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Michael Warren Davis’s “King of the Wild:” Getting everything wrong about Wicca is hard, but not impossible

Posted on September 6, 2022September 8, 2022 by Gus

Academically, I am a Political Scientist and a Gardnerian Witch, in both cases for about 40 years. I encountered the Craft soon after gaining my Ph.D. at Berkeley.  I cut my ideological teeth as a young conservative in high school … Read more

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People of the Earth

Posted on February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 by Gus

One of the most important research projects for me personally, perhaps the most important, is better understanding perceptions about “place” within many indigenous peoples’ cultures. Over and over we hear traditional indigenous peoples say they and the place wherein they … Read more

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What is Indigenaity in Religion?

Posted on November 19, 2015April 17, 2021 by Gus

With small changes this article appeared in  The Interfaith Observer.

SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/gus/Downloads/INTERFAITH.doc

Can indigenous peoples not practice indigenous religions? What if a non-indigenous person claims to practice their religion? Can people normally not considered indigenous have an indigenous religion? Can … Read more

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Re-thinking the Obvious: Modernity and Living Respectfully with Nature

Posted on September 14, 2015September 21, 2019 by Gus

http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/167/201… Read more

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Answering critics of Pagan polytheism

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Gus

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

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Why Pagans aren’t much interested in theology compared to monotheists

Posted on June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 by Gus

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Over at Witches and Pagans I have posted a piece explaining theology’s relatively unimportant role in Pagan religion compared to what it plays in Abrahamic ones.… Read more

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What is indigenaity in religion?

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Gus

I was asked to write a piece on this topic for The Interfaith Observer and think it will be of interest to anyone wondering how we NreoPagans relate to the many indigenous religious traditions in the world, traditions that do … Read more

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Pantheism, Paganism, and Tocqueville on the Soul of Democracy

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Gus

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

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Before the Farm – and After

Posted on May 9, 2013May 9, 2020 by Gus

Based on reasonable extrapolations from both the historical evidence and surviving hunting and gathering societies, our earliest forbearers generally lived in relatively small usually mobile groups. This mobility was not universal.  Permanent communities could exist where fish, game, and edible … Read more

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What Libertarians can add to American life – if they take the time to understand their principles

Posted on April 24, 2013May 2, 2013 by Gus

UPDATE 4/26, 5/2

I have written a number of critiques of libertarian thinking recently, one a chapter in a just published book, and several shorter pieces on this blog.  Along the way I have emphasized I agree with their fundamental … Read more

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