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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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When people think of the Afro-Diasporic faiths in the United States (Vodoun,... read more

What is part of the Lore ?

We choose what to include in our body of lore, based on... read more

How to be a Wiccan Chaplain

Being a chaplain has been the principal form that my service as... read more

Building a Body of Lore

There was a time, not that long ago, when a common set... read more

Introducing Sam Wagar

Activist, Organizer, Priest, Theologian, Mead-maker, public Witch, Temple-planter, Elder. Introducing myself to... read more

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