Bizarrely some Pagans are trying to claim the term “polytheist” for themselves, and deny it to anyone who looks at the matter differently. In my newest Witches & Pagans post I demonstrate they do not know what they are talking … Read more
Category: Pagan Spirituality
New post on Patheos: Caitlin Jenner, the Duggars, and Us
Caitlin Jenner and the Duggars together help us better understand the deeper levels of the cultural and political struggle dividing the US today. I explore how this is true in my newest post on Patheos.… Read more
Language, Power, Care and Childhood
Changes in what words are dropped from the Oxford Junior Dictionary point to troubling shifts in the words that dominate not just adult life, but also that of children I discuss this worrisome trend in The Language of Power and … Read more
The Magick of Pagan Music
I posted some thought about music’s role in our religion on Witches and Pagans. It was inspired by three wonderful composer/musicians I head at Pantheacon this year: Holly Tannen, Ruth Barrett, and Celia Farran. There are some nice links to … Read more
Musings on the Solstice in Dark Times
Bernd Heinrich’s “Life Everlasting”: a review essay
This has been cross-posted at Witches and Pagans.
Scientists motivated by a deep love and fascination for the natural world share much of a Pagan sensibility about the world’s intrinsic value without our metaphysics, but with skills of observation … Read more
When is a book review not a book review? A more than frustrating review of “Faultlines”
There are reviews that grapple with what a book argues, and those that do not. I was disappointed that Patheos’ review of my book was the latter. Nikki Whiting admits after reading it she did not know for sure what … Read more
Considering ‘Privilege’ White, Wiccan, and otherwise.
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