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December 2018

December 20, 2018
Three reviews: a new album by Damh the Bard, a scholarly and devotional book for...
December 18, 2018
Forgiveness is a good and necessary thing, but some misguided people tell us we must...
December 16, 2018
Success is not the sign of divine favor and hardship is not the sign of...
December 13, 2018
“Other people have it so much worse.” “Cheer up.” “It’s not that bad.” “You have...
December 11, 2018
Live music in a ritual is great. But sometimes you don’t have good musicians in...
December 09, 2018
Many traditional activities for the Winter Solstice are designed for large groups, but many Pagans...
December 06, 2018
No fallen elders can break the ties between us and the Gods we serve. No...
December 04, 2018
I sometimes talk about how my experiences are so strong I no longer believe, I...
December 02, 2018
I love magical fiction, but there is one near-universal theme in it that I absolutely...

November 2018

November 29, 2018
Our mainstream society forces us to make bargains that are unfair and often exploitative. Do...
November 27, 2018
For those of us who practice an oracular religion the messages we receive from our...
November 25, 2018
The Christian missionary killed on North Sentinel Island claimed to love its people. But he...
November 22, 2018
A reader complained that my post on the benefits of living in a magical universe...
November 20, 2018
You can’t control other people’s expectations for your leadership. But you can control how you...
November 18, 2018
There are more than a few people who feel like they’re Sabrina at the edge...
November 15, 2018
This is the story of what happened when a bipolar Pagan described their spiritual experiences...
November 13, 2018
Wolfenoot is a new holiday on November 23 that celebrates wolves, dogs, and people who...
November 11, 2018
Movies of the 1960s told people “the devil’s in your kids and we need traditional...
November 08, 2018
As a progressive Texan, this election brought me the emotional devastation of being so close...
November 06, 2018
As a religion, Christian fundamentalism is demonstrably false. That doesn’t mean all spiritual acts by...
November 04, 2018
Sometimes we’re so intent on cleansing a place we wipe the good away with the...
November 01, 2018
Being called can be a great thing, but it’s not winning the lottery. It’s more...

October 2018

October 30, 2018
What do you get when a Druid decides to hold a public ritual in a...
October 28, 2018
This is the moment we can do something that will make a tangible difference over...
October 25, 2018
I originally thought the value of the Big Tent metaphor was its bigness. Now I...
October 23, 2018
Why do some Pagans blame Trickster Gods for bad things like Christians blame their devil?...
October 21, 2018
What’s a woman to do when she feels called by a God whose stories include...
October 18, 2018
The Wheel of the Year is central to modern Paganism because it's an accessible connection...
October 16, 2018
Many traditional activities for Samhain are designed for large groups, but many Pagans are solitary...
October 14, 2018
What do newcomers need to know about Paganism when they’re just starting out? That’s an...
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