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		<title>How Sexual Was Your Beltane?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Mankey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us in Pagandom participate in several groups/circles/covens etc. My preference has always been to be a part of a small, intimate group (sometimes a full-fledged &#8220;coven,&#8221; sometimes not) along with a larger, more open circle. The small group becomes my place for serious work and instruction, and hopefully lives up to the idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pagan vs. Christian: The Right and Wrong Ways to Go About It</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Mankey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grand Rapids (MI) Pagan Pride Day is a wonderful event, and I used to speak there on a yearly basis. It was always well organized, featured some fantastic vendors, and had a pretty big turnout. It was always in late September/early October too, a beautiful time of year in Michigan; slightly chilly, but still invigorating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We All Come From the Horned God, possibly, but don&#8217;t sing it&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Mankey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all come from the Horned God, and to him we shall return, like a spark of flame, rising to the heavens . . . . . While I&#8217;ve never particularly liked that line, it&#8217;s been a welcome part of many rituals that I&#8217;ve participated in for the last fifteen years. That line served as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arguing History</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Mankey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For all intents and purposes I&#8217;m a &#8220;Pagan Minimalist*.&#8221; That doesn&#8217;t mean my practice is minimal or small, it means that I view Modern Paganism as a relatively recent phenomenon. If you were to ask me how old I think a practice like Modern Wicca is; I would offer you a guess of maybe seventy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pagan Easter Breakfast, and the origin of Easter things.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Mankey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last ten years* or so my wife and I have hosted what we fondly call &#8220;Pagan Easter Breakfast.&#8221; Pagan Easter Breakfast (or PEB) is exactly what it sounds like, it&#8217;s breakfast on Easter by and for Pagans. I&#8217;ve had a few Pagans accuse me of having a &#8220;secret Christian agenda&#8221; for hosting such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pagan/Atheist Alliance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Mankey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a Facebooker, it&#8217;s a problem, and I know this.  I probably check it ten times a day, usually for just a couple of minutes, but sometimes my sessions run a little longer.  I try hard not to be obscene about it, I&#8217;m not a &#8220;friend collector&#8221; randomly friending people just because they happen to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting the Table: The Importance of Deity in Ritual</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Mankey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little over a week ago I led my first public ritual in California, and received at lot of positive feedback from people I like and respect in my community.  Most of the comments that I got ended up being about the energy present at the ritual (strong and good), and my wife and I&#8217;s recitations of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Confusion of Imbolc</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2012/02/the-confusion-of-imbolc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Mankey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always found Imbolc to be a rather confusing holiday from a theological perspective.  Most sabbats have a pretty clear meaning, and that meaning is consistent no matter where you live.  Beltane is a fertility rite, Lammas is about the harvest, Samhain is about death, etc etc.  Of course you&#8217;ll always find people who want [...]]]></description>
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