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September 2014

September 16, 2014

Why I am a polytheist

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

September 14, 2014

Systemic racism, othering, and alienation

The first step to rectifying the situation is to acknowledge the endemic racism in the...

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,...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

Walking away from Omelas

Have you read Ursula Le Guin's classic short story, The ones who walk away from...

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 30, 2014

Shapeshifting, Autism and The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid was …autistic?

July 24, 2014

A tangled web

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

July 15, 2014

How to do interfaith dialogue

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

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 18, 2014

On the Nature of Green(s)

Recently I’ve been thinking again about Greens.

June 16, 2014

Being Batty: Polytheism, Experience, and Monistic Reduction

I assert that we make a profound mistake when we attempt to apologize all points...

June 04, 2014

A Theology of Trees and Fractals

Every day we wake up is Choose Your Own Adventure, wildwood, labyrinth, if we have...

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 28, 2014

“That Which You Hate and Try to Destroy is Sacred”

I want every woman to insist on herself—and to be free and able to do...

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 19, 2014

Polytheistic Monism: A Guest Post by Christopher Scott Thompson (Part Four)

Thompson concludes with "Polyvalent Polytheism" and "Monad and Multiplicity." "I don’t claim any superiority for...

May 19, 2014

Polytheistic Monism: A Guest Post by Christopher Scott Thompson (Part Three)

Thompson continues with the question of whether polytheistic monism denies the gods and whether monism...

May 19, 2014

Polytheistic Monism: A Guest Post by Christopher Scott Thompson (Part Two)

Thompson explicates the relationship between henotheism and monism and looks at polytheistic monism in historical...

May 19, 2014

Polytheistic Monism: A Guest Post by Christopher Scott Thompson (Part One)

Some heathens and polytheists express hostility toward a perspective they define as monism, seeing it...

March 2014

March 29, 2014

Erotic Ethics and Pagan Consent Culture

In times of crisis, we often focus on what we DON'T want. But if we...

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 21, 2014

Polytheism and mystery

Polytheism ought to mean "many deities", with no other qualifications, and include all varieties that...

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...

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 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...