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June 2020

June 14, 2020
The Under the Ancient Oaks Online Summer Solstice Ritual will be Saturday, June 20 at...
June 11, 2020
For those of us who are called to the practice of magic, nothing can take...
June 09, 2020
Conspiracy theories are easy and addictive. Mysticism is not an easy alternative – it’s a...
June 07, 2020
In his eulogy, Rev. Al Sharpton preached against the systemic injustices that led to the...
June 03, 2020
Religion is far more than belief. Politics is the collective expression of our highest values,...

May 2020

May 31, 2020
Are you better off than you were four years ago? If you are, that’s a...
May 28, 2020
An Instagram post insisted that “you need tons of training from established witches before you...
May 26, 2020
A city official who only selects prayer leaders who meet his own religious criteria is...
May 24, 2020
Good art helps us understand the bad times in which we live. It comforts us,...
May 21, 2020
As a Pagan I’m committed to the idea that while life is difficult and often...
May 18, 2020
Announcing a new on-line class from Under the Ancient Oaks: “Operative Magic – Theory, Strategy,...
May 17, 2020
Any living religion is a product of the interactions of the people who practice it,...
May 14, 2020
The many Gods are not relics to be locked away in pretty boxes and brought...
May 12, 2020
Here’s the rest of this cycle of Conversations Under the Oaks: Pagan leadership roles, the...
May 10, 2020
It’s a mistake to assume Gods or spirits could not have caused the pandemic, even...
May 07, 2020
Three questions on Pagan prayer: one from a former atheist, one from a former fundamentalist,...
May 05, 2020
This round of Conversations Under the Oaks had lots of questions about beginning spiritual practices....
May 03, 2020
The Coronavirus wasn’t created by Gods or spirits but it’s now part of the wider...

April 2020

April 28, 2020
This year the Beltane fantasy is running smack-dab into the brick wall of quarantines and...
April 26, 2020
The Under the Ancient Oaks Online Beltane Ritual will be next Friday May 1 at...
April 23, 2020
Someone asked me what it felt like when I left fundamentalist Christianity. My response was...
April 21, 2020
There is power in ritual language. But too many people try to grab that power...
April 19, 2020
If the only role you can fill right now being a good ordinary Pagan, then...
April 16, 2020
Issue-driven movements won the right to vote for women and civil rights for African-Americans. Social...
April 14, 2020
Let’s treat our heroes with honor and dignity, but also with respect for the difficult...
April 12, 2020
Numerous people have died recently while alone in quarantine. There are things we can do...
April 09, 2020
The three-part model the soul is popular because it’s familiar and because it’s useful. But...
April 07, 2020
As someone who worships a Battle Goddess and a God of the Wild, I’m very...
April 05, 2020
For those of us who serve our Gods and our communities as clergy, the pandemic...
April 02, 2020
Cursing is the big hammer in the toolbox of the magician. You don’t need it...
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