The Catholic Church has done a lot of wrong over the past 1700 years (attention journalists, it's not a 2000 year old institution), but instead of just assuming the worst I'm going to wish for the best. Read more
The Catholic Church has done a lot of wrong over the past 1700 years (attention journalists, it's not a 2000 year old institution), but instead of just assuming the worst I'm going to wish for the best. Read more
I kind of celebrate Easter. If you grew up with Easter egg hunts, baskets full of jelly beans, and huge ham dinners it's hard to leave all of that behind. Much like Christmas, the trappings of the Easter Holiday aren't Biblical, they are a hodgepodge of Christian, pagan, culture, and circumstance. Read more
There have been many contributors to Modern Paganism over the last 200 years, but who are the biggest contributors? In the the third and final installment of "The 25 Most Influential People in the Birth of Modern Paganism" we look at the five pioneers who made the biggest marks. Read more
Who are the 25 people most responsible for the rise of Modern Paganism? Find out in our three part series on Raise the Horns. This installment highlights the "America Wing," and features publishers, folklorists, the founder of ADF, and a whole host of American Witches. Opinions expressed are only the views of the author. Read more
Who doesn’t love a good list and a short history lesson at the same time? Modern Paganism has been influenced by countless people over the past 200 years, but only twenty-five of them made my list. This installment looks at ten Europeans who made invaluable contributions to Modern Paganism. Part two of this series look at eleven Americans who also played a large role in Paganism’s rebirth. The third and final installment is a “Top 5” list and contains all... Read more
If you share my passion for all things religious and spiritual you might have stumbled across The History Channels's The Bible last night, produced by Mark Burnett (Survivor) and Roma Downey (Touched By an Angel). I found the show pretty awful across the board, but much of America disagreed. It pulled in thirteen million viewers. Read more
All of us who attend know that Pcon is not literally "the place where the Pagan Umbrella is litigated every year," but it's closer to that than anywhere else. It's fuel for blog posts and books, and it's where information and ritual outside of the written word are shared and then spread across many areas of the country. Read more
Are there explicit tarot-inspired images in the music and art of Led Zeppelin? You bet! It's a little rock history and some tarot history all in one tidy little package. Read more
In Modern Greek the word pan translates to “everything” or “all” but it's much more likely that the god Pan derives his name from the Greek word root “pa” which translates to “Guardian of the flocks.” Pan's first role has always been that of the shepherd, the guardian between civilization and the wild. Read more
The online Pagan world is more than just blogs and Facebook. There's actually a "Pagan Media" now and we are expressing ourselves and our spirituality in new and exciting ways. Read more
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