June 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- June 29, 2015 Marriage Equality: Seven Easy Answers
- June 27, 2015 Screw You, Ancestors
- June 27, 2015 Beyond Marriage
- June 26, 2015 Are Wicca and the Boy Scouts Cousins? Part I
- June 25, 2015 Faith and Perseverance at the Fire Circle
- June 19, 2015 The Touchy Subject of Touch
- June 11, 2015 The Big Picture, Part I: From Shamans to Priests
- June 5, 2015 Good-bye and Hello as Always; The Only God to Whom Jupiter Must Bow
July 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- July 31, 2015 Psychedelics Aren't Zen -- But That Doesn't Mean They're Bad
- July 31, 2015 poem: "madly in love with the impossible"
- July 23, 2015 Starwood 2015: Three Ways to Make Friends
- July 18, 2015 You Don't Make the Grass Grow By Pulling On It
- July 8, 2015 Are Wicca and the Boy Scouts Cousins? Part II
- July 5, 2015 The Big Picture Part II: When It All Changed
August 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- August 28, 2015 We Live For Beauty
- August 26, 2015 Truth, Beauty, and Lunatics
- August 20, 2015 You Can Start Again
- August 20, 2015 Neopaganism: Looking Forward or Looking Back?
- August 11, 2015 Why I Am Still a Zen Pagan Taoist Atheist Discordian
- August 7, 2015 Enchantment and objectivity
- August 6, 2015 Hiroshima: A New Way for Humanity to Sin
- August 2, 2015 poem: a Lammas pantoum
September 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- September 30, 2015 Capital Punishment Is A Barbaric Human Sacrifice Ritual
- September 29, 2015 The Buddha Was A Handsome Man -- Should a Female Dalai Lama Be A Lovely Lady?
- September 26, 2015 There Is No Such Thing as "Cultural Appropriation"
- September 23, 2015 Prometheus, Makers, and Ahmed's Clock
- September 23, 2015 Huston Smith is in hospice care
- September 14, 2015 When I Die
- September 13, 2015 poems: "the bonsai tree is lopsided" and "Goats!"
- September 11, 2015 9/11: The Stage is a Sacred Place
- September 5, 2015 Otalp's Cave
- September 1, 2015 Are People Any Damn Good?
October 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- October 30, 2015 Spirituality, Creativity, and Vitality
- October 21, 2015 Some Zen Pagan Halloween/Samhain Reflections
- October 19, 2015 poem: "this is not a retreat"
- October 16, 2015 Mysticism Is Not a Retreat to the Womb
- October 14, 2015 All Of Human Folly Summarized In A Few Sentences
- October 9, 2015 Poem: "a warm day in october"
- October 5, 2015 Cultural Appropriation: A Detailed Reply to a Critic
- October 5, 2015 The Cultural Appropriation Controversy: A Summary Reply
- October 1, 2015 Umpqua: Stopping the Spear
- October 1, 2015 The "Cultural Appropriation" Brouhaha
November 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- November 23, 2015 Giving Credit
- November 23, 2015 Gratitude, Schmatitude
- November 22, 2015 Remembering "Sheriff Scott"
- November 16, 2015 Horrible Events Have Causes
- November 9, 2015 Why Time Changes Matter
- November 7, 2015 Why Men's Mysteries Matter
- November 4, 2015 Ten Years Ago Today I Decided To Write A Book
- November 1, 2015 Wearing My Grandfather's Coat on Samhain
December 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- December 31, 2015 The Star Wars Holiday Special and the Banality of Evil
- December 17, 2015 The Gifts in Hotei's Bag -- And In Yours
- December 15, 2015 I Don't Blame You For Being Scared of Guns
- December 13, 2015 Death and the Holidays
- December 6, 2015 In Praise of the Circular Argument
January 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- January 24, 2016 Fun a Day: "You're the only one who can be you"
- January 18, 2016 One Thousand Punches, One Hell of a Bird
- January 13, 2016 David Bowie: One Wave Sets Thousands In Motion
- January 12, 2016 Fun a Day Continues: Trusting Your Own Nature
- January 10, 2016 Defending the Non-Self
- January 6, 2016 Fun a Day: "Beggars in the Streets"
- January 5, 2016 Fun a Day: "Wood Eye" and "sometime well after midnight"
- January 4, 2016 Divination and the Power of Story-Telling
- January 1, 2016 The Creative Spirit and "Fun a Day": "Black Hole Susan"
February 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- February 29, 2016 Exorcising Trump
- February 25, 2016 The Bullet, the Bow, and the Blade
- February 22, 2016 Poem: "a raffish sermon"
- February 20, 2016 Am I Going Nuts?
