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Samuel Wagar

About Samuel Wagar

I'm a Wiccan Priest (since 1985), chaplain at University of Alberta (since 2014), doctoral candidate in Ministry/theology at St. Stephen's College. Author of "I Know Know Where the Bodies are Buried: A Memoir, 1956-2011" (Obscure Pagan Press / Createspace, 2014) "Growing Wiccan Temples and Leaders: Temple Organization and Leadership Development in a Mission-Centred Wiccan Movement" (Obscure Pagan Press / Createspace 2012) "The Uses of Ecstasy: Ritual and Practical Mysticism in Wicca" (Obscure Pagan Press / Createspace 2012) "Creating Lore, Writing Ritual" (Obscure Pagan Press / Createspace 2012) Edited and provided an introduction and recommended reading appendix to "Adelphon Kruptos - the Secret Work of the Knights of Labor 1886 " (Washington DC: Westphalia Press, 2016) Compiled and wrote seven editions of a "Directory to Canadian Pagan Resources" , and edited "A Pagan Teen Survival Guide" (Obscure Pagan Press 1998). I have sixteen academic publications in theology, sociology of religion and Wicca. I'm the father of two adult sons and a mead-maker. I have a drum but rarely play it, love dancing naked around the fire at Pagan events. I've been reading Tarot for forty years.

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LGBTQ+ Affirming Wicca

The first place to start, of course, is by asking people to... read more

Liturgy and Ritual

One key activity, the central activity of public temples, is ritual performance. Training... read more

A slice of life today. This week has been very busy with... read more

Temple Publicity and Public Information Tips

Our temples are public, and our ordained clergy are public figures. Temples... read more

Just the Start of School Again

The academic year has commenced at University of Alberta, where I am... read more

Bad Examples in Pagan organizing

We learn more from failures than successes. Over thirty-six years as a... read more

Parent Rite of Passage

When a child is born everyone celebrates the child (as they should)... read more

Growth and reproduction of Wiccan Temples

Social, personal, and religious transformation cannot be accomplished by maintaining what we... read more

Affirmation and Sacrifice

The Wiccan understanding of the divine masculine is not the Patriarchal all-powerful... read more

Mystery and Personal Growth

The intellect makes sense of an experience or work of art, but... read more

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