The Under the Ancient Oaks course “Unpacking Your Religious Baggage So You Can Live A Magical Life” is nearing conclusion (but it’s on-demand, so you can start it now if you like). This week’s module is “Cutting the Cord” – it covers things we can do to permanently break ties with an old toxic religion so we can focus on healing the damage and then moving forward. It includes a cord cutting ritual, which I find more helpful than “debaptism”... Read more
Attacks on Paganism almost always include attacks on magic that label it naïve, evil, or both. We need not engage in bad-faith debates with our attackers, but we need to make sure we aren’t unduly influenced by our enemies just because they’re louder and more numerous. Read more
Nature is our source and our sustenance. We are a part of Nature – not the head and not the center, but one part among many. We are connected to all the other parts and all of them are connected to us. Nature is not fallen – Nature is good and holy. Read more
Real professionalism is technical competence, customer service, and continuous improvement. “Professional appearance” is the preferred culture of the people in charge and nothing more. Read more
Here are my annual Halloween movie recommendations: ten good horror movies you probably haven’t seen, or haven’t seen in a long time. Vampires, witches, folkloric mermaids, a cursed theater, and an old dark house; made as early as 1932 and as late as 2015. Read more
Are the Gods many, one, or none? We owe it to ourselves to contemplate this question and to choose the answer that seems most likely to us, rather than simply accepting what we were told as children – or acquiescing to the loudest voices in the public square. Read more
I wish Pagans were the threat “Pagan Threat” says we are. I wish we had the power, the influence, and the organizational competency it says we have. Instead, this book tries to make Pagans the scapegoats for the internal failings of conservative religion. Read more
Factual reporting and relevant analysis are more than helpful – they’re necessary. But secular news and political analysis will only take us so far. We need to put current events into a Pagan and magical context so we can understand our place in them. Read more
Celebrating the Fall Equinox will help you remember who you are, even as the world continues to spiral out of balance. Read more
The Serenity Prayer has been a part of addiction recovery programs since 1941. But as useful as it is in that context, it is inadequate for the situation we find ourselves in today. What do we do with the things we cannot change, but that our values will not allow us to accept? Read more
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