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February 2014

February 14, 2014

Lupercalia

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

February 11, 2014

Thought forms

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

December 2013

December 04, 2013

Yule

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

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...

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 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

Hard Polytheism (Seeking the Mystery, Chp. 1 Excerpt)

Today (Monday, 7/1), Amazon.com will be offering the e-book edition of Seeking the Mystery: An...

May 2013

May 27, 2013

Why interfaith is important – an interview with John Macintyre

Recently, after fourteen years of interfaith dialogue and sheer hard work, the Scottish Pagan Federation...

May 17, 2013

Notes toward a Pagan Theology of Fiction

Pagans widely agree that fiction has spiritual power. But what roles does fiction play in...

May 15, 2013

Context is everything

The practice of taking quotes and practices out of context and applying them without regard...

May 02, 2013

The argument from desire

The "argument from desire" is that we all have a "God-shaped hole" in consciousness, which...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

News and Notes – Pagan Theology and Scholarship

Sacred Lands conference, summer Contemporary Global Paganisms course at Cherry Hill Seminary, and crowdsourcing Pagan...

April 29, 2013

The varieties of religious experience

Having distinctive religious traditions matters because each tradition expresses a distinctive identity, philosophy, tradition, set...

April 24, 2013

The Pagan umbrella is leaking

The "Pagan umbrella" is leaking, but I think we need to look at ways to...

April 22, 2013

Metaphors can kill

Metaphors are a very powerful thing. They can dictate how we we see the world,...

April 20, 2013

Tradition

Tradition is something that grows and evolves. It is not set in stone, but is...

April 18, 2013

Fundamentalism

What is fundamentalism? Is it all bad? Can the term 'fundamentalist' be applied to Pagans?

April 16, 2013

What is the foundation of Pagan ethics?

Pagans don't have a holy book with commandments from a deity. We tend to derive...

April 14, 2013

Values, beliefs, practices

What makes you a Pagan? Is it what you believe, what you do, or something...

April 12, 2013

Aspects of initiation

In my view, there are six separate aspects to initiation. There is the inner process...

April 10, 2013

Five questions about Paganism

(1) How is paganism different? (2) What is the significance of its difference? (3) What...

April 10, 2013

Atheist critiques of religion

I think the atheist critique does religions a great service - it's like having an...

April 08, 2013

Religion and humour

Part of the function of humour is to subvert the accepted order of things. Whenever...

April 06, 2013

What is magic and how does it work?

A friend on Facebook asked, how does magic work? My immediate response to this was,...

April 04, 2013

Ritual, liturgy, and worship

There are several different modes of ritual, which have different meanings and purposes. When writing...