I wish I could show you a bright and happy future for the coming year, but I cannot. Still, The Wheel of Fortune, The High Priestess, and The Magician tell us there will be opportunities if we will see them, and if we will act. Read more
I wish I could show you a bright and happy future for the coming year, but I cannot. Still, The Wheel of Fortune, The High Priestess, and The Magician tell us there will be opportunities if we will see them, and if we will act. Read more
The Top 10 posts of 2020 on Under the Ancient Oaks: a guide to cursing, beginning witches and Pagans, dealing with the pandemic, and the Morrigan – who always seems to make an appearance on this list. Plus the “Next 5” – the top posts of the second half of the year. Read more
While I’ve come to accept that sometimes the Pagan community just doesn’t care about something as much as I do, there are times when I find myself screaming “this is important! Why are you not reading this?!” Read more
It’s always good to look back on the significant events and trends of a year, even a dumpster fire year like 2020. These are eight important things that happened in the wider Pagan community this year. Read more
Denton CUUPS provided the Sunday Service for the Denton UU Fellowship this morning. I provided part of the reflection. Read more
Good liturgy should be a living thing. This is how my Pagan ritual liturgy has evolved over the years. Read more
What do we know about the Gods, and how should we respond to Them? Read more
The Under the Ancient Oaks Online Winter Solstice Ritual will be Friday, December 18 at 8:00 PM CST on YouTube. Read more
Joe Biden will become the oldest person to ever be President. Nancy Pelosi is 80. Mitch McConnell is 78. And they’re hardly unique. I want to look at the dichotomy between ordinary people with a desire for early retirement and politicians who never want to retire. Read more
Paganism is orthopraxic and not orthodoxic – it’s more important to do the right things than to believe the right things. But there’s a place for belief in Paganism, even if it isn’t at the center of our religion(s). Read more