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March 2014

March 21, 2014

Polytheism and mystery

Polytheism ought to mean "many deities", with no other qualifications, and include all varieties that...

March 11, 2014

Your mountain is not my mountain and that’s just fine

Metaphors for religion are tricky things, especially when we try to stretch them and make...

March 10, 2014

Wiccanate Privilege and Polytheist Wiccans

We should dismantle Wiccanate privilege as soon as possible. Let’s have devotional polytheism, liturgical Paganism,...

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...

July 2013

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...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

The varieties of religious experience

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

April 20, 2013

Tradition

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

March 2013

March 31, 2013

Deities and divinity

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

January 2013

January 11, 2013

Three Legs on the Pagan Cauldron, or Must Pagans Be Polytheists?

In 2013, I think the three legs of the contemporary Pagan cauldron are these: polytheism,...

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