How Do We Stock Our Metaphoric Pantry?

Castlecraig Wheat Field, by Jrimas

Last year on Lughnasad I was all worked up over food. Riffling through some old files yesterday I discovered this entry: I’m not sure there’s a way to talk about the “First Harvest” without paying mind to the fact that there is a severe drought across the land, or that in other parts of the country there is great flooding.... Is it possible that Neopagans (using the Bonewits definition of the term) are enacting the rituals of an earth tradition without being fully engaged as … [Read more...]

A Conscientious Objection to the War on Christmas

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While this Pagan was in the middle of the most Christian part of our country, singing "Silent Night" to rooms full of cheery Jesus-folk, a small group of vocal and well represented Christians took up arms in a supposed "war on Christmas," and now my Pagan brothers and sisters across the internet are all in a tizzy. Facebook is littered with defensive posts about Saturnalia and Winter Solstice, and as I write these words a boldly entitled essay, Christ is NOT the Reason for the Season, is the … [Read more...]