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Star Foster

Managing Editor, Pagan Portal

Polytheology, Practical Spirituality, Mysticism, Religious Freedom

Star Foster joined the Patheos team after more than ten years of studying various Pagan traditions, including Religio Romana, Hellenismos, Celtic Reconstructionism, Asatru, Alexandrian Witchcraft and American Traditional Craft. She is currently active in a Pagan church of the Ravenwood line, an American Witchcraft Tradition, and is a founding member of the Atlanta Bureau of the Pagan Newswire Collective. She lives in Dahlonega, GA with her mandolin, laptop and several friends, both human and animal.

Movie Magic

American Mystic: Uniquely American Spirituality

"American Mystic" is an intimate visit with three people who seek more from religion, and offer more as well. Read More »

Hogfather: The Kindest Christmas Satire

Terry Pratchett's Hogfather may be a satire of the season, but it is full of hope, courage and virtue! Read More »

Sabah: A Love Story

Sabah is a story of love across religious and cultural borders told with humor and heart. Read More »

A Portrait of Holy Women: Arranged (2007)

A film about a friendship between young Jewish and Muslim women facing arranged marriages is really a love song to holy women in every faith. Read More »

Recent Articles

When The Gods Fell Silent: A Pagan Recollection of 9/11

If the Gods knew 9/11 was going to happen and did not stop it, what does that mean for Pagan spirituality? Read More »

Pagan Existentialism: An Interview with Brendan Myers

Suppose we courageously revealed ourselves to each other in the hope of better understanding each other. Read More »

Royal Wedding: Marrying the Land

This Beltaine may not only be a time to celebrate a "fairytale wedding," but to invest in a hopeful mythic truth. Read More »

Revisiting the "Moon": An Interview with Ben Whitmore

Ben Whitmore shares what led him to author of a critique of Hutton's Triumph of the Moon. Read More »

American Mystic: Uniquely American Spirituality

"American Mystic" is an intimate visit with three people who seek more from religion, and offer more as well. Read More »