2013-09-01T06:32:55-05:00

Last updated on: September 1, 2013 at 6:32 am   By

My nominations for the first 11 trump cards of the Tarot drawn from Pagan celebrities living and dead. Read more

2013-08-24T19:15:00-05:00

Last updated on: August 24, 2013 at 7:15 pm   By

I see contemporary Paganism as an attempt to revise the categories of Western civilization: God/devil, body/spirit, self/other, purity/sex, logos/pathos, reverence/revelry, science/magic/religion, and so on. Perhaps then Paganism will always be weird. Perhaps we should hope Paganism will always be weird. Maybe to exist in between the categories of mainstream religious thought is what Paganism is all about. Read more

2013-08-21T18:37:45-05:00

Last updated on: August 21, 2013 at 6:37 pm   By

Sometimes, going to my Unitarian church on Sundays feels like an act of "spiritual suicide." I am grateful for what Unitarianism is, even while I wish it could be more. Read more

2013-08-21T09:44:52-05:00

Last updated on: August 21, 2013 at 9:44 am   By

In the end, we all must surrender to God/dess. But in the meantime, let our worship be defiance. Let us kneel in acknowledgment of all that we cannot change, and then stand in recognition of all that we can. We earn the right to bow our heads to God/dess only after we have fought the good fight with Her. To me, Paganism is not a religion of consolation -- it is a religion of action, a religion of struggle, a religion of defiance! Read more

2013-08-15T21:41:17-05:00

Last updated on: August 15, 2013 at 9:41 pm   By

This is what Paganism does for me. It brings out the holiness of the everyday: the epiphany of the sunrise, the mystery in the act of eating, the transcendence of genuine encounter with another person, the miracle in a blade of grass. This is what I hope to teach my children, whether they call it Paganism or not. Read more

2013-08-05T08:29:51-05:00

Last updated on: August 5, 2013 at 8:29 am   By

There's so much interesting blogging going on in our community. I want to highlight a few items from last month (in no particular order). Read more

2013-08-21T17:57:59-05:00

Last updated on: August 21, 2013 at 5:57 pm   By

I have issues with the Wheel of the Year. I have issues with the timing of the cross-quarters, with the meaning attached of several of the eight stations, and with the names of most of the days. Right, now I'm just going to focus on Lughnasadh, though. Read more

2015-06-19T15:36:28-05:00

Last updated on: June 19, 2015 at 3:36 pm   By

Can we not have the "life, meaning, and beauty" without the "swindle of religious belief"? Can we not have the peace without the "illusion"? Can not my friend find salvation from suicide without resort to religious fundamentalism? Read more

2013-07-26T11:55:28-05:00

Last updated on: July 26, 2013 at 11:55 am   By

Personal gnosis is always potentially threatening to community. In order for a community like Paganism to survive, it must find a way to integrate personal gnosis with the communal identity. Read more

2013-07-16T19:56:07-05:00

Last updated on: July 16, 2013 at 7:56 pm   By

It was out of necessity, not principle, that I left Mormonism. I count myself fortunate that other divine hands found me. Read more

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