Why Did The Pagan Go To Church?

Last updated on: November 13, 2015 at 5:00 am By Alison Leigh Lilly

...what's a road to a Pagan who's grown so used to wandering in the spiritual wilderness that she's more inclined to stop and talk to the trees than to another human being? Read more

The Lure of Consumption, the Magic of Intention

Last updated on: November 9, 2015 at 5:00 am By Valerie Freseman

Where does a quest for the “right” tool or the “right” candle become excessive? How was this crystal mined, and who made this blade? Is this stuff necessary? What do we really need to practice? Read more

Creating Rituals for Pagan Groups in a UU Context

Last updated on: November 6, 2015 at 5:02 am By Erica Baron

One of the things I find most challenging in preparing ritual for UU Pagans is the wide variety of Paganisms that UUs bring to these rituals. Read more

Demokratia or Death

Last updated on: November 5, 2015 at 5:00 am By David Pollard

Sometimes people look at the past and say that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Yet if you go far enough back - like taking democracy all the way back to Athens, things are different, VERY different. Read more

What's a Deity?

Last updated on: November 3, 2015 at 5:00 am By Dan Harper

Humans in the U.S. today venerate a variety of deities, many of which look nothing like the U.S. Protestant transcendent God. And that veneration can take a variety of forms, from overt public worship to more covert forms of veneration. Read more

Bringing Back the Dead

Last updated on: November 2, 2015 at 5:00 am By Liz Fisher

The Day of the Dead then, for me, is as much about the living as about the Souls of the Dead. By remembering those whom we still love, we continue their legacies and fulfill, at least in part, their unfinished aspirations. Read more

Samhain Through the Faces of Old Women

Last updated on: October 30, 2015 at 5:00 am By Maggie Beaumont

At first, I see nothing; then my own face swims into focus; then I see the face of my mother. I turn back to the Witch. “I see the passage of time,” I say, “in the faces of old women.” Read more

Circles Within Circles – UU Paganism, Community and World

Last updated on: October 29, 2015 at 6:00 am By J.K. Hildebrand

Having returned last week from the Parliament of the World Religions in Salt Lake City, I am present to the rich spiritual and religious practices we as human beings hold. It was incredible as a Unitarian Universalist Pagan to participate with practitioners of a variety of earth and nature centered traditions worldwide. It was also amazing to see how UU Pagans in general are part of this larger community and have really taken the international UU community. I stopped into... Read more