The Pagan Movie Geek: Summer Movie Round-Up 2013

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Have a weakness for super hero movies or sci-fi/fantasy films? So do I, and we preview the upcoming summer movie season through the perspective of the Pagan Movie Geek.

Strange Days: Jethro Tull’s Songs From the Wood

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Jethro Tull’s “Songs From the Woods” is hailed by many Pagans as a classic. Raise the Horns looks into one of the 70′s most Pagan-friendly long players.

10 Awesome Pop Pagan Moments (Part Two)

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Paganism creeps into pop culture in some of the strangest and most obvious places. Sure it’s been in movies like “The Craft,” but it’s also turned up on “The Simpsons” and in one of the most beloved books in all of children’s literature. We’ve picked out ten of our favorite moments from the worlds of music, literature, television, and film.

10 Awesome Pop Pagan Moments (Part One)

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Paganism creeps into pop culture in some of the strangest and most obvious places. Sure it’s been in movies like “The Craft,” but it’s also turned up on “The Simpsons” and in one of the most beloved books in all of children’s literature. We’ve picked out ten of our favorite moments from the worlds of music, literature, television, and film.

Deity: Both Young and Ancient

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Deity is continually being discovered, rediscovered, or created. I don’t think there are limits to the divine, or how you as a Pagan worship that divine. The gods cast their spell on me long ago. For those wishing to get caught up in their siren song, I hope they do the same to you.

Links and Stuff (and Cats!)

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Need a little extra reading this weekend? We’ve got you covered with links to great articles on the Jesus/Pagan conundrum, polyamory, stone age penises, and lots of other stuff. Oh, and there will be pictures of my cats. How can you beat that?

Why I am a Pagan

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Patheos is currently running a “blogger challenge” asking their diverse stable of writers to reflect on “Why They are What They Are” in 200 words or less. This is my little contribution.

Deity Calls, We Listen (Just Like Ancient Pagans)

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There’s a natural tendency to think of the gods as old, perhaps even as eternal and changeless, but the worship of deity has always been one of evolution. Gods rise, gods fall, gods are created, and gods are recreated.

The Gods They Are a Changing

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Are the gods unchanging monoliths or do they change and grow alongside of we humans? Does history suggest they change and grow, or are we limited to one interpretation of deity made thousands of years ago? Some of us believe that the gods they are a changing.

Hot-Cross Buns (A Recipe, Yes a Recipe)

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I bake but once a year, and it’s always in the Spring. Hot-cross buns are a traditional Spring time goodie, perfect for cakes and ale, and celebrating the Equinox (or even Beltane!).