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May 2020

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...

March 2020

March 31, 2020
Psychic Witch is a beginner’s guide to psychic perception and energy work. It’s the best...
March 29, 2020
I pray that this pandemic and its related suffering will end. Will my prayers be...
March 26, 2020
Ten or a hundred or a thousand years from now, someone is going to want...
March 24, 2020
Gatekeeping is what happens when people without authority arbitrarily decide who is and isn’t worthy...
March 22, 2020
I’m trying to strike a balance between staying informed and not obsessing about things I...
March 19, 2020
Why am I writing about a fictional character in a TV show that ended four...
March 17, 2020
As Pagans and polytheists, we don’t need universal religion. We search for truth in many...
March 15, 2020
I do not intend to provide running commentary on COVID-19, the Coronavirus. There’s plenty of...
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