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March 2025

March 26, 2025
A fundamentalist Christian group said “a biblical worldview applies to every area of life.” We...
March 23, 2025
March 23 is the Feast of Cernunnos. I hope you’ll join me in celebrating the...
March 19, 2025
Do the work to examine your unstated assumptions now, so that when you FAFO it...
March 16, 2025
I wish things were different, easier, more accepting and less combative. More cooperative and less...
March 09, 2025
The Star Trek future isn’t really dead. It may be dormant, but it’s still possible...
March 02, 2025
We urgently need to celebrate the Spring Equinox. In a country where the government is...

February 2025

February 26, 2025
Basic defensive magic is both essential and effective. But a “raise the drawbridge” approach to...
February 23, 2025
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has a new book titled Believe: Why Everyone Should...
February 16, 2025
“Lugh isn’t coming to slay Balor, and without him the best the Tuatha De Danann...
February 12, 2025
You can wait until things get truly desperate and then start working magic. Or you...
February 09, 2025
The current chaos makes planning for the future difficult. But our choices over time become...
February 05, 2025
In this time of growing intolerance, the best thing some of us can do is...
February 02, 2025
None of this will stop bad people from doing bad things. But it can stop...

January 2025

January 30, 2025
I rarely do guest posts. But after I heard Cynthia Talbot’s sermon at Denton UU...
January 26, 2025
In 2017 we were inspired by badass park rangers. In 2025 we’re inspired by a...
January 20, 2025
I really do want to stay out of the mud this time and not react...
January 19, 2025
Anita Beckett, my mother, died on January 12, 2025, at the age of 93. This...
January 12, 2025
Our challenge for the next four years is to not get caught up in the...
January 05, 2025
Do witches do deity work? Some do and some don’t. But my practice begins with...
January 02, 2025
Announcing a new on-line class from Under the Ancient Oaks: “The Call of Cernunnos” based...
January 01, 2025
2025 will be a year of moving on. Your victories, your heartbreaks, your grand narratives...

December 2024

December 29, 2024
The Top 10 posts of 2024 on Under the Ancient Oaks: re-enchanting the world, being...
December 26, 2024
I’m still here. 2024 turned out to be a very difficult year for me, but...
December 22, 2024
Vampires, Tarot readers, and mediums. Exclusive girls’ schools where strange and mysterious things happen. Two...
December 18, 2024
The seasons are an astronomical phenomenon that can be predicted with precision. But a metaphorical...
December 15, 2024
The stories of our ancestors tell of magicians who cursed kings and of kings who...
December 08, 2024
“To keep silence” is an important principle of magic. But some people are saying you...
December 04, 2024
Humans are like metals. We can absorb a few things, but push us past our...
December 01, 2024
Is there a spiritual war going on? The forces of Oppression and Conformity certainly think...

November 2024

November 20, 2024
Conservative columnist and Orthodox Christian Rod Dreher’s new book "Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and...
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