How can someone move past the feeling of being behind if they start their Pagan practice later in life? It starts with beginning a dedicated practice. Read more
How can someone move past the feeling of being behind if they start their Pagan practice later in life? It starts with beginning a dedicated practice. Read more
The first time your spell brings results, you’re likely to dismiss it as a coincidence. The second time you’ll dismiss it as confirmation bias. But after the ninth or tenth or fiftieth time, the results add up. Now it’s easier to assume that magic is real than to assume it’s not. Read more
There have been witches in all societies, including societies that aggressively hunted and killed them. There are good reasons why people practice witchcraft even at great risk to their lives: because it’s necessary. If the only options are submission or witchcraft… well, that’s a pretty clear choice, isn't it? Read more
If you’ve asked if Cyn and I are a couple, or if you’ve wondered about it but didn’t ask, I don’t want an apology. I don’t want you to mind your own business. I want you to abandon the unstated assumptions of patriarchal culture and start building a consent culture. Read more
We live in fearful times – or so we’re told. Politicians attempt to exploit our fears, while others claim fear is only an illusion and attempt to shame those who are afraid. Sometimes fear is rational. Other times it’s not. Most times it’s a little of both, and that makes it really complicated. But through reason and experience, we can keep fear from controlling our lives. Read more
Even if there is One True Way, we have no way of knowing which one it is. If your standard is certainty, your only honest alternative is to be an agnostic and accept that you can know nothing. Or perhaps, choosing the “right” religion isn’t what’s most important. Read more
I’ve had a running conversation with a Christian who asks a lot of questions. Most of them are reasonable-sounding questions, but they carry assumptions that are not relevant to a worldview grounded in polytheism… including the assumption that nothing of value is lost when entire religions are wiped from the face of the Earth. Read more
If you go about your religion (or lack thereof) and respect everyone else’s right to do the same, this isn’t directed at you. This is for those who turn their religion into a competitive sport. You don’t have the One True Way, and you aren’t going to win. Read more
Every era has had their rich eccentrics – ours is no different. But attempting to escape the Earth and mortality and the consequences of industrial society while leaving everyone else behind? Both history and myth say it’s not going to work. Read more
What do you say to someone who argues that widespread conversion to Christianity means their way is the one true way? You start with the kind of history they don’t teach in Sunday School. The Old Gods never really went away, and our polytheist religions have been rebooted. Read more
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