Pantheon Book Club: The Secret History of Rock ‘n’ Roll by Christopher Knowles
Music and religion go hand in hand. Maybe it’s on a dance floor, moving to syncopated drums around a campfire or locked in your room transported by the sounds flowing from your headphones. At some...
View ArticleSing to the Mighty Dead
I’ve realized lately that many of the people I have admired from girlhood or learned to admire since were bisexuals, though some of them lived before the term was even coined. I’ve read their books and...
View ArticleGuy Fawkes and Revolution
Remember, remember the 5th of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I can think of no reason why Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot. It’s Guy Fawkes Day in England and revolution is on my...
View ArticleTop Ten Things Our Ancestors Want Us To Know
In the spirit of top 10 lists and the spirit of the season, here is my top 10 list of things the ancestors want us to know: 10. Everyone has ancestors, even if they don’t know who they are, the...
View ArticleElitism: The Intellectual Path in Paganism
“You dropped a hundred and fifty grand on a ****** education you coulda got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library.” – Will, Good Will Hunting “Where is fancy bred? In the heart or in...
View ArticleIntellectualism and Pagan Pedagogy
The following started out as a comment to be made on Star’s Nov. 9th post, “Elitism: The Intellectual Path in Paganism.” Because what I was writing grew and grew into a pretty wide-ranging little...
View ArticleWicca Series: Is Wicca a “new religion”?
Every Monday and Friday in January we will be asking people questions about Wicca. Want to weigh in? Find the next question at the bottom of this post! Should Wicca be classified as a new religion?...
View ArticleReligious and Pro-Choice
Also see Star Foster‘s and K.C. Hulsman’s posts on abortion. We’ve just passed the anniversary of Roe v Wade and I am filled with dismay. In the forty years since this landmark decision was made,...
View ArticleHappy St. Patrick’s Day? I Don’t Think So.
I was driving around my little town today and I saw that several houses already have decorations up for St. Patrick’s Day, which in the US is about two weeks away. I usually forget all about this...
View ArticleWyrd Designs – King Radbod and the Importance of the Ancestors
This week on August 9th many Heathens who are members of the Asatru Alliance, or who opt to use their calendar, set aside time to celebrate the life and memory of the Frisian King Radbod (680-719 CE),...
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