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July 2016

July 10, 2016

Miasma Matters: Concerning Purity

I loved John Beckett's post on purity, even if I did flinch uncomfortably on at...

July 04, 2016

Revisiting Pagan Calvinism

Back in 2012 I wrote about a fundamentalist aspect of Pagan religious culture that I...

May 2016

May 01, 2016

A Generation of Converts: Back to a Life of Faith

Looking back over decades spent contemplating religion is a curious thing. With few exceptions, the...

April 2016

April 05, 2016

Wiccanate: Or You Think This Post Is About You

I get called an elitist, a snob, a fascist and filth by the very people...

March 2016

March 12, 2016

New Ancestors: Saying Goodbye, Saying Hello

My mom died last Sunday. Over the past few days I have inhabited a whole...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

Teach Me To Be Religious

There is a fascinating trend among the conversations I have had with other polytheists lately....

February 13, 2016

Character References for the Gods

I make it a rule not to write under the influence, but tonight I am...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Living: This Is Religion, Too

I have been insanely busy. It makes me feel guilty. I think I should be...

January 10, 2016

Solon’s Tenets: Integrity, Not Oaths

Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath. Put more trust...

December 2015

December 13, 2015

Meeting the Gods on Their Terms

A friend has a place they meet the Gods called the Roadhouse of the Dead....

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 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 16, 2012

The Problem of the Personal Experience

I agreed to edit a devotional anthology to Hephaistos a coon's age ago. Submissions poured...

September 15, 2012

The Five Points of Pagan Calvinism

The Five Points of Pagan Calvinism The Fluidity and/or Subjectivity of Ultimate Spiritual Reality The...

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 03, 2012

Imperfect Gods: English to Polish to English

Rutilius got a kick out of my post Worshiping An Imperfect God, and asked to...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Percy Jackson Can Lead To Paganism

Although in this case it's definitely soft polytheism/psychological pantheism: The Sydney problem, however, still needed...

August 22, 2012

Dar Williams’ In The Time Of Gods

I have been a big fan of Dar Williams since The Christians and the Pagans,...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

Owning Things

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

July 22, 2012

Why Polytheism Is Vital To Paganism

Not all of us are polytheists. I get that. I've just spent a week watching...

June 2012

June 08, 2012

Why A Crisis of Faith Sucks

Remember my writing about going through a crisis of faith? Yeah, that's still happening. It's...

June 04, 2012

Search Not My Heart (aka Don’t Pee In My Cheerios)

Have you ever read the Nicene Creed? It's an affirmation of the theological concepts of...

June 03, 2012

When “Pagan” Loses Meaning: Atheists and Theists

I was angry this morning. I read M.J. Lee's post over on Humanistic Paganism and...

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 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 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...