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March 2014

March 12, 2014

Pagan prayer

A prayer can be nothing more than time taken to set an intention for the...

March 11, 2014

Your mountain is not my mountain and that’s just fine

Metaphors for religion are tricky things, especially when we try to stretch them and make...

March 10, 2014

Wiccanate Privilege and Polytheist Wiccans

We should dismantle Wiccanate privilege as soon as possible. Let’s have devotional polytheism, liturgical Paganism,...

March 06, 2014

Old magic versus new magic

Recently I received an enquiry from a seeker in Eastern Europe, where much of the...

March 05, 2014

Drugs: it’s all about the context

Drugs and other mind-altering substances have been used in a sacred context for millennia. It...

March 04, 2014

If you build it, they will come

I would like to see Pagan weddings become legally recognised in England and Wales. I...

March 03, 2014

Pagan Tea Times with John Halstead and Fritz Muntean

I sit down with John Halstead and Fritz Muntean to talk about Paganism, the internet,...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

All the Pagan Tea Times You Can Drink!

More Pagan Tea Times: John Beckett, David Dashifen Kees, Julian Betkowski, and Henry Buchy. The...

February 14, 2014

Lupercalia

Whatever the origins and timing of Valentine's Day, 14 February was originally the date of...

February 13, 2014

Tea Times with Aine Llewellyn and Rhyd Wildermuth

Fantastic Tea Times this week! Pagan history, the role of alternative religion in critiquing culture,...

February 11, 2014

Thought forms

One aspect of deities seems to be thought-forms. That is not to say that deities...

February 02, 2014

Tea Time Update and Chair Position at Cherry Hill Seminary

Pagan Tea Time sweeps the Internet! Plus, Cherry Hill Seminary is looking for a new...

January 2014

January 19, 2014

Building Pagan Intellectual Culture Face to Face

It is vitally important, if we want to build Pagan intellectual culture, that we know...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Ritual safety

I once attended a ritual where the temple (a basement room) had a polystyrene ceiling,...

December 04, 2013

Yule

The winter solstice is the point in the year when the day is at its...

December 02, 2013

Petition to Capitalize “Pagan” – Chicago Manual / AP Stylebook Letter

In order to assure greater accuracy in 21st century journalism, 49 scholars and authors petition...

November 2013

November 11, 2013

November Gratitude: Initiatory Communities

Out of all my experiences in Pagan groups, the one that has moved me the...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective – Signed Copies Available

I am pleased to announce the publication of my theology of touch, Eros and Touch...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Pagan sacraments

A rite of passage is a ritual designed to make sacred a particular life event...

September 16, 2013

Occupy Spirituality: Reflections from a Once and Future Activist

_Occupy Spirituality_ makes me feel old. But I know that there will be a future...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Pagan Theology: Recommended Resources

Looking for resources that explore the theoretical and theological bases for contemporary Pagan practice? Look...

July 2013

July 19, 2013

Individuation in Pagan traditions

The aims of Pagan traditions with regard to the self, soul, spirit, consciousness and its...

July 17, 2013

The struggle is not over yet

I am delighted that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people can now marry someone of...

July 10, 2013

Seeking the Mystery: Giveaway Results and Review Round-up

Congratulations to the winner of the Seeking the Mystery paperback giveaway, and thanks so much...

July 08, 2013

Pathways in Modern Western Magic (Review)

Pathways in Modern Western Magic has the most to offer to a reader who is...

July 05, 2013

Virtue Ethics (Seeking the Mystery, Chp. 5 Excerpt)

What are virtue ethics, and how do Pagans make ethical decisions? Learn more in this...

July 04, 2013

The Multiple Soul (Seeking the Mystery, Chp. 4 Excerpt)

What are some of the ways that Pagans think about the human soul (or in...

July 03, 2013

Occult Knowledge and Gnosis (Seeking the Mystery, Ch. 3 Excerpt)

What is the occult? Esotericism? Gnosis, and UPG? Learn more in this excerpt from Seeking...

July 02, 2013

Myth and Tradition (Seeking the Mystery, Chp. 2 Excerpt)

As promised, an excerpt from Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan Theologies, now available in both...

July 01, 2013

Seeking the Mystery Book Giveaway; Kindle Sale

Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan Theologies is on sale in the Kindle Store...

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