8 ways in which I’m “not Pagan”
I have over years been referred to anything on the gamut from "flaming Pagan" to "in the broom closet behind the vacuum cleaner." Really, I fall somewhere in between. I’ve outgrown the belief that...
View Article#paganvalues–Why I don’t want to talk about religion over a beer with you
English: Detail of Reconstruction of the Acropolis and Areus Pagus in Athens Deutsch: Ausschnitt aus der Idealen Ansicht der Akropolis und des Areopags (vorne) in Athen (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I...
View ArticleSo you want to study Paganism with me…
English: Primary School in “open air”, in Bucharest, around 1842. Wood engraving, 11x22cm (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It must be that time of year. A few folks have approached me in the past three months...
View Article#paganvalues: Misplaced values
BERLIN, GERMANY – MARCH 31: A volunteer lights one of 5000 blue and green candles in an eight-meter shape of Planet Earth in front of the Brandenburg Gate during Earth Hour 2012 on March 31, 2012 in...
View ArticleWicca: not the only witchcraft in town
English: The sculpture of the Wiccan Horned God at the Museum of Witchcraft. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It probably started with a misreading of Scott Cunningham. The etymology of “Wicca” – the whole...
View Article#paganvalues The artificial construct of tradition
Polski: kolacja wigilijna – dania (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Tradition is a big deal among Pagans. Your tradition defines your religion, how you practice, what you practice, your morals – sometimes even...
View ArticleTradition does not equate with physics
There are plenty of arguments pro and con for traditions in Wicca. They do lend stability, continuity and in healthy hands the protection of a community. The cons are mostly what comes out of them when...
View ArticleSo What’s a Real Witch, anyway?
image from Library of Congress archive Since I have a book coming out titled “Divorcing a Real Witch” I get asked by a slightly hostile minority: “So what is a real witch?” The only people asking have...
View ArticlePerhaps I’m the Pagan Rip Van Winkle
In the late 90s and early ‘aughts, I had this Pagan community thing down. I knew what went on online in any semi-public Pagan community. I even enjoyed a membership to a few secret-ish ones. I got my...
View ArticleMy writing to-do as of March 16
Despite passing out in a locker room last week, thus living out one of the more popular worst high school nightmares, last week proved fairly productive. I’m amazed how much I got to run a...
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