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March 2012

March 13, 2012

Pagan Temples Revisited

My post on Pagan temples had quite a response. I'm going to try to process...

March 12, 2012

Pagan Temples: Dreaming Really Big

Monday's are awful. This particular Monday is awful as I'm grappling with a situation for...

March 07, 2012

Choosing Paganism and Processing Regret

I'm 30 and it's hitting me hard. Older folks may chuckle at that, but I...

February 2012

February 19, 2012

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Apparently protests are going on at PantheaCon. T. Thorn Coyle has posted this on her...

February 13, 2012

Opening Up To Love

Tomorrow is Valentines Day, beloved of romantics and dreaded by cynics. Even I, veritable grump...

February 08, 2012

Violence, Children and Women

There seems to be a theme of violence in the news this morning, and before...

January 2012

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...

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 18, 2012

The Final Episode of Big Love, the Goddess and Alternative Family

NOTICE: This post has been found in violation of H.R. 3261, S.O.P.A. and has been...

January 15, 2012

Petty, Carnal, Pagan Desires

Awhile back I talked about the Pagan concept of salvation being temporal rather than eternal....

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....

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...

July 2011

July 16, 2011

Magic Works

I'm not a "woo-woo" Pagan. When someone tells me they can chat with their cat...

July 12, 2011

All Acts of Love

Civil rights is the defining issue of our age. My grandparents were born into a...

July 04, 2011

Independence Day in Northern Redneckistan

When M'Colleague first broached the "what does it mean to be a Pagan-American" subject, I...

July 04, 2011

Polytheism is Good for America (and so are Pagans)

No theology is perfect, but I believe polytheism, the belief in a multiplicity of the...

July 04, 2011

Hail Columbia! A Call to Pagan-Americans!

Hail to Columbia! Spirit of Liberty! Guardian of our country's Highest Ideals! Muse of Jefferson,...

July 03, 2011

Freedom

I am contemplating Freedom today. From the concept in American culture, to the strange Freedom...

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...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

UPDATED-Link Round-Up: Is the Pagan Label/Community Useful?

*EVEN MORE new links added below* Polytheists are making the argument that their communities thrive...

May 27, 2011

Real World Benefits of Not Being Pagan

Find other posts related to this topic on the link round-up post! When Drew Jacob...

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...

January 2011

January 09, 2011

Have A Little Fate

My head is full of the horrific events in Arizona, the extreme knottiness of talking...

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 23, 2010

America’s Nature Religion for Children

Long before I encountered Thoreau, Whitman or even Teddy Roosevelt, I discovered America's nature religion...

November 14, 2010

Nobody’s Happy

I take news sabbaticals. Sometimes I reach a point where I just don't need any...

November 13, 2010

Armageddon in Azeroth

After a few weeks away from World of Warcraft I finally got my tech issues...

November 09, 2010

Elitism: The Intellectual Path in Paganism

"You dropped a hundred and fifty grand on a ****** education you coulda got for...

November 07, 2010

Top Ten Things Our Ancestors Want Us To Know

In the spirit of top 10 lists and the spirit of the season, here is...

November 01, 2010

Introspective Season

The Hallows season is here and our thoughts are turning inward. I've spent the summer...