War metaphors can be useful, but eventually they break down and leave people asking “so now what?” For most of us, the answer is “live well.” If you aren’t someone the Church would have burned at the stake 500 years ago, are you really living? Read more
For all that it’s important to pay attention to what’s going on in this world, we ignore what’s going on in the Otherworld at our peril. The battle to reshape our world is picking up again. And we need to pay attention. Read more
“Someone else is getting something I’m not and I’m mad about it.” Envy is a vice that adds to the misery of the envious and does nothing to make things better for anyone. Read more
Joy comes in it’s own time, but we can put ourselves in places where joy is likely to find us, where we’re likely experience it. Joy can’t be commanded, but it can be facilitated. And the actions that facilitate joy can be scheduled. Read more
If we lived in a Pagan society where offerings were a regular part of our culture, we’d grow up seeing how this is done. We don’t, so we have to learn from what we know about our ancestors, and from each other. This is my experience with what to offer. Read more
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s call for a “national divorce” is not a call for a second Civil War. It’s worse, because her vision of states’ rights on steroids is entirely possible. We’re already headed in that direction. We need to stop it while we still can. Read more
Magic and witchcraft are available to everyone. You don’t need an invitation and you certainly don’t need anyone’s permission. The power is there for the taking. But you have to take it, nurture it, tend it, and most importantly, exercise it. Read more
It’s important to celebrate our successes. It’s also important to examine our failures, so we can figure out where we went wrong, so we can do better next time. These are some of the most common reasons why Tarot readings and other divinations go wrong. Read more
Our traditions are sacred and our virtues are timeless, but how we embody and express them is something every generation has to continually review and revise. What doesn’t change is that our beliefs don’t make us good people. Our actions do. Read more
New York Times conservative columnist Ross Douthat is right: spiritual experimentation is dangerous. I join him in encouraging everyone to be careful and pay attention. But I have no misgivings about the direction spiritual experimentation is taking. Read more
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