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September 2011

September 05, 2011

13 Songs of Labor

Weavers, blacksmiths, healers, farmers, warriors: the myths tell us the Gods toil as well. Here's...

September 03, 2011

In Praise of Labor

After seeing the slogan "What Would Jesus Drive?" I got into a humorous discussion once...

September 02, 2011

Is Initiation a Betrayal? and other odd questions…

I'm getting antsy. I'm getting cold feet. I'm going a bit insane. I am told...

September 01, 2011

Shaping Wicca: Musing on Gardner and Valiente

The discussion on my last two posts on Wicca have been fascinating, and they've brought...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

Mid-Week is for Music or 13 Songs Just Because

Not all Pagan songs fit the Sabbat playlists I put together. Here's a few gems...

August 30, 2011

Casting Endora

Yesterday The Wild Hunt reported that a revamp of Bewitched is being planned for television....

August 29, 2011

Is Wicca a Christian Heresy?

Yesterday I gave a grumpy rant over the Watchtowers and LBRP being included in some...

August 28, 2011

The Watchtowers and Abrahamic Wicca

My first significant encounters with Wiccan thought were with Kaatryn McMorgan's All One Wicca and...

August 27, 2011

The Piety of Great Books

I walked into a local thrift shop today seeking out bookcases and came home with...

August 26, 2011

Remembering 9/11

Another post from last year as we move closer to the 10th anniversary of 9

August 25, 2011

The Pagans Are All Right

Paganism isn't crumbling. It's not in trouble. Pagans will argue. Pagans will fight. Paganism will...

August 24, 2011

You Have Permission To Dance

Call it Mercury retrograde, call it burnout, call it what you like: today is not...

August 23, 2011

Call Me By My Name

Spiritual names are important to a lot of Pagans. Some use them as their public...

August 20, 2011

Oprah Owes An Apology to the West Memphis Three

So does Geraldo Rivera, Dan Rather, WMCTV (the local NBC affiliate in Memphis, TN) and...

August 19, 2011

West Memphis Three Walk Free After 18 Years

They were convicted for being young, goth, Wiccan metalheads at the height of the Satanic...

August 18, 2011

Should Pagans Create Meaning From Scratch? Out of nothing?

I've been sneaking reading into my day, much like the old days under blankets with...

August 17, 2011

13 Things I Like About Islam Revisited

With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 around the corner, I'm considering old and new articles...

August 15, 2011

Initiation: A Love Letter

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

August 13, 2011

13 Songs for the Full Moon

I've got a busy day so I'm tossing in a music playlist for the Full...

August 12, 2011

The First Converts to Paganism

Most Pagans living today in the West are converts. We were either raised without religion,...

August 11, 2011

Structure Without Restrictions

Much of the argument surrounding the marriage debate is really regarding structure. Structure isn't a...

August 10, 2011

Wyrd Designs – King Radbod and the Importance of the Ancestors

This week on August 9th many Heathens who are members of the Asatru Alliance, or...

August 09, 2011

Should Pagans Be Survivalists?

Nothing in excess. We all know the Delphic Maxim. All things in moderation. Consumerism is,...

August 08, 2011

Unpacking Your Life

I am in my new apartment, surrounded by boxes, bags and bins, finding new bruises...

August 04, 2011

Guest Post: Steve Provost asks Whose god is it anyway?

Need more proof that the traditional media's claims of "objectivity" are bogus? You need look...

August 03, 2011

Wyrd Designs – Sacred Pagan Sites in Berlin – Hel’s Pond

Recently I had the immense pleasure and privilege of being able to spend two weeks...

August 02, 2011

My Love Affair with Bookstores

The saddest fact of my life is that I live in a county without a...

August 01, 2011

Things We Own: A Lammas Reflection

"A lady once offered me a mat, but as I had no room to spare...

July 2011

July 31, 2011

Forgotten Goddesses: A Coloring Book Review

I get a lot of things to review, and I don't have time to review...

July 30, 2011

You Can’t Appropriate Your Own Culture

Seems like common sense, right? Yet common sense, as the saying goes, isn't quite so...