Pagan Spirituality – Page 4

The Transforming Power of Pagan Religion

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Gus

Enough of critiques! I have a new post up on Patheos that looks at how Pagan spirituality is a corrective to serious blind spots in much Christian and secular thinking about people and the world.… Read more

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The Pagan community neeeds to repudiate libertarianism as it currently exists

Posted on April 5, 2013April 10, 2013 by Gus

After some frustrating encounters with Pagans who called themselves libertarians I decided to write why Pagans once had a libertarian connection and why there really is no longer any reason to do so until libertarians do a thorough house cleansing … Read more

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Understanding Wilderness

Posted on March 26, 2013March 26, 2013 by Gus

At a recent conference on Aldo Leopold and his work hardly anyone in the panels mentioned what Leopold might be best known for doing: inspiring our system of protected wilderness. The topic has become passe among many environmental academics. One … Read more

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Pagan religion as a nature religion

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Gus

Over at Witches and Pagans a right wing Pagan published a piece claiming to show that Pagan religion is not a nature religion. I have shown him to be mistaken.… Read more

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New post up on Witches and Pagans

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Gus

Part II of my little essay on “Penetrating the World of Spirit” is now up on Witches and Pagans. It gives some exercises anyone can try that will enable (most) to see the densest of the energy bodies around … Read more

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Penetrating the world of Spirit

Posted on February 24, 2013February 24, 2013 by Gus

One of the most interesting discoveries I made about modern Paganism is the large number of people identifying with us because they feel at home here. They like the way we celebrate seeing ourselves as a part of a larger … Read more

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The Mirage of Monotheism

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Gus

For thousands of years people lived in a world they experienced as populated by a multitude of spiritual forces. Apparently they did not think of them as being subordinate to some central divine king, if for no other reason than … Read more

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Pentecostals, Ayn Rand, and why the heart should come before the mind

Posted on February 7, 2013February 11, 2013 by Gus

The day after Brigit I drove down to Oakland to give a talk on the Mondragon co-operatives of Spain. Afterwards I met with a Pagan friend for lunch and invited another who I had not met previously, but with whom … Read more

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Coping with thought forms

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Gus

My final post in a series of three is up on Patheos concerning thought forms and the nature of their impact on American life today. It discusses what we might be able to do to help weaken the worst of … Read more

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Pagans and the Living World

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Gus

A new post just went up on the Witches and Pagans site. It includes links to two excellent books making the case that the world is conscious “all the way down.”… Read more

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