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August 2016

August 17, 2016

My Polytheism

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

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 18, 2016

Polytheism and Apple Pie

John Beckett has a witty and amusing post up about apple pie, vanilla pudding, and...

April 06, 2016

Are Polytheists an Endangered Species?

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

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 09, 2016

Authority in Religious Traditions

We live in a culture and a time where it's hard to be a polytheist....

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Five Memorable Blogposts of 2015

I read loads of really awesome blogposts and articles in 2015. Bloggers on Patheos Pagan,...

August 2015

August 10, 2015

Why I am still a polytheist Wiccan

I am a Wiccan and a polytheist, and I do not believe that the gods...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

Many deities, one beloved

It is possible to be a monogamous polytheist, or a polyamorous monotheist. I am monogamous...

July 17, 2015

Pagans and politics

What is the relationship between Paganism(s) and politics? Some have argued that Paganism is not...

July 08, 2015

Religion, spirituality, and the big ball of mud

Religions are organic, they grow with and in culture – and if people rip the...

July 01, 2015

Paganism for Beginners: Controversies

Over recent years, there have been a number of controversies among Pagans which probably left...

June 2015

June 06, 2015

What is Pagan theology, and why do we need it?

Pagan theology is the discussion of pagan ethics and values and a discussion on the...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Ten Pagan Writers I Am Grateful For In a Troubled Season

Among all the thoughtful and passionate voices I have encountered this year, here are ten...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Storytime: Wayland’s Tale

Once there was a god who wanted to try his luck as a man. It...

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 12, 2014

Dancing and Dowsing: Moving Into Polytheism

I went to a dance class for the first time in years a few days...

August 2014

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 21, 2014

Finding Our Differences: My Experience of the Polytheist Leadership Conference

Guest post: Julian Betkowski shares his impressions of the recent Polytheist Leadership Conference in Fishkill,...

June 2014

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 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...

May 14, 2014

A Dance of Impermanence: Introducing Myself in Two Chapters (Otherwise Titled, Why Am I Here and Who Am I, Anyway?)

New contributor, Sarah Sadie! "I went into the class defining myself as a loose-ish, pagan-ish...