Paganism

June 2019

June 01, 2019
Finally, I have crossed the milestone of a thousand days of uninterrupted daily practice. Just...

October 2018

October 20, 2018
The Wheel reflects the yearly, monthly, and daily cycles of life. These are the cycles...

July 2018

July 21, 2018
The importance of Pagan books. In the West, the image of a wizard with his...
July 07, 2018
America's tribalism is tearing the country apart, and (sometimes it seems) us with it. The...

June 2018

June 02, 2018
Mind, body, and spirit; these are ideas we take for granted. We are taught to...

March 2018

March 19, 2018
Animals have not forgotten the geography of the real. They know things that we either...

February 2018

February 13, 2018
Paganism is a social revitalization movement. It is a return to some semblance of older...

October 2017

October 24, 2017
By defining “Pagan” we’re learning who we are – and who we’re not. Defining Paganism...

September 2017

September 05, 2017
We feel intuitively that the closer we are to the creation of a magical tool,...

August 2017

August 14, 2017
It’s easy to get wrapped up in the moment and forget the simple power of...
August 07, 2017
We must abandon the self-help movement, step away from comforting gods, and throw ourselves into...

July 2017

July 25, 2017
When courage falters, people say, “take heart!” Maybe that seems like a silly way to...
July 11, 2017
There’s a spiritual equivalent of standing alone in a forest, in a place where there...

June 2017

June 19, 2017
Tied to the history of the land, the boline is a reminder of the thin...
June 12, 2017
Idolatry has been the straw man of the West for two millennia. Monotheists hate it....
June 05, 2017
We all bow to fear. We can’t help it. No one is fearless in all...

May 2017

May 15, 2017
Step into the unknown, and you’ll find yourself there.

March 2017

March 12, 2017
Are we creatures of spirit who inhabit bodies, or physical bodies that somehow have awareness?...
March 05, 2017
We see people do incredible things, and we think, “I could never do that.” But...

February 2017

February 16, 2017
Faith is not belief. That’s a weird, post-Enlightenment Protestant Christian, non-Pagan thing. Faith is connection...

January 2016

January 03, 2016
Over and over, I hear people talk about how they can’t meditate. They confess that...

December 2015

December 20, 2015
The spiritual importance of Star Wars, at least for me, is that it showed us...
December 06, 2015
Since animists don’t turn a blind eye to the dark corners and dangers of the...

November 2015

November 15, 2015
Scrying is the practice of inducing and interpreting visions. Commonly, crystal balls and magic mirrors...
November 01, 2015
Life is about more than just being terribly clever and easily dissatisfied primates who happen...

October 2015

October 18, 2015
Halloween is almost upon us. It’s a time of year for costumes, parties, and maybe...
October 04, 2015
In Paganism, we spend a lot of time shouting across the chasms of meaning and...

September 2015

September 20, 2015
The animistic worldview is the red-headed stepchild of Western pagan worldviews. It finds itself mostly...
September 06, 2015
Land spirits are an important part of paganisms around the world. These are spirits associated...
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