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May 2012

May 10, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Worship the Gods (Θεους σεβου)

This series has garnered a bit more attention than I expected, with other bloggers joining...

May 09, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Obey The Law (Νομω πειθου)

This Maxim is pretty self-explanatory. I don't have much to say about it. It's a...

May 07, 2012

Delphic Maxims: Follow God (Επου θεω)

The first Delphic Maxim is a doozy. It's got a very monotheistic sound to it....

May 06, 2012

Considering Michael York’s “Catastrophe”

I awoke this morning intending to begin a series of meditations upon the Delphic Maxims....

March 2012

March 30, 2012

The Gods We Know… and Those We Don’t…

I have a vague inspiration this morning. I will try to craft a post from...

March 25, 2012

Is Paganism Blind To The Disabled?

When we were talking about Pagan temples awhile back it struck me how many of...

March 21, 2012

Supporting Pagan Journalism

People ask me to attend a lot of events. I have to decline a lot....

March 20, 2012

Hint: It’s Because We Have Vaginas

In response to my post on veiling yesterday someone responded that in ancient times veiled...

March 19, 2012

Veiling: A Different Take On Pagan Womanhood

[I apologize for the length of this post. You might want to save this for...

March 13, 2012

Pagan Temples Revisited

My post on Pagan temples had quite a response. I'm going to try to process...

March 12, 2012

Pagan Temples: Dreaming Really Big

Monday's are awful. This particular Monday is awful as I'm grappling with a situation for...

March 07, 2012

Choosing Paganism and Processing Regret

I'm 30 and it's hitting me hard. Older folks may chuckle at that, but I...

March 06, 2012

Kirk Cameron is a Tool

Growing Pains was a cheesy show, and Kirk Cameron wasn't the most memorable part of...

March 02, 2012

The Egg and Mary Magdalen

When I think of Ostara, I think of eggs, and of the multi-colored egg salad...

March 01, 2012

Remember When You Couldn’t Openly Be Gay In Hollywood?

Back when stars like Rock Hudson remained deeply closeted and people warned Cary Grant against...

February 2012

February 19, 2012

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Apparently protests are going on at PantheaCon. T. Thorn Coyle has posted this on her...

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...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Gingrich Equates Gay Marriage to Paganism Like It’s A Bad Thing…

Newt is awesome. He is so arrogantly oblivious to his own hypocrisy that sometimes I...

January 20, 2012

I’m No Little Lost Lamb

Months ago I told a friend I was thinking about writing a post on the...

January 19, 2012

What have you done, Paula Deen, Paula Deen?

I'm a Southern girl. I will fry anything. Chicken, pork chops, okra, squash, and even...

January 15, 2012

Petty, Carnal, Pagan Desires

Awhile back I talked about the Pagan concept of salvation being temporal rather than eternal....

January 03, 2012

Super Secret Project Revealed and Last Fundraiser Post

There are a lot of reasons to take a project on. Sometimes it's because you...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

A New Look at the Pagan Umbrella

Who is Pagan exactly? It's a question we've struggled with for decades. Often this questioned...

December 19, 2011

When Interfaith Gets Ugly

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

August 2011

August 15, 2011

Initiation: A Love Letter

The past two weekends I've been sorely tempted to write about things I find on...

July 2011

July 18, 2011

Paganism: What We Can Learn From Star Trek

We all know the jokes. Heathens are Klingons, Recons are Vulcans, and oh, there are...

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 12, 2011

All Acts of Love

Civil rights is the defining issue of our age. My grandparents were born into a...

July 08, 2011

Pagan Soup: Sacred Paths Center, Camelot, Occult Experts and Egocentric Ritual

Sacred Paths Center in Financial Straits Nels Linde at PNC-Minnesota reports the popular community center...

July 04, 2011

Independence Day in Northern Redneckistan

When M'Colleague first broached the "what does it mean to be a Pagan-American" subject, I...