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August 2012

August 16, 2012

Guest Post: Steven Abell’s “The Toad Prince & Stuff”

Steven T Abell writes the Letters From Midgard column here on Patheos Pagan. If you...

August 05, 2012

I Really Want Some Chick-Fil-A Right Now (Or A Political Pagan Lent)

Not only because it is Sunday, but because I haven't had Chick-Fil-A in a long...

March 2012

March 22, 2012

13 Reasons I’m Glad Bristol Palin Is At Patheos

You may be aware that Bristol Palin is writing for Patheos. You likely have an...

January 2012

January 28, 2012

Hijacking Paganism in the Media

Imagine people began to refer to all people who wear religious jewelry as Catholic. The...

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...

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...

October 2011

October 21, 2011

Let Them Eat Cake: An Observation on Occupy Wall Street

I feel like utter crud, so this won't be long or comprehensive. My apologies. Recently...

October 20, 2011

The Devil Is A Useful Creature

Some days I envy the Christians their Devil. He's such a useful creature. All the...

July 2011

July 26, 2011

Norway, Spiritual Warfare, Apotheosis and Being Smurfy

Lots going on today, so I'm going to weigh in briefly on each item of...

July 01, 2011

Life, Liberty and the Institution of Marriage?

Yesterday I was reading Timothy Dalrymple's post on the gay marriage debate. Tim's a good...

June 2011

June 10, 2011

Ayn Rand: Godmother of Satanism

How strange it seems that followers of "the wickedest man in the world," as well...

May 2011

May 25, 2011

Voting By Faith in 2012: The Founding Fathers Couldn’t Get Elected Today

Evangelicals crack me up. They really do. I have friends and family who are Evangelical...

May 03, 2011

Pagan Response to bin Laden’s Death

While I was recovering from Beltaine festivities one of the most wanted men in the...

April 2011

April 11, 2011

Pagans on the Middle East: Intro

Nothing is going as planned today. Somehow the tv ended up stuck on a documentary...

January 2011

January 19, 2011

Gov. Bentley Ain’t My Brother (And That’s Just Dandy)

Everyone is hooting and hollering and getting in a huff over Governor Robert Bentley stating...

January 11, 2011

When Good Pagans Do Nothing

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."...

January 10, 2011

Tragedy in AZ: Candles and Oranges Do Not An Occultist Make

I thought the worst news I would hear this morning would be that the power...

January 08, 2011

Tragedy in Arizona: Pagan Perspective on Political Violence

Like the rest of you, I'm glued to the breaking news regarding the shooting of...

November 2010

November 26, 2010

Bad Manners (A Holiday Rant)

There are a lot of things I could write about today. Black Friday. Buy Nothing...

November 02, 2010

Religion and Politics

What is it about religion and politics? Why do we feel compelled to marry the...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

The Silly Season: Witches, Politics or Both?

I confess I hate Politics. I enjoy discussing politics with polite reasonable people, but I...

October 06, 2010

Pagan Soup: Gleeks, Rock Gods, O’Donnell and Your Thoughts on Evil

Glee on Spirituality Glee has touched on spirituality before. Both Rachel and Puck are Jewish...

September 2010

September 20, 2010

Christine O’Donnell Dabbled In Witchcraft and Reagan Used Psychics

In the past, I've dabbled in Christianity. I was seeing this Pentecostal man and I...