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January 2016

January 28, 2016

Embodied Spirituality: Compassion

Spirituality - embodied or otherwise - is merely narcissism and self-indulgence when it doesn't involve...

November 2015

November 18, 2015

When We Are Birthing, It Helps to Breathe Through the Pain

When we are birthing, it helps to breathe through the pain. An invitation.

August 2015

August 28, 2015

Wobbling, But Not Falling Off

Jason Mankey has a great post on "When Someone Leaves Paganism" and how to respond...

August 16, 2015

Spiritual Healing: Run Toward Your Fear (A Book Review: #PTCS by Reba Riley)

I’m not quite like Reba; I left Christianity gently with no hard feelings. But I...

July 2015

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...

May 2015

May 17, 2015

Spirituality – let the buyer beware

Every time I have an encounter with someone who has an interest in spirituality, and...

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...

March 2014

March 12, 2014

Pagan prayer

A prayer can be nothing more than time taken to set an intention for the...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Pagan sacraments

A rite of passage is a ritual designed to make sacred a particular life event...

September 16, 2013

Occupy Spirituality: Reflections from a Once and Future Activist

_Occupy Spirituality_ makes me feel old. But I know that there will be a future...

July 2013

July 19, 2013

Individuation in Pagan traditions

The aims of Pagan traditions with regard to the self, soul, spirit, consciousness and its...

May 2013

May 02, 2013

The argument from desire

The "argument from desire" is that we all have a "God-shaped hole" in consciousness, which...

January 2013

January 26, 2013

Eco-spirituality and theology

Eco-spirituality involves relating to your environment. It is a non-violent spirituality and spiritual activism. One...

January 24, 2013

Dharma and sangha

I have reached the conclusion that one cannot be fully a member of two traditions...

January 22, 2013

Dual-faith practice (part 4 of 4)

Much of the criticism of dual-faith practice seems to revolve around the issue of authority,...

January 20, 2013

Dual-faith practice (part 3 of 4)

The issue of membership and identity is important in any discussion of a dual or...

January 18, 2013

Dual-faith practice (part 2 of 4)

'Subjective-life' spirituality is often characterised as a pick-and-mix approach, whereas practitioners of dual faith appear...

January 16, 2013

Dual-faith practice (part 1 of 4)

An increasing number of people are beginning to identify themselves as belonging to more than...

January 05, 2013

Maps and signposts on the journey

When I read writers from other religious traditions, I am constantly thinking, how do I...

December 2012

December 26, 2012

Eros and Psyche

Spirituality and sexuality are intertwined. The most profound sexual experiences involve an abandonment of the...