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September 27, 2023
Wearing Pagan Jewelry and Clothing is a Lot More Than Advertising
An atheist asked why religious people “feel the need to advertise their belief?” with jewelry...
September 20, 2023
5 Non-Traditional Tarot Decks
Tarot decks can be addictive. Here are five relatively new Tarot decks I find interesting....
September 17, 2023
Hold Loosely But Practice Deeply
What do you do when your head tells you there is only the natural world...
September 13, 2023
AI in Spiritual Education: Caveat Emptor
I encourage you to avoid AI-created spiritual education. It’s not hard to spot, but sometimes...
September 06, 2023
Yearning For Wildness
I’m one of the most order-obsessed people I know, but I’m yearning for wildness. Because...
August 2023
August 31, 2023
We Will Win the Culture War
A Baptist pastor and political scientist says that liberals have won the culture war. I...
August 25, 2023
Trying to Overturn an Election is an Extraordinary Crime
Donald Trump was entitled to challenge the election results through legal means. He was not...
August 20, 2023
What Makes a Place Sacred?
Patheos has a new feature on The 100 Most Holy Places on Earth. Rather than...
August 15, 2023
Modern Pagan Metaphysics
Announcing a new on-line class from Under the Ancient Oaks: “Modern Pagan Metaphysics.” Registration is...
August 13, 2023
There is no Pagan perspective on Genesis 1:1
The Patheos Questions & Answers series presents different traditions’ thoughts on the Genesis creation story....
August 10, 2023
8 Things I Still Believe From Childhood
Children often believe strange things – I was no exception to this rule. There some...
August 02, 2023
August is the Worst Month
I’m struggling a bit at the moment. This shows up time and time again in...
July 2023
July 30, 2023
The Book of Druidry
Kristoffer Hughes’ The Book of Druidry is advice and guidance that will be invaluable to...
July 27, 2023
The Return of a Storm Goddess
A handful of people are hearing from a Storm Goddess whose name we can’t determine...
July 23, 2023
Lammas Night and the Sacrifice of Lughnasadh
Lughnasadh celebrates Tailtiu, who cleared the land of Ireland for planting and then died from...
July 18, 2023
13 Things From Mystic South 2023
I didn’t set out to have exactly a coven’s worth of observations from this year’s...
July 16, 2023
Building a Truly Pagan Culture
Conservatives who complain that the U.S. is becoming Pagan show their ignorance about Paganism. What...
July 09, 2023
The Witch Stands in Opposition
Throughout history, the witch has been the outsider, the other. When we oppose the mainstream...
July 02, 2023
2023.5 – How’s Your Year Going?
It seems impossible that we’re halfway through 2023. Still, here we are at the first...
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June 28, 2023
Evangelicals Claim Paganism Isn’t Really Pagan
Two Evangelical writers claim that Paganism is somehow inauthentic because it doesn’t exactly match the...
June 25, 2023
Hekate: Goddess of Witches – A Book Review
Courtney Weber says her new book is “an exploration of what it means to be...
June 21, 2023
A Hypocritical Summer Solstice
I always feel a little hypocritical celebrating the Summer Solstice. But Pagans celebrate the Wheel...
June 18, 2023
Was That Really the Morrigan?
An unpleasant encounter with the Morrigan left someone asking if it was really the Great...
June 15, 2023
The Book of Cernunnos is Now Available
The Book of Cernunnos, the new devotional anthology dedicated to the Lord of the Animals...
June 14, 2023
An Experience of the Gods that Left Me Floored
Seven questions and answers about the Gods and our experiences of Them, Pagan books, spiritual...
June 11, 2023
Our Imperfect Perceptions of the Gods
We will never get it perfectly right – we are imperfect humans. But when we’re...
June 07, 2023
For Those Who Want to be Polytheist Clergy
A young person asked how to become polytheist clergy. This way isn’t the only way...
June 04, 2023
Introducing Yourself to the Spirits of a New Place
As Pagans, we do our best to form and maintain relationships with the spirits of...
May 2023
May 31, 2023
Magical Ethics: How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything
Magic often presents ethical conundrums, but at the end of the day, there’s no such...
May 28, 2023
Are Funerals for the Living or for the Dead?
From the dawn of humanity, people have recognized that the death of a loved one...
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