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September 2015

September 08, 2015
Helping others find their true calling and develop the skills necessary to carry it out...
September 06, 2015
On a hot late summer day in North Texas, over 400 Pagans came together for...
September 05, 2015
Everyone has a right to their religious beliefs. No one has a right to torment...
September 03, 2015
The desire to re-enchant the world is like a craving for a food you can’t...
September 01, 2015
I am required to practice, worship, and write according to the dictates of the Gods,...

August 2015

August 30, 2015
Nine Things I Think: Pagan Unity Fest, Pagan Pride Day, a new OBOD seed group...
August 27, 2015
We don’t have clear, widely understood language to differentiate between very similar but critically different...
August 25, 2015
Scholarship matters. Fuzzy targets yield fuzzy results. Why not excellence? I learned a lot from...
August 23, 2015
There is room in our many ethnic and regional traditions for people who simply want...
August 20, 2015
It’s fun to speculate about how things would be different if I had made different...
August 18, 2015
Though I happily remain an OBOD Druid, I’m now also a member of ADF.
August 16, 2015
Until the general public understands that “I believe” means something more than “I think this...
August 13, 2015
Understanding polytheism is easy – understanding the multiplicity of the Gods is hard. But when...
August 11, 2015
There have been individuals writing hymns to Pan and pouring offerings to Zeus for at...
August 09, 2015
A look around the Pagan world reveals a disproportionate number of people who have been...
August 05, 2015
Paganism can restore our connections with the natural world, rebuild our ties with our communities,...
August 03, 2015
What do you get when 180 polytheists gather to honor the Gods, ancestors, and spirits,...
August 02, 2015
I belong to many religious movements and I serve in many capacities. But if you...

July 2015

July 30, 2015
What sacrifices – of time, treasure, effort, convenience, or more – will you make to...
July 28, 2015
I don’t think the Universe has a plan, and in any case I can’t relate...
July 26, 2015
Nine Things I Think: CUUPS Revisioning, Many Gods West, a new Pagan blogger with some...
July 23, 2015
I like living in Texas, but I don’t like having to deal with those who...
July 21, 2015
Many Pagans maintain solitary practices, and even if you work with a group, sometimes you...
July 19, 2015
Get a handful of polytheists together and sooner or later the conversation turns to “so,...
July 14, 2015
Discipline is neither an act of ego and domination nor an act of submission to...
July 12, 2015
If someone takes the step from playing with fictional gods to inquiring about real Gods,...
July 09, 2015
Yes, you can chop with a knife and carve with an axe, but not well....
July 07, 2015
The many traditions of religion and spirituality are like a huge buffet offering an appetizing...
July 05, 2015
When we honor fearsome Gods, we begin to accept reality. We begin to understand our...
July 02, 2015
Religion used to be simple: you learned the religion of your family growing up and...
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