Archives

I constantly emphasize doing what must be done. You don’t have to like a bad...

Some Pagans have been doing online rituals for years. Most of us are trying to...

Those of us who’ve been talking about Tower Time and The Storm for years should...

I’ve been doing public ritual for 17 years and I’ve yet to do one perfectly....

Even if your worship is a private thing, it brings you closer to your Gods....

I do not believe in an actual purgatory. But purgatory is an apt metaphor for...

The Under the Ancient Oaks Online Summer Solstice Ritual will be Saturday, June 20 at...

For those of us who are called to the practice of magic, nothing can take...

Conspiracy theories are easy and addictive. Mysticism is not an easy alternative – it’s a...

In his eulogy, Rev. Al Sharpton preached against the systemic injustices that led to the...

Religion is far more than belief. Politics is the collective expression of our highest values,...

Are you better off than you were four years ago? If you are, that’s a...

An Instagram post insisted that “you need tons of training from established witches before you...

A city official who only selects prayer leaders who meet his own religious criteria is...

Good art helps us understand the bad times in which we live. It comforts us,...

As a Pagan I’m committed to the idea that while life is difficult and often...

Announcing a new on-line class from Under the Ancient Oaks: “Operative Magic – Theory, Strategy,...

Any living religion is a product of the interactions of the people who practice it,...

The many Gods are not relics to be locked away in pretty boxes and brought...

Here’s the rest of this cycle of Conversations Under the Oaks: Pagan leadership roles, the...

It’s a mistake to assume Gods or spirits could not have caused the pandemic, even...

Three questions on Pagan prayer: one from a former atheist, one from a former fundamentalist,...

This round of Conversations Under the Oaks had lots of questions about beginning spiritual practices....

The Coronavirus wasn’t created by Gods or spirits but it’s now part of the wider...

This year the Beltane fantasy is running smack-dab into the brick wall of quarantines and...

The Under the Ancient Oaks Online Beltane Ritual will be next Friday May 1 at...

Someone asked me what it felt like when I left fundamentalist Christianity. My response was...

There is power in ritual language. But too many people try to grab that power...

If the only role you can fill right now being a good ordinary Pagan, then...

Issue-driven movements won the right to vote for women and civil rights for African-Americans. Social...