Understanding the Multiplicity of the Gods

Last updated on: August 11, 2015 at 8:48 pm By John Beckett

Understanding polytheism is easy – understanding the multiplicity of the Gods is hard. But when we consider the effects of time and place, the multiplicity of the Gods becomes a little easier to comprehend. Read more

Preparing the Way of the Gods

Last updated on: August 11, 2015 at 6:47 pm By John Beckett

There have been individuals writing hymns to Pan and pouring offerings to Zeus for at least 200 years, but they were isolated individuals. We are the first generation to begin collectively restoring the Way of the Gods. There is SO much that needs to be done – it’s a challenge to keep our priorities in order and to keep our focus on practice. Read more

Who Sets the Boundaries?

Last updated on: August 9, 2015 at 4:21 pm By John Beckett

A look around the Pagan world reveals a disproportionate number of people who have been marginalized and excluded by the boundary-makers of the mainstream society. And yet, these are the people the Many Gods have called to live by Their values and embody Their virtues in a world that desperately needs its values rearranged. Read more

You Can’t Practice Paganism While You Look Down Your Nose At It

Last updated on: December 19, 2015 at 3:26 pm By John Beckett

Paganism can restore our connections with the natural world, rebuild our ties with our communities, deepen our understanding of ourselves, and renew our relationships with the Gods – however we conceive of them. But it can do none of these things if we are more interested in looking respectable than in re-enchanting the world. Read more

Many Gods West

Last updated on: August 3, 2015 at 7:31 pm By John Beckett

What do you get when 180 polytheists gather to honor the Gods, ancestors, and spirits, and to share thoughts and practices on the best ways to deepen our devotion and service? You get an amazing weekend filled with learning, experience, and fellowship. Read more

Why I Am Still A Druid

Last updated on: July 25, 2015 at 3:12 pm By John Beckett

I belong to many religious movements and I serve in many capacities. But if you ask me to pick one primary religious identity, my heart and my head both say the same thing: I’m a Druid. Read more

Lammas Night

Last updated on: July 24, 2020 at 11:37 am By John Beckett

What sacrifices – of time, treasure, effort, convenience, or more – will you make to help build the kind of world we want to see? Because while we live in a hi-tech, post-modern world, some ancient truths remain. Sacrifice is necessary. Read more

The Universe Has No Plan And That’s OK

Last updated on: July 25, 2015 at 9:48 am By John Beckett

I don’t think the Universe has a plan, and in any case I can’t relate to a Universe that plans. But I can relate to the Old Gods. Read more

Nine Things I Think

Last updated on: August 5, 2015 at 6:23 pm By John Beckett

Nine Things I Think: CUUPS Revisioning, Many Gods West, a new Pagan blogger with some awesome photos, the return of football, Donald Trump, and more. Read more

Religious Diversity, Hospitality, and a Muslim Cemetery in Texas

Last updated on: July 22, 2015 at 7:00 pm By John Beckett

I like living in Texas, but I don’t like having to deal with those who won’t show basic human decency to others because of their religion. Read more