The wheel of the year turns and the longest day, the Summer Solstice, is upon us. The powers of life are turned on high, gifting us with a heady display of a natural world in its fully unfurled beauty and overflowing abundance. Read more
The wheel of the year turns and the longest day, the Summer Solstice, is upon us. The powers of life are turned on high, gifting us with a heady display of a natural world in its fully unfurled beauty and overflowing abundance. Read more
Boundaries in their role as both endings and beginnings are also on my mind because this will be my last column for Agora. The good news is that this is because The Zen Pagan will soon be its own full-fledged blog here at Patheos Pagan! But this change too is the crossing of a line, a passing of a boundary. The Romans had a god for that: Terminus, the god of boundaries. Read more
My eyes dart over the message board, and I’m met with a question: we are aware of many cultures and many gods, so how do we reconcile that with only having one sun? Read more
A commentary on values and whether they really apply to categories of identification such as paganism. Read more
If I can’t accept the little blessings along the way, why would the giver expect my response to be anything different if the gift increased in size and value? Read more
A few weeks ago I talked a couple of Witches into going to church with me. It wasn’t technically a Pentecostal church, but a charismatic evangelical church. Read more
In which Dana recounts the creation of a CD, Songs for the Old Religion. Read more
"Mom, what is this - a spider bite?" Two little punctures punctuated by tiny spots of blood. An inch or so down the arm, there was another pair.... Read more
Greetings, and welcome back to Wyrd Words. Keeping the Thor in Thursdays, every other week here on Agora! Or at least we WOULD be every other week if life had not become a fabulous cacophony of madness! Many of my usual readers have been asking why Wyrd Words hasn’t been posting regularly, and when we plan on coming back. The second question is easy. WE WILL BE RETURNING TO OUR NORMAL SCHEDULE NEXT MONTH! For those of you... Read more
Rev. Melissa Hill shares four ways to make travel a sacred experience no matter what your destination is or how irritable your children are. Plus check out a map listing various statues of goddesses and gods around the United States! Read more
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