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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 26, 2012

Memorial Day: Remembering Their Service

One of the most controversial topics I write about is support for members of our...

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 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 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 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 24, 2012

Reconsidering the Importance of Myth

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

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...

March 2012

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...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

Don’t Rubber Duckie My Religion

Watching the Oscars on your birthday is the worst thing you can do. You are...

February 26, 2012

What Is Our Purpose?

I'm still reading about Iamblichean NeoPlatonism, and it's percolating in the back of my brain....

February 20, 2012

Should There Be Freedom Of Religion Within Paganism?

I was really freaking angry yesterday. I'm still processing my feelings of betrayal and being...

January 2012

January 23, 2012

The Spiritual Component of Autism

The response to my last post on autism and Asperger's really overwhelmed me. I didn't...

January 16, 2012

Living In My Own Mind: A Pagan With Asperger’s

This is a post that I swore I would never write. I thought it would...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

Religion Is Not A Matter Of Style

Yeah, I know. You already hate this post. Just from the title. I don't care....

July 2011

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...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

Of Course Gay Marriage Can Last!

Time for another straight person's take on gay marriage, or as we like to call...

April 2011

April 11, 2011

Magic & Religion = Chocolate & Peanut Butter

I knew a woman who claimed she laid hands on a transmission and healed it....

April 11, 2011

Pagans on the Middle East: Intro

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

March 2011

March 14, 2011

Hubris, Disaster, the Gods and Schisms to Come

A couple of days ago I wrote a post on why disasters happen from a...