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December 2016

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,...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Colours of Paganism

The symbolism and mythology of colours in various Pagan traditions.

September 2016

September 27, 2016

Misconceptions about cultural appropriation

Frequently, people assume that talk of cultural appropriation means that no-one can ever use an...

September 17, 2016

Fraud, and why it matters

A fraud is someone who deliberately and knowingly seeks to deceive others. If you can't...

September 16, 2016

Binary Thinking and Dealing with Abuse

The biggest problem with this binary view of 100% good people & 100% bad people...

September 15, 2016

“Good” people do bad things: statement on the Frosts

This is why we need the Pagan and Heathen Symposium Code of Conduct for all...

September 03, 2016

Living Traditions

A culture, and a religion, is a massively complex system of interlocking ideas, philosophies, symbols,...

August 2016

August 17, 2016

My Polytheism

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

June 2016

June 20, 2016

On Being European and Scottish

The North Sea has always connected people far more than it divided them, and the...

June 18, 2016

Externalising/Internalising: Talking About The Pain

I am very concerned that now straight society may take even less responsibility for the...

June 16, 2016

After Orlando: “Stay Proud, Stay Visible”

All around the world, vigils have have taken place in memory of the dead of...

June 15, 2016

Grace is the Time, is the Place, is the Motion

Grace is related to renewal and a sense of being right with the world and...

June 12, 2016

Let’s Talk About Gender

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

June 10, 2016

Hex The System, Bind The Perpetrator

If a man assumes he is entitled to physical contact (sexual or otherwise) with a...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

Heresy is Good

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

May 24, 2016

The Sacred Fool

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

May 16, 2016

What Does An Inclusive Coven Look Like?

Inclusive Wicca is about being inclusive towards everyone, regardless of sexuality, ethnicity, disability, or other...

May 07, 2016

Metaphors for Religion

There are many different metaphors floating about for religions, and each one illuminates something different...

May 05, 2016

Respect, Memory, and Human Remains

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

May 04, 2016

Cultural Appropriation and Racism

In my last post on cultural appropriation (Cultural Appropriation has nothing to do with "Race"),...

May 02, 2016

Creative Endarkenment: The Need to Slow

One cannot seek endarkenment with the clock ticking or the timer going off.

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 21, 2016

The Brewery of the Gods!

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

April 20, 2016

Hail Eris!

The way things have been going lately, anyone would think that Eris had lobbed an...

April 13, 2016

Creative Endarkenment: Embracing Silence

Brainstorming, workshopping, sharing and publishing are all good and necessary parts of the creative life....

April 06, 2016

Are Polytheists an Endangered Species?

Why polytheism is the default setting to which religion will always gravitate.

April 01, 2016

The Alchemical Mysteries of Daisy

Few people know that Harry Dacre, the author of the song Daisy Bell, was an...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

With Our Thoughts We Make The World

Most religions are a form of metapolitics: their goal is to transform society and individuals...

March 22, 2016

Mystical Polytheism

I have always thought that the deities of Nature are the emergent consciousness of complex...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

The Devil is in the Detail

It is much easier to say "we don't believe in your mythology at all" than...