The Allergic Pagan
It's past time I published part 2 of my 2013 Year in Review, in which I highlight some blog posts that I would like to have seen get more attention last year: posts from Alison Leigh Lilly, Julian Betkowski, and Rhyd Wildermuth. Read more
It's past time I published part 2 of my 2013 Year in Review, in which I highlight some blog posts that I would like to have seen get more attention last year: posts from Alison Leigh Lilly, Julian Betkowski, and Rhyd Wildermuth. Read more
Instead of writing about our controversies, I want to highlight some posts that I read this year that I think should have gotten much more attention than they did -- posts that are personal and practical, about communing with nature, with our gods, with each other, and with our Deep Selves. Read more
Whenever I hear a Neo-Pagan say that the winter solstice is a "minor Sabbat", I can't help but roll my eyes. What makes it "minor"? The fact that Margaret Murray only listed the cross-quarters as witches' sabbats? Because Gerald Gardner only added the quarter days as an afterthought? I suspect that this "minor" stuff is just a way of trying to keep Yule from becoming Christmas (which is anything but minor). Read more
While the Goddess was having cakes and ale at Pagan Spirit Gathering, many lawyers and middle-class soccer dads were eating with her and her circle, for there were many who followed her. When the transexual devotional polytheist saw her eating with the lawyers and the soccer dads, they asked the Pagans: 'Why does she eat with lawyers and soccer dads?' On hearing this, the Goddess said to them, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.' Read more
The chill wind was blowing gently and the cattails waved back and forth like they were animate. And I felt, for all the world, like they were talking to me. Not talking with words, but saying something nonetheless. What were they saying? I think this is what they said to me: "This is real. You are here. You are alive." Read more
"This is your Goddess," my wife said to me smiling. "It's the slimy side of her," I responded. "This is life," she said. Read more
If you're like me, then there's a part of you that sees your former religion (probably Christianity) kind of like an ex-spouse or ex-lover who you separated from acrimoniously. Seeing Teo Bishop go back to Christianity is like seeing an attractive, fun, and intelligent person marry your ex-spouse. Actually, watching Teo's transition is more like losing a current lover and then watching your two ex-lovers hook up. Ouch! Read more
A friend told me that true religion should "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable". And this is what Paganism has been for me. And this is why I am grateful. Read more
Our goal is to collect $538 ($500 + $38 Indiegogo fees). If we reach our goal, we will contribute $500 to The Wild Hunt and receive a graphical underwriting ad on the main page of wildhunt.org. Go to HP’s Indiegogo campaign in the next 12 days to contribute. Read more
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