyamory: Married & Dating’s Episode 6

With a large mug of coffee and plenty of coughing and sniffling, I steeled myself...

August 19, 2012

Pagans and Family

I am mostly alive today. I've spent days busy dying: coughing, sleeping, shivering and feeling...

August 14, 2012

A “Legitimate” Paganism Experiment: What Do You Spiritually Need?

BT Newberg referenced the concept of Pagans trying to legitimize themselves "in the eyes of...

August 09, 2012

Rotten Apples: A Sad Rant on the State of Pagan Community

I decided to defrost a chest freezer by myself, which resulted in a pulled back...

August 02, 2012

I Reject Jesus Christ

Recently a blogger not worth naming make the statement that Paganism is merely Protestantism playing...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

Owning Things

Yesterday I wrote about owning things, and some of my readers were displeased with the...

July 08, 2012

A Quick Note on Sincerity Vs Competence

I have a house full of Wiccans playing in the dirt and working on the...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

What We Mean By Rape Culture

I debated over this post. My colleagues genuinely believe it's wrong to give things like...

June 21, 2012

Keeping Calm: Why I Prefer Tolerance

From what tiny scrap of info we have, it seems PSG made a poor judgement...

June 06, 2012

Live Pagan Hangout: Active Tolerance

We're once again broadcasting what is essentially a 30 min weekly Pagan talk show on...

June 02, 2012

How Gays Are Saving Marriage

I've tried to write this post several times, and simply haven't felt I could rise...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Think As A Mortal (Φρονει θνητα)

I like this Maxim. In the world of religion we spend a lot of time...

May 24, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Know Your Opportunity (Καιρον γνωθι)

I'm kind of shell-shocked this morning. I had some unexpected news that got to me....

May 19, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Intend To Get Married (Γαμειν μελλε)

This is the first difficult Maxim I have to address, and not nearly the hardest...

May 19, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Be/Know Yourself (Σαυτον ισθι)

Know Thyself. It's the Maxim that everyone knows. What new thing can I say about...

May 17, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Know What You Have Learned (Γνωθι μαθων)

I have this trick of being able to repeat a phone number in my mind...

May 17, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Be Overcome By Justice (Ηττω υπο δικαιου)

This may be one of my favorite Maxims. It is the counterpoint to Obey the...

May 14, 2012

Everybody Say Love

I didn't have a lot of downtime this weekend really, but I'm in a really...

May 12, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Respect Your Parents (Γονεις αιδου)

First let me send out some link love to all the folks also blogging through...

May 11, 2012

Worshiping an Imperfect God

I don't believe in perfection. I don't believe in flawless things. I don't believe in...