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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,...

December 15, 2014

Black Lives Matter

The thing about equality is that it is not enough to say, in a vague...

December 05, 2014

One Pagan in the Season of Advent, the Season of #Ferguson #MikeBrown #EricGarner

Why have we been silent?

November 2014

November 04, 2014

Samhain and Remembrance

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

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Ancestor Work: It’s Not Always About “Honoring”

Ancestor work is not always about remembering the positive. Sometimes, it can be about demanding...

October 22, 2014

The Thirteen Vanic Virtues

The Vanir have their own set of virtues...

October 13, 2014

Beloved dead

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

October 02, 2014

Ancestors

There are different types of ancestors - family members, ancestors of spirit, ancestors of place,...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

Storymaking, Artmaking, and the Work of the Soul

Maybe it’s a lifework to piece together the soul from the scraps and bits.

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 05, 2014

Guest post: A Field Guide to Pagan Leadership

There are so many types of leadership manifest in any religious culture. Perhaps identifying and...

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,...

September 01, 2014

Anti-kink and transphobia have no place in Paganism

It may not be your cup of tea, but at least make an effort to...

August 2014

August 14, 2014

Indigenous peoples

When they are ripped out of their environment, lifeways, and culture, they do not flourish....

August 09, 2014

Why do we need labels?

I have been asked twice recently why people need labels for sexual orientations and gender...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Surviving Climate Change Requires Collective Action

Our desire that our groups or traditions be ideologically perfect will not serve us now....

July 24, 2014

A tangled web

Whenever I confront my personal ethical choices around sustainability and ecology, I realise that everything...

July 23, 2014

Moving Beyond “Environmentalism”

The world is alive and aware and we are part of it.

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 15, 2014

How to do interfaith dialogue

Interfaih dialogue works best when the two groups in dialogue are willing to learn, respect,...

July 11, 2014

Pagan leadership

The best Pagan leaders are those who listen – both to the promptings of spirit,...

July 08, 2014

Lammas

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

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Listening Is an Act of Dilation

Listening is a creative act. It’s a sacred act, to listen fully to another. We’re...

June 11, 2014

“The New Face I Turn Up to You”

Do we have an ethical responsibility to develop creativity and imagination within ourselves, to encourage...

May 2014

May 22, 2014

Entering the Hall of the Heathens

What is it to be approached by the voice and figure of a god of...

May 16, 2014

Be the change you want to see in the world

As a queer and polytheist Wiccan, some of the changes I would like to see...

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...

April 2014

April 17, 2014

Consent Culture 101: Basic Practices and Teaching Games

What is consent culture, and how do we build it? Here are some basic practices...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Silence equals complicity: making Pagan groups safe for everyone

We are supposed to be a community that values women, that believes women are the...

March 18, 2014

What happens when the oil runs out?

The oil won't run out overnight, and if we are lucky, it will be managed...