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2013-07-05T09:57:17-04:00

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

Last updated on: July 5, 2013 at 9:57 am By Christine Kraemer

Today (Monday, 7/1), Amazon.com will be offering the e-book edition of Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan Theologies for $0.99. It's now available in paperback too! Click through for details and an excerpt from Chapter One. Read more

Pagan Studies

Theology

Christine Hoff Kraemer

2013-07-13T14:25:17-04:00

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Introductory Pagan Theology Book — $1 Kindle E-Book Sale, Plus Paperback Release!

Last updated on: July 13, 2013 at 2:25 pm By Christine Kraemer

Amazon.com will be offering the e-book edition of _Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan Theologies_ for $0.99 on Monday 7/1, then at a reduced price of $2.99 for about a week thereafter. Read more

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Christine Hoff Kraemer

2014-12-26T11:57:36-05:00

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Visualisation, meditation, and pathworking

Last updated on: December 26, 2014 at 11:57 am By Yvonne Aburrow

Often people use the terms visualisation, meditation and pathworking interchangeably, but they are different techniques, with different purposes and histories of development. Read more

When knowledge was power

Last updated on: December 26, 2014 at 11:58 am By Yvonne Aburrow

Ritual often seems like an activity designed only for interaction with the preternatural or the supernatural. However, in non-literate (oral) cultures, it can have a mnemonic function - to remember and pass on traditional lore, about how to grow and manage crops, about animal and plant species, how to interact with the land, how to use tools. Read more

Why interfaith is important – an interview with John Macintyre

Last updated on: December 26, 2014 at 11:58 am By Yvonne Aburrow

Recently, after fourteen years of interfaith dialogue and sheer hard work, the Scottish Pagan Federation has been officially recognised as a member of the Scottish Interfaith Council. This is a really important development, and a tribute to the hard work and persistence of the Scottish Pagan Federation. I interviewed John Macintyre, a good friend of mine, a former president of the Scottish Pagan Federation, and the person who is responsible for most of that patient process of dialogue, and asked him to explain why it is so important, and how it was achieved. Read more

2013-05-17T18:51:27-04:00

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Pagans and Academic Publishing

Last updated on: May 17, 2013 at 6:51 pm By Christine Kraemer

Academic books cost a lot of money and can be hard to get. Why is that, and what changes could happen in the future to make scholarly Pagan studies books more affordable and accessible? Read more

2013-05-23T11:25:43-04:00

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Notes toward a Pagan Theology of Fiction

Last updated on: May 23, 2013 at 11:25 am By Christine Kraemer

Pagans widely agree that fiction has spiritual power. But what roles does fiction play in different Pagan traditions? Must a myth or legend have a historical basis in order to be significant? Read more

popular culture and religion

2014-12-26T12:00:03-05:00

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Context is everything

Last updated on: December 26, 2014 at 12:00 pm By Yvonne Aburrow

The practice of taking quotes and practices out of context and applying them without regard to circumstances is one of the most damaging aspects of religion; and it is also one of the major causes of misunderstanding between religions. We need to look at the context of any practice, quote, or rule, and ask, what is the real reason behind this? If it is harmful, can it be reformulated in such a way as to restore the original intention (to remind us of our connection with the Divine), and remove the harmful aspect of the practice? Read more

2014-12-26T12:00:39-05:00

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The argument from desire

Last updated on: December 26, 2014 at 12:00 pm By Yvonne Aburrow

The "argument from desire" is that we all have a "God-shaped hole" in consciousness, which can only be filled by the divine. Can this concept have any meaning in a Pagan context? What is it that Pagans desire? For one thing, most Pagans believe that the divine (whether it is perceived as a single underlying energy, or as many deities) is immanent in the world, and therefore available to our experience in the here and now. Read more

2013-05-02T11:24:59-04:00

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News and Notes – Pagan Theology and Scholarship

Last updated on: May 2, 2013 at 11:24 am By Christine Kraemer

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

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