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July 2013

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

Seeking the Mystery Book Giveaway; Kindle Sale

Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan Theologies is on sale in the Kindle Store...

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...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

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

Amazon.com will be offering the e-book edition of _Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan...

May 2013

May 20, 2013

Pagans and Academic Publishing

Academic books cost a lot of money and can be hard to get. Why is...

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 19, 2013

Today in Boston

Like everyone else in Boston, I am wholly distracted by the manhunt for the Boston...

April 18, 2013

Fundamentalism

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

April 17, 2013

Interview with Christine Hoff Kraemer on Albion Calling

I was honored this week by an interview by Dr. Ethan Doyle White for his...

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 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 05, 2013

Why I Am a Pagan

I am Pagan because no other way makes sense. The living world speaks to me...

April 02, 2013

Energy

If there is any objective external reality to the energies that Pagans talk about, then...

March 2013

March 31, 2013

Deities and divinity

There are many different views of how deities relate to each other and to the...

March 30, 2013

Why I am a Wiccan

Wicca is my tribe, my sangha, my dharma. Even when other Wiccans drive me crazy,...

March 27, 2013

Those who are not against us are with us

I have always felt it would be better to define Paganism and Pagan traditions on...

March 25, 2013

What is cultural appropriation?

What is cultural appropriation? It's about power, and context, and histories of persecution. The Native...

March 14, 2013

Guest Post: Pagan-Christian Dialogue, Mistrust, and a Difficult (But Needful) Way Forward

Evangelical and Pagan-Christian interfaith advocate John Morehead writes: I understand the mistrust that many Pagans...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Pagan Intrafaith: A Patheos Pagan Panel

If Paganism is going to survive as a diverse movement, we need to improve communication...

February 17, 2013

Dispatch from PantheaCon: Preparing for Our Future

I attended Jason Pitzl-Waters' talk on "Preserving Our Past, Preparing for Our Future." Here's my...

February 08, 2013

Theology Is Hard; Let’s Go Shopping

As those of you who have been reading along know, I've spent the past three...