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May 2012

May 25, 2012

The (Dis)Empowerment of Positive Thinking

A lot of people I love and admire believe in positive thinking. I'm polite about...

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 23, 2012

Will, The Great Work, World Religions, and Other Things

Wyrd bið ful aræd. (Fate is inexorable.) This is one of my favorite phrases from...

May 22, 2012

Hekate’s Deipnon: Maintaining Your Life

Today is the Deipnon, and I will be celebrating it for the third time. My...

May 21, 2012

13 Artists I Am Listening To Now

I was going to wax eloquent on magic, but I'm not in the mood. So...

May 20, 2012

The Wicker Tree Live Discussion with Peg Aloi and Alastair Gourlay

Peg Aloi, of The Witching Hour, and I decided to take Google Hangouts On Air...

May 19, 2012

Analyzing The Wicker Tree: Spoilers Ahead

Religion can quickly become a gruesome business. Forget whatever you think The Wicker Man and...

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 18, 2012

Beyond Roses Red and Roses White (Possibly NSFW)

Writing can become a bad habit, and a simple question can set loose a torrent...

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...

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....

May 03, 2012

Relying On Faith

I need to start this post with this note before getting on with the topic...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

The Merry Month of Maia

My mind is full of car-shopping panic and to ease it I made something for...

April 27, 2012

I Don’t Want To Live In A Pagan Ghetto

I'm taking this blog off-track for a moment. I had an eventful day yesterday involving...

April 24, 2012

Reconsidering the Importance of Myth

Following up on my last post hasn't been easy. Both a lack of time and...

April 17, 2012

What I’m Doing, And Why I’m Doing It

This is proving difficult to write, despite the fact that I've had a few days...

April 15, 2012

Ch-Ch-Changes

A week ago I took a blogging sabbatical. Since then I've received a lot of...

April 08, 2012

Blogging Sabbatical

Jason Pitzl-Waters, over at The Wild Hunt, made me promise him something once. He made...

April 08, 2012

Polytheists, Neo-Pagans, and Other Religious Critters

The least offensive thing on television as I sit down to write, my belly full...

April 07, 2012

UPG, Divine Revelation and Mystical Experiences

UK author Sorita D'Este is a fascinating woman, and yesterday she posted a video on...

April 06, 2012

Pagan Soup: Gay Founding Fathers, Ivo Dominguez Jr. and Paganish Movies

The Founder of the US Army was Gay? Cara Schulz brought this fantastic bit of...

April 05, 2012

Fire, and Other Sacred Things

My roommates had been talking about building a firepit for months. As the weather grew...