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August 2016

August 17, 2016

My Polytheism

One of the things I really like about polytheism is its inherent plurality. Gods and...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Poem on a Birthday

All the myths and stories tell us the gift exists to be transformed and passed...

June 2016

June 12, 2016

Let’s Talk About Gender

Gender is a difficult concept. I literally have no idea why some activities, clothing styles,...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Why I am a Wiccan (video)

What is Wicca? Why I am a Wiccan. Video of an address given at the...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Combinations of Difficult Questions #PinkOut

What if a woman’s voice is the tree falling in the forest? What if women's...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

Wobbling, But Not Falling Off

Jason Mankey has a great post on "When Someone Leaves Paganism" and how to respond...

August 10, 2015

Why I am still a polytheist Wiccan

I am a Wiccan and a polytheist, and I do not believe that the gods...

May 2015

May 12, 2015

The Need for Story, Witness, Truth

What if we focused on healing the harm on every side, rather than punishing (or...

May 10, 2015

A bubble of complacency

One of the things that enables me to function more-or-less effectively is the notion that...

April 2015

April 20, 2015

Re-Imagining the Hero’s Journey

Not everyone wants to be king. Not everyone wants to end up married and live...

March 2015

March 02, 2015

Woman with the Pen: Five Moments On My Way Back to Patheos

There are many radical and beloved and ferocious warriors whose voices I treasure above my...

January 2015

January 01, 2015

Gender and sexuality in Wicca

This is the video of my talk at Witchfest in Croydon, November 2014. The talk...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

Diverse communities are less racist

The subjugation and oppression of Black and brown people is part of the dominionist, capitalist,...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

Elections, Politics, Consent, and #sexyvoterhaiku

Yesterday was a completely improvisatory performance, unfolding in real time, exploring the metaphor of elections...

November 04, 2014

Samhain and Remembrance

The Pagan festivals are less about a single day when we reflect on or celebrate...

October 2014

October 15, 2014

Art, Agriculture, and Ancestors

Each year in October we move as pilgrims through the rural landscape, stopping at each...

October 13, 2014

Beloved dead

Why so few memories of my grandpa? Because my parents grew up in the Exclusive...

October 08, 2014

Joy at the Breakfast Table

Maybe this is the best we can do for each other, ever: to keep a...

October 01, 2014

When Storymaking Fails: Towards a Non-Narrative Theology

I distrust any religion that hands its followers too many answers. Answers close down the...

September 2014

September 19, 2014

Storytime: Spiritual Geography as Story

First we draw the map. Sometimes the map is a story.

September 16, 2014

Why I am a polytheist

I have always been drawn to Pagan deities, even before I knew what they were....

September 12, 2014

Dancing and Dowsing: Moving Into Polytheism

I went to a dance class for the first time in years a few days...

September 03, 2014

My Three R’s: Running, wRiting, and Resiliency

Don't think it is easy to hit rock bottom, turn around and say, Okay, again,...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

Embodiment and Woundedness: Owning Up to Being an Animal

When I stepped into the waters of Lake Superior, I recognized the sensation exactly: I’ve...

July 08, 2014

Lammas

It is surprisingly hard to design rituals for large numbers of people that can involve...

June 2014

June 02, 2014

Why I Dislike “-Ist”s but Love Raven Kaldera

When I teach, I do my best to downplay my personal beliefs, since my aim...

May 2014

May 14, 2014

A Dance of Impermanence: Introducing Myself in Two Chapters (Otherwise Titled, Why Am I Here and Who Am I, Anyway?)

New contributor, Sarah Sadie! "I went into the class defining myself as a loose-ish, pagan-ish...

March 2014

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 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,...