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When religious leaders get in trouble for sexual misconduct, there’s usually a track record of...

I’m enjoying today. For the first time in four years, the President of the United...

Imbolc is good time for cleansing. And this year, it’s both especially auspicious and desperately...

Tower Time is bringing chaos and disruption, but it’s also bringing opportunity. And it punishes...

I understand the reluctance to grant this kind of power to corporations. But we need...

Announcing a new on-line class from Under the Ancient Oaks: “Navigating Tower Time – Magic...

If you find your path is blocked, perhaps you need a God or spirit to...

If you’ve seen the first three seasons you’ll want to see the fourth, if only...

Devotion is one of the core practices of Paganism and polytheism. But sometimes, despite our...

We all want to belong somewhere, and many of us don’t belong where we grew...

I wish I could show you a bright and happy future for the coming year,...

The Top 10 posts of 2020 on Under the Ancient Oaks: a guide to cursing,...

While I’ve come to accept that sometimes the Pagan community just doesn’t care about something...

It’s always good to look back on the significant events and trends of a year,...

Denton CUUPS provided the Sunday Service for the Denton UU Fellowship this morning. I provided...

Good liturgy should be a living thing. This is how my Pagan ritual liturgy has...

What do we know about the Gods, and how should we respond to Them?

The Under the Ancient Oaks Online Winter Solstice Ritual will be Friday, December 18 at...

Joe Biden will become the oldest person to ever be President. Nancy Pelosi is 80....

Paganism is orthopraxic and not orthodoxic – it’s more important to do the right things...

A new study shows that some forms of spiritual training can lead to narcissism and...

There is a place for belief, but that place is not at the center of...

Trump’s continued denial of reality isn’t just a whiny man-baby crying because he lost. It’s...

For most people throughout history, religion was not and is not about beliefs. Rather, religion...

My Gods do not expect perfection. But They – and I – like it best...

I want to give thanks for the good things that are in my life, and...

19 years ago I had a spiritual epiphany and it changed my life. And for...

How do we know anything about Gods and spirits, and the non-material world? We know...

In his victory speech, President-Elect Biden said “we must stop treating our opponents as our...

I’m not a natural public speaker. I got started because my desire to lead rituals...