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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...

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#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...

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So 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...

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#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...

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Wicca: 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...

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#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...

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Tradition 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...

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So 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...

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Perhaps 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...

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My 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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