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September 2017

September 05, 2017
We all have myths – stories that we live by. What are your myths? Do...
September 01, 2017
The idea that religion is mythology is the bastard child of Protestantism and atheism. It...

August 2017

August 30, 2017
An initiation doesn’t have to be brutal and bloody to be effective. But if there...
August 27, 2017
I’m a universalist at heart – whatever comes next will be good for everyone. The...
August 23, 2017
I really wasn’t prepared for this eclipse. But it wasn’t a total loss, and things...
August 22, 2017
While ethics compel us to respond to major events like Charlottesville, if we are always...
August 20, 2017
Under the Ancient Oaks the video series, episode 3. What do we mean by living...
August 16, 2017
I’m not going to try to write a full analysis on Charlottesville, but there are...
August 15, 2017
Your response will not be perfect – mine certainly wasn’t. But that will pale in...
August 13, 2017
If we build our new religion on the foundational assumptions of our old religion, we...
August 10, 2017
Anyone who’s ever tried to lose weight or stop smoking by “will power” understands that...
August 08, 2017
My polytheist friends have convinced me that my use of “sovereignty” only in the personal...
August 06, 2017
No one is going to mistake any of these movies for great works of Pagan...
August 03, 2017
If a deity calls you and you don’t want to serve, you have several options....
August 01, 2017
If you’re drowning, get mental health care. But if you were swimming yesterday and today...

July 2017

July 30, 2017
People are craving knowledge of the Morrigan. They yearn for direct experience of her. They...
July 26, 2017
Mystic South 2017 was an amazing, magical, memorable event. I’m so glad I was there....
July 24, 2017
Here’s the second episode of Under the Ancient Oaks, the video series. Cynthia Talbot and...
July 23, 2017
Forget the new Tom Cruise movie. The best Mummy of them all is the 1932...
July 20, 2017
Lugh spoke to the Tuatha De Danann and put strength in them, so that each...
July 18, 2017
There is no single term that completely and accurately describes the religion I practice. Since...
July 16, 2017
There’s no need for a grand exit… or a grand entrance. Just decide to leave...
July 13, 2017
When the Tuatha De Danann first came to Ireland they were oppressed by the Fomorians,...
July 11, 2017
What happens after you find a God? Sometimes we’re called to priesthood. Sometimes they just...
July 09, 2017
Rather than stacking up the similarities and differences between Cernunnos and Pashupati and trying to...
July 06, 2017
Perhaps one of the reasons more people don’t celebrate Lughnasadh is simply that they don’t...
July 04, 2017
Jason Mankey asked all the Patheos Pagan bloggers to write on “How I Found Paganism.”...
July 02, 2017
Let’s not be satisfied with feeling magical. Let’s not be satisfied with being amateur magicians....

June 2017

June 29, 2017
How old are the Gods? I don’t know. But I do know this: contemplating the...
June 27, 2017
Jason Mankey calls Lughnasadh “the ugly-duckling of sabbats.” I don’t like that, but Jason is...
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