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December 2016

December 05, 2016

Imagining Other Possible Worlds

Science fiction, particularly the writings of Ursula le Guin, explores hypothetical alternative societies, cultures, futures,...

December 01, 2016

You say you want a revolution? (Review)

The exhibition tells the story of social change in the sixties through music, fashion, posters,...

November 2016

November 22, 2016

A Meditation: The Trees and the Forest

November 16, 2016

“But I’m not racist”

Sure, not everyone who voted for Trump or for Brexit was a white supremacist, or...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Colours of Paganism

The symbolism and mythology of colours in various Pagan traditions.

August 2016

August 06, 2016

Hospitality for the Stranger

Both hospitality and reciprocity are Pagan virtues and have been since ancient times. Honour is...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

Why Black Lives Matter (Too) – A Book Review #BlackLivesMatter

Black Lives Matter (Too) critiques racial injustice in the United States in a huge variety...

July 07, 2016

UK Satanic Abuse Scare: 25 Years On

As a pagan who has also worked in the press for the past 30-odd years,...

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...

May 30, 2016

Heresy is Good

Heresy means choosing a path. Isn't that what Paganism is meant to be all about?

May 26, 2016

Books for Kids

So, you want to share your Pagan world-view and values with your kids, without indoctrinating...

May 24, 2016

The Sacred Fool

Humour skewers the powerful and the pompous, pricking their bubble of self-importance. That's why authoritarians...

May 10, 2016

The Moon and the Sea

I have always had a bit of a thing about the Moon, and everything associated...

May 09, 2016

Finding a Compromise: Keeping Places

Respect For the Dead In any discussion of what to do with human remains, I...

May 05, 2016

Respect, Memory, and Human Remains

In 2008, I founded a group, Pagans for Archaeology. I did that because I believe...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

Plain Speaking on Polytheism

It's good to have descriptions of what a word means, so that labels are mutually...

April 25, 2016

May Morning in Oxford

May Day is coming. This year, May Day falls on a Sunday, which is great...

April 22, 2016

Happy Earth Day

I am delighted to see that EarthDay is trending on Twitter. That means people care...

April 21, 2016

The Brewery of the Gods!

It is well known from the lore that the gods actually have a brewery, not...

April 11, 2016

Cultural Appropriation has nothing to do with “race”

Cultural appropriation is when someone from a colonising or culturally dominant culture takes a ritual...

February 2016

February 16, 2016

Making Meaning at the Movies

Has Hollywood Become Our National Conscience? Many 21st-century movies—both animated children’s films and big production...

February 02, 2016

If You Have A Racist Friend

So you have a racist, sexist, homophobic, white supremacist friend. Your racist friend is perfectly...

January 2016

January 22, 2016

The Celts at the British Museum

Last weekend, I saw the Gundestrup Cauldron. It was an amazing, powerful, beautiful experience. Seeing...

January 16, 2016

Pagan and Pantheist Tendencies in Unitarianism

Many people think that the Pagan or Earth Spirit element in Unitarianism started around 1980...

September 2015

September 17, 2015

Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore (Review)

Alan Moore has profoundly influenced the direction of both mainstream and literary comics... plus, he's...

September 09, 2015

Madness, Shamanism, and Wicca

The history of madness is long, convoluted, and fascinating. Different theories and treatments have come...

September 04, 2015

Paganism for Beginners: Social Structures

The fact that people can own land, that property is deemed more important than human...

September 02, 2015

Agreeing To Disagree

Arguments make some people uncomfortable. It is true that conflict can be divisive, but it...

August 2015

August 16, 2015

Spiritual Healing: Run Toward Your Fear (A Book Review: #PTCS by Reba Riley)

I’m not quite like Reba; I left Christianity gently with no hard feelings. But I...

August 11, 2015

Creating a consent culture

Consent culture is the view that everyone has the right to enjoyable sex, which they...