What I saw from the Republican National Convention confirmed what I already knew – Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and Project 2025 must be defeated. And if we turn out to vote, they will. Read more
What I saw from the Republican National Convention confirmed what I already knew – Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and Project 2025 must be defeated. And if we turn out to vote, they will. Read more
Sometimes the problem isn’t that I go too far with deep spiritual and magical experiences, it’s that I don’t go far enough. I want to do more but don’t know if I’m well enough to do more. But for this full moon, I think it’s time to try. Read more
A God of inhospitable places and a God of chaos is a God nonetheless. In these times of chaos, Set reminds us to do what must be done, whether we live in the black land or in the red land. And sometimes, he brings opportunities. Read more
An Evangelical blogger asks if ecstatic religious experiences are rational, and if it’s good for us to pursue them. I say they are not materialistic but they are quite rational, and while pursuing such experiences is good, it’s also dangerous. Read more
Fear is natural and necessary – it helps keep us alive. But our current socio-political situation is not one where the evolutionary instincts for fight, flight, or freeze are helpful responses. We need to respond to our fears with courage and do what is necessary in spite of our fears, for ourselves and for the wider world. Read more
I stopped talking about Tower Time because too many people were expecting an apocalypse or accusing me of fear mongering. But Tower Time is still very much with us. We will do what must be done. We will survive and we will succeed. Read more
The Return of Paganism fails to make a rational case for the superiority of the Christian religion. But it wasn’t written to convert Pagans to Christianity. It was written in an attempt to stem the tide of people leaving Christianity for anything else. Read more
When people ask why I believe in the Gods, I’m happy to tell them. But my goal is to inform them, not to convert them. I don’t care what they believe. I care very much how their beliefs motivate them to treat other people. Read more
We stand at the Summer Solstice. The planting is done and the harvesting is yet to come. There is wisdom for us here, if we will see it. We have been busy. We will be busy again. The Summer Solstice is a time to celebrate and to rest, before the labors begin again. Read more
A Catholic writer called Paganism “mostly very boring.” That may be the laziest criticism of Paganism I’ve ever seen. I want to talk a little about why they’re wrong and a lot about why Paganism is wonderful, amazing, brilliant, awesome, and a deeply meaningful path. Read more
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