This is a long post on the mostly bad effects of using the term ‘privilege’ in social and political analysis. I broke it up into three parts at Patheos. Part I dealt with Wiccan privilege. Part II with the concept … Read more
Author: Gus
I have posted two more blog essays on the meaning of Pagan religion
The second tin the series is “What is Paganism? Part II: A Spiritual Taxonomy” which gives a more scholarly definition rooted in the basic story that unifies Pagan religion. It also explains when this kind of definition is … Read more
Kent Nerburn’s “The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo”: magnificent at many levels
Kent Nerburn’s new The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky is a wonder. The final volume in a trilogy that is neither Western-style history nor fiction, it does what … Read more
Two articles on my new book (written by me).
The first is for Witches and Pagans, a name which explains the site, and so its focus is on a Pagan audience.
The second is for Patheos, an interfaith site, and again, the paper is focused … Read more
The meaning of Samhain in modern America
Samhain (Sao-win) is one of the two most important Wiccan Sabbats, for as Beltane (May Day) celebrates the triumph of life, so Samhain (Halloween), six months later, honors the reality of death. I discuss its importance for American culture today … Read more
Pantheism, Paganism, and Tocqueville on the Soul of Democracy
I have a new post up on Witches and Pagans that explores how the themes of modern Pagan spirituality appear inherent in a democratic culture… or at least so Alexis Tocqueville believed. Though as a good Catholic he was not … Read more