A Sense of Place
As the oil ran out and the waters got poisoned, what kind of world did we create? What did we Pagans help build from the ruins? (Part Two) Read more
As the oil ran out and the waters got poisoned, what kind of world did we create? What did we Pagans help build from the ruins? (Part Two) Read more
After having been repeatedly prevented from leaving due to weather, I turned to my friend and asked her to drive me. She laughed and quipped, "Maybe the gods just don't want you to go to this thing. Have you considered that?" Read more
As the oil ran out and the waters got poisoned, what kind of world did we create? What did we Pagans help build from the ruins? Read more
What would it be like for the Pagan community to be completely mainstream? Not a majority religion, but such a common minority group as to be no different from any other minority religion? From where I'm sitting, it feels like we are already there. Read more
Traveling has taught me that, between here and there is another place altogether, and it's in that in-between where I've learned to find the gods. Read more
As an animist, I struggle to find my place among modern paganism. My concept of gods and their relationship to humanity is just one of the many issues that often separates me from my fellows. Read more
It never occurred to me that any of my ancestors might be Quaker. Now that I look around this place, I realize that they might have been, and if not Quaker, they might have still been people with alternative ideas about God and Spirit. Ancestors on my father's side might well have struggled with some of the same questions I struggle with. They might have fought the dominant paradigms of their day and tried to find better ways to live. Read more
When a god in one city appears different in another, perhaps it is that they wear different clothes.... Read more
On the second dark moon of January, a group of 9 gathered in my front garden. We sought uncharted territory; in fact, were willing to risk vulnerability to find it. There, in my front garden that night, was the first meeting of an advanced working group committed to discovering the Place specific spirituality of Central Texas. Read more
Sometimes the most important communities are the unintentional ones, the ones that happen just because you live in a place and you run into the same people every day whether you like it or not. Read more
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