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2015-05-17T04:37:53+00:00

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The Language of Power and the Language of Care

Last updated on: May 17, 2015 at 4:37 am By Gus diZerega

Languages are alive, their words and meanings existing in a kind of linguistic ecosystem, but are we over-valuing words that disconnect us from the natural world? nviting relationships were replaced by words closed to them Read more

2015-03-28T15:24:25+00:00

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The spiritual gifts of Wicca do not stop with Wiccans

Last updated on: March 28, 2015 at 3:24 pm By Gus diZerega

Wicca and similar NeoPagan traditions have already helped humanity far out of proportion to our small numbers. We have disproportionately strengthened two spiritual insights essential to humanity’s future: the sacredness of the feminine and the sacredness of nature. In the absence of a appreciation for both, our society faces increasingly dark times, times even darker than those we are currently suffering. The crisis of our times As with every society, America has always presented a positive and negative side. Because... Read more

2016-06-08T16:48:49+00:00

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Why monotheisms are so violent. And why the best monotheists are not.

Last updated on: June 8, 2016 at 4:48 pm By Gus diZerega

Monotheism seems to have an innate proclivity to violence *and* it has inspired some of the most noble people in human history. Why? Read more

2014-08-27T16:26:35+00:00

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A response to Niki Whiting’s review of my book, Faultlines

Last updated on: August 27, 2014 at 4:26 pm By Gus diZerega

Replying to reviews with which an author disagrees is in many ways a waste of time. Reviewers and other readers bring their own preconceptions and biases to whatever they encounter, just as do authors. It is no surprise two people will read the same book and emphasize different dimensions of it, both possibly different from what the author tried to emphasize. But at a minimum a review should give the reader a reasonable idea of what the book is about.... Read more

2014-07-23T14:10:31+00:00

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Environmentalism and Pagan religion

Last updated on: July 23, 2014 at 2:10 pm By Gus diZerega

In the name of a more humane future, Pagans must do all we can to restrict the power and extent of joint stock corporations. Economic decisions must be made by human beings who will not be penalized if they do not put money profit first. This means removing joint stock corporations from sectors of the economy closely interacting with the natural environment. Read more

2014-06-15T02:24:45+00:00

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Polytheism, Emergence and the One

Last updated on: June 15, 2014 at 2:24 am By Gus diZerega

There is no contradiction between being a genuine polytheist, one arguing there may be unimaginably huge number of deities, and holding to the existence of an ultimate impersonal/transpersonal Source from which everything emerges, including the Gods. Even without the metaphysics, modern science is demonstrating that we ourselves are genuine individuals, but at the same time are such only because of our relationships at every level. We make no great jump to suggest the same holds for Spirit. Read more

2014-04-02T14:48:00+00:00

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Considering ‘Privilege,’ White, Wiccan, and otherwise. Part III: Occult and Spiritual Dimensions

Last updated on: April 2, 2014 at 2:48 pm By Gus diZerega

Resentment, envy, and self-righteousness push away from the heart, narrowing it or shutting it down. In my opinion this is the ultimate spiritual poison in having the logic of ‘privilege’ come to dominate, or even play a large role, in our spiritual and religious lives. It weakens the heart, both in oneself and often in those attacked, and so further separates us from Spirit. Read more

2014-04-02T14:57:23+00:00

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Considering ‘Privilege,’ White, Wiccan, and otherwise. Part II: When the language of privilege works and when it does not

Last updated on: April 2, 2014 at 2:57 pm By Gus diZerega

The problems with 'Wiccan privilege' as a concept are rooted in the current abuse of the term in social and political analysis. While the term has a narrowly circumscribed realm where it provides important insights, its expansion beyond this realm has led to considerable confusion and worse. Read more

2014-04-02T14:59:51+00:00

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Considering ‘Privilege,’ White, Wiccan, and otherwise. Part I: Wiccan privilege

Last updated on: April 2, 2014 at 2:59 pm By Gus diZerega

The word “privilege” is too abstract to do the work that needs to be done when we are discussing the intricacies of equality and inequality and how to make life better. It works well with respect to legal privileges giving some people advantages over others in the eyes of the law. Expanding it as has been done for ‘Wiccan privilege’ and its equivalent in feminism opens the door to serious abuses and confusions. Read more

2014-03-12T18:35:20+00:00

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Looking to the future: Pagan religions in 50 Years

Last updated on: March 12, 2014 at 6:35 pm By Gus diZerega

Amid this rich spiritual diversity most of us will come together in a deeper appreciation for this sacred earth within which we live, and for feminine values as necessary correctives to the one-sided masculine puffery that afflicts and distorts so much of our culture, secular and Christian alike. And that will be quite enough. Read more

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