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January 2021

January 01, 2021
I wish I could show you a bright and happy future for the coming year,...

December 2020

December 29, 2020
The Top 10 posts of 2020 on Under the Ancient Oaks: a guide to cursing,...
December 27, 2020
While I’ve come to accept that sometimes the Pagan community just doesn’t care about something...
December 22, 2020
It’s always good to look back on the significant events and trends of a year,...
December 20, 2020
Denton CUUPS provided the Sunday Service for the Denton UU Fellowship this morning. I provided...
December 17, 2020
Good liturgy should be a living thing. This is how my Pagan ritual liturgy has...
December 15, 2020
What do we know about the Gods, and how should we respond to Them?
December 13, 2020
The Under the Ancient Oaks Online Winter Solstice Ritual will be Friday, December 18 at...
December 10, 2020
Joe Biden will become the oldest person to ever be President. Nancy Pelosi is 80....
December 08, 2020
Paganism is orthopraxic and not orthodoxic – it’s more important to do the right things...
December 06, 2020
A new study shows that some forms of spiritual training can lead to narcissism and...
December 03, 2020
There is a place for belief, but that place is not at the center of...
December 01, 2020
Trump’s continued denial of reality isn’t just a whiny man-baby crying because he lost. It’s...

November 2020

November 29, 2020
For most people throughout history, religion was not and is not about beliefs. Rather, religion...
November 26, 2020
My Gods do not expect perfection. But They – and I – like it best...
November 24, 2020
I want to give thanks for the good things that are in my life, and...
November 22, 2020
19 years ago I had a spiritual epiphany and it changed my life. And for...
November 19, 2020
How do we know anything about Gods and spirits, and the non-material world? We know...
November 17, 2020
In his victory speech, President-Elect Biden said “we must stop treating our opponents as our...
November 15, 2020
I’m not a natural public speaker. I got started because my desire to lead rituals...
November 12, 2020
I want to go back to the beginning of my Paganism, and it all begins...
November 10, 2020
Trump’s false statements illustrate a key point about magic: no matter how powerful you are,...
November 08, 2020
Finally, something good happened in 2020. Here are my thoughts on Joe Biden’s victory, starting...
November 04, 2020
The election isn’t over and Biden may very well end up winning. But in my...
November 03, 2020
Two very different futures are in front of us. One of them is significantly better...
November 02, 2020
Childhood dreams can be nostalgic, but we abandoned most of them because they didn’t fit....
November 01, 2020
The Craft: Legacy is a good movie with a good theme. It doesn’t have the...

October 2020

October 29, 2020
A lot of people are having unusual dreams or seeing odd signs in Nature. So...
October 27, 2020
If Biden isn’t the clear winner by the time you go to bed on Election...
October 25, 2020
The Veil Between the Worlds is a metaphor for the boundary between this world and...
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