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There is no question Michael Harner was highly influential in the Pagan community and beyond....

When I was seven years old I didn’t have enough friends. Or really, any friends....

There’s a secondary point in this story: about the power of symbols and how we...

Let’s accept people for who and what they are, even if they’re weird – and...

If there’s one primary theme running through almost 10 years of blogging at Under the...

Under the Ancient Oaks, the video series. This month’s episode features a short interview and...

As much as most of us would like to forget about last year’s mass exodus...

If the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, the road to Fairy is...

A scan through my private journals turned up a list of things I really wish...

Bowdlerizing ancient stories and statues is just as wrong as trying to turn a Battle...

Perhaps your Pagan tradition doesn’t need priests. Most do, including mine. But being a priest...

In the realm of religion we frequently find ourselves in situations where integrity makes conflicting...

Here are the questions and answers for this month’s Conversations Under the Oaks, a new...

Early on the Gods seem happy we’re acknowledging Them and reaching out to Them. But...

If someone insists you treat them like a celebrity, that’s their fault. If you do...

Last week Devin Hunter talked about Heaven and Hell in the sense of “the Overworld...

Meditation is most commonly associated with Buddhism, but it is practiced in every religion and...

Under the Ancient Oaks, the video series. January and the season leading up to Imbolc...

Praying for others is a good thing, but doing it ethically requires that we do...

Here’s a look into 2018. For me, divination is less prediction and more like turning...

Thank you for all your support this year. Here are the Top 10 posts of...

While I’ve come to accept that sometimes the Pagan community just doesn’t care about something...

Happy Solstice! Today may be our holy day, but the bulk of the Western world...

Many Pagans have a difficult relationship with prayer due to poor examples in a previous...

Under the Ancient Oaks, the video series. I talk with fellow Denton CUUPS member Linda...

Here are the first set of questions and answers for Conversations Under the Oaks, a...

As we celebrate the Solstice, let us consider the state of the world and how...

The Emperor of Disenchantment is naked, even as those of us who live in a...

Journeying is the first-hand experience of other times, other places, and other realms. These are...

I’m not a music critic or historian, and this isn’t a list of the “best”...