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June 2017

June 11, 2017
If there’s a lesson in the Summer Solstice, it’s that nothing worthwhile is entirely under...
June 08, 2017
There is no right to not be offended and offensive speech is still free speech....
June 06, 2017
In matters of absolute religious truth, ultimately we don’t know and we can’t know. But...
June 04, 2017
This is not the future we wanted. Most of us simply want to live good...
June 01, 2017
Life is easier if you have a resilient system supporting you. So build one, and...

May 2017

May 29, 2017
Expanding our understanding of reality beyond the literal is a good and necessary thing. Interconnections...
May 26, 2017
There’s a bit of formula to Dead Men Tell No Tales, and that’s not necessarily...
May 25, 2017
Some believe we need to rebuild the religions of our pre-Christian ancestors as faithfully as...
May 23, 2017
These are the spiritual practices that work for me in difficult times. They won’t prevent...
May 21, 2017
The story – or as much of it as can be told – of this...
May 18, 2017
“A governmental entity or any person that … operates under governmental authority to refer or...
May 16, 2017
Each Druid order defines Druidry in their own way and I have no desire to...
May 14, 2017
We are living in Tower Time and in the last throes of Empire. We may...
May 11, 2017
Leading a good ritual requires more than making all the necessary logistical preparations. It also...
May 09, 2017
The practice of magic is, in many ways, stealing fire from the Gods. Every spell...
May 07, 2017
Religious experiences are like finding a locked box in your grandmother’s attic. It’s beautiful and...
May 05, 2017
Many public events for the National Day of Prayer restrict participation to Evangelical Christians, but...
May 04, 2017
Animism is not a religion. It’s a foundational concept of many religions, one that both...
May 01, 2017
The very idea of a Loyalty Day is offensive, no matter who is issuing the...

April 2017

April 30, 2017
Paganism isn’t one thing – it’s a movement that contains many religions, proto-religions, and spiritualities....
April 27, 2017
After a journey of over three years, my first book The Path of Paganism is...
April 25, 2017
I grew up in fundamentalism and so I had to make a clean break with...
April 23, 2017
The Tuatha De Danann had to fight to make a home in Ireland. I do...
April 20, 2017
We can own land, at least in a limited sense of the term. But owning...
April 18, 2017
Some aren’t interested in deeper practice. Some aren’t ready for it… but when are any...
April 16, 2017
To be human is to live with the realization that we are alive but that...
April 13, 2017
The older I get the more I realize just how much I don’t know. If...
April 11, 2017
October 31 will be my last day as Coordinating Officer of Denton CUUPS. I will...
April 09, 2017
Feeling small in Nature isn’t the result of some artificial hierarchy – in the immensities...
April 06, 2017
Humans have always been migrants. We may settle down for a few generations, but then...
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