- February 9, 2016 Fun a Day Wrapup: Artistic Budding At Imbolc
March 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- March 26, 2016 Why Batman v. Superman Matters
- March 24, 2016 The Gods Are Like Golden Apples
- March 17, 2016 Election 2016: Did "Shutdown Culture" Just Give the Presidency To Trump?
- March 15, 2016 Concussions, Geometry, And Incompatible World-Views
- March 8, 2016 Distracting Thoughts In Meditation
- March 3, 2016 Election 2016: There Are More Than Two Colors
April 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- April 20, 2016 A "420" Miracle
- April 18, 2016 Render Unto Caesar -- But Not My Flesh
- April 14, 2016 "The Walking Dead", Meta-Narrative, The Nature of Horror, and Human Sacrifice
- April 9, 2016 What Is A Black Belt? Initiation in the Martial Arts
May 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- May 26, 2016 Is It Time To Abolish the Police?
- May 18, 2016 An Anarchist Goes To Court
- May 17, 2016 When the Land Changes
- May 10, 2016 Religious Liberty: Something Pastafarians and Evangelicals Both Deserve
- May 4, 2016 What Would Luke Skywalker Do?
June 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- June 30, 2016 Stopping Violence With Absurdity
- June 20, 2016 Ryōkan's Moon
- June 15, 2016 Can We -- Should We -- Forgive A Monster?
July 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- July 29, 2016 Lammas Reflections
- July 28, 2016 In Democratic Baltimore, Black Lives Don't Matter
- July 14, 2016 Discordianism Through Its Literature
- July 6, 2016 Attachment and Razors
- July 4, 2016 Against the Hagiography of Elie Wiesel
- July 1, 2016 Affirming One Is Not Erasure of Another
August 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- August 26, 2016 Flirting Without Being A Creep
- August 13, 2016 Paradoxes in the Path
- August 4, 2016 The Troublesome Death of Korryn Gaines
- August 2, 2016 Ellicott City: Climate Change, Land Development, and Angry Land Wights
September 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- September 30, 2016 More Alive Than Words
- September 26, 2016 In Praise of Miss Sue
- September 8, 2016 What Do You Mean, "Zen"? (or, Dharma Burger Toilets)
- September 8, 2016 Star Trek: Pagans in Space
- September 3, 2016 Does "The Star-Spangled Banner" Celebrate Killing Slaves? Part III
- September 3, 2016 Does "The Star-Spangled Banner" Celebrate Killing Slaves? Part II
- September 3, 2016 Does "The Star-Spangled Banner" Celebrate Killing Slaves? Part I
October 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- October 31, 2016 Your Politics Are Awful. Now What?
- October 25, 2016 Samhain in the Hospital: My Mother Is Not Dead
- October 20, 2016 On Declining to Pee In A Cup
- October 17, 2016 One Cup of Coffee
- October 9, 2016 The Burners and The Pagans
November 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- November 29, 2016 Ethnic Pride Does Not Justify White Nationalism
- November 25, 2016 Why Fascism Is Bad
- November 24, 2016 Random Wednesday: Thanksgiving Reruns, An Old Revelation, Self-Defense and Self-Care
- November 23, 2016 Was This The Best We Could Hope For?
- November 17, 2016 Random Wednesday: Universal Income, The Alt-Right, Red Scare
- November 17, 2016 Luke Cage and the Hero's Journey
- November 10, 2016 Election 2016 and the Xenophobic State of the Nation
- November 10, 2016 Random Wednesday: No Change of Heart, Hope You Voted, Planet Without Laughter
- November 10, 2016 The Power -- Or Lack Thereof -- Of Prayer
- November 3, 2016 Won't Get Fooled Again: Magic, Imagination, and Political-Artistic Liberation
- November 2, 2016 Random Wednesday: My Mom, Luke Cage, Pit Bulls, and Cheap Bourbon
December 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- December 29, 2016 Random Wednesday: Solstice Candles, Family Dinners, and 52 Weeks of Creativity
- December 29, 2016 The End of Experts or the End of Courtiers?
- December 21, 2016 Falling Down, Getting Up
- December 16, 2016 On Santa Claus and Pantheism
- December 15, 2016 Random Wednesday: Seasonal Music, Non-seasonal Music, and The Zen Of Rick And Morty
- December 14, 2016 In Praise of Socks and Underwear
- December 8, 2016 Dive Bars and the Ghost Ship Fire
- December 6, 2016 Cosmopolitanism Through Karate
- December 1, 2016 Random Wednesday: Fake Fake News, Punk On Fire, Buddhists For Trump
January 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- January 29, 2017 Hospitality Is Sacred
- January 27, 2017 Welcome To Tiny Train World
- January 26, 2017 Random Wednesday: Captain America's Love of Free Speech, Inauguration Ratings, and Police Homicide
- January 23, 2017 Fighting Evil Doesn't Make You Good
- January 22, 2017 "Metal and Velvet" (Digital Art, "52 Makeup" Week 3)
- January 18, 2017 Random Wednesday: Leave The Lights On, Hating Yourself, and Cops For Criminal Justice Reform
- January 16, 2017 MLK Failed, Make Way For MLK
- January 16, 2017 "Inconsistent Me" (A Poem - Week 2 of "52 Makeup")
- January 12, 2017 Random Wednesday: The Woman in the Moon, The Awfulness of Jeff Sessions, and Mystic Plumbers
- January 8, 2017 Right Recollection: Beyond Mindfulness in the New Year
- January 8, 2017 "This Present Moment Sucks" (A Song - Week 1 of "52 Makeup")
- January 5, 2017 Random Wednesday: Maternal Homecoming, Productivity in the New Year, and Unraveling "Russian Hackers"
- January 1, 2017 Congratulations! You survived 2016
February 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- February 23, 2017 A New Job, Fatherly Advice, and the Lottery
- February 21, 2017 Refracted Mantel Light (Digital Photo, “52 Makeup” Week 7)
- February 17, 2017 The Streisand Effect, The Vegan Agenda, And Sending Me To Japan
- February 14, 2017 "details" (A Poem, “52 Makeup” Week 6)
- February 9, 2017 Confused Fathers, Messed Up Lives, And Taking Credit
- February 8, 2017 Shadow 1 (Digital Photo, “52 Makeup” Week 5)
- February 4, 2017 Emperor Norton, Our Guide For Troubled Times
- February 2, 2017 Groundhog Day and Ikuru
- February 2, 2017 Orwell On Nationalism, Learning to Receive, And The Patheos Pagan Kerfuffle
- February 1, 2017 Playing With Paint (Acrylic & Watercolor, “52 Makeup” Week 4)
March 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- March 30, 2017 Icelandic Heathens Rising, Cultural Appropriation Violence, And Free Software And Sexual Freedom
- March 29, 2017 "Big Black Cat" (Song, "52 Make-Up" Week 12)
- March 27, 2017 Zen And The Art Of...Obeying The Rules?
- March 23, 2017 Bad Maps, Say His Name, And Stopping A Street Fight
- March 20, 2017 "Walking the Dog in the Equinox Twilight" (Poem, "52 Make-Up" Week 11)
- March 19, 2017 Chuck Berry And My Dad
- March 16, 2017 Dirty Fighting, The Normalization of Disease, And Privacy Sold Separately
- March 13, 2017 "Blue And Gold" (Digital Art, “52 Makeup” Week 10)
- March 12, 2017 "Sarasvati" (Song, “52 Makeup” Week 9)
- March 9, 2017 Putting It Down, Butt-Kicking Girls, and The Return of Samurai Jack
- March 2, 2017 March Blooms, Antisemitism, And Seven Pillars Of Wisdom
- March 1, 2017 "Did it taste the same?" (Poem, “52 Makeup” Week 8)
April 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- April 30, 2017 "Riddle Under Foot" (Poem, 52 Make-up Week 16)
- April 29, 2017 A Call To Inaction
- April 26, 2017 Kenny Klein And Jerks In Your Lineage
- April 22, 2017 "Ka-Bloom!" (Photograph, "52 Make-Up" Week 15)
- April 22, 2017 What Science Is And Isn't
- April 16, 2017 Who Are You, What Have You Sacrificed?
- April 16, 2017 Remaking
- April 16, 2017 "Light Breaks Through" (Painting, "52 Make-Up" Week 14)
- April 13, 2017 War Crimes As Usual, United Horror Stories, And Big Tent Buddhism
- April 8, 2017 "Beginning Anew" (Song, "52 Make-Up" Week 13)
- April 7, 2017 Social Rituals, Assembly-Line Confession, and Cosmological Confusion
May 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- May 23, 2017 Kyoto: The Ancestors Are Watching (Photo, 52 Make-up Week 18)
- May 21, 2017 Punctuated Equilibrium and Political Evolution
- May 20, 2017 Blessing Computers? Why Not?
- May 13, 2017 Kyoto Bonus: Daruma-dera Visit
- May 7, 2017 Even In Japan, Things Change
- May 6, 2017 Kyoto's Ancestors Are Watching; Deities In Commerce
- May 5, 2017 Seven Lucky Gods And The Spiritual Function Of Travel
- May 3, 2017 Punching At The Shrine, Partying At The Temple
- May 1, 2017 Back In Japan
- May 1, 2017 Omedeto Rainbow (52 Make-up Week 17)
June 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- June 17, 2017 Remembering Ringo
- June 7, 2017 Reason, Social Justice, and Dionysian Frenzy
July 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- July 14, 2017 FSG: Music and The Morrigan
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