Category: Pagan Blog Project
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The Mystery of the Missing Pagan Blogs
Last September, I decided to add a directory to this site so that I–and others–could easily find their favorite pagan blogs as well as spiritual blogs that fit my alternative spirituality readership. After all, even though I’ve been writing spiritual blogs since January 2005, I fully realize that I write “long-tail” and very diverse material…
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5 Spiritual / Pagan Blogs You Must Subscribe to (Besides Mine)
Spiritual and pagan blogs are plentiful but generally lack consistency or longevity–more on that in an upcoming post about a survey I conducted this month. I’m a bit envious of bloggers who are able to find a very focused niche and stick with it. I may be both prolific in my writings and in it…
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How a Pagan Goes to Church
This week’s visit to the Cathedral of Nature as always brings wonder and joy to my heart. Last year, I picked up an unusual lily in the supermarket, brought it home, and let it bloom out. When the lily had died back a bit, I planted it at my front door, half-convinced that I’d never…
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What Religion Is the Aurora Theater Shooter? And Does It Matter?
I am anxiously watching the news chatter on the“Dark Knight Rises”massacre and the latest breaking news this hour. As empathic as I am, it’s tough to watch or read about, and as happens with all tragedies, they reflect similar previous tragedies and bring long-buried pain to the surface. My first real understanding of what…
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“Born Again Pagan” and Other Bumper Stickers Christians Consider Antagonistic
A friend directed me to a controversial article about “antagonistic bumper stickers” a few days ago. Honestly, I had a hard time taking the article seriously because the author was so far off base about modern Paganism, what Pagans believe, and what Pagans intend by expressing their faith (the intent is apparently to piss off…
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Journey and Pilgrimage: Finding the Straight Way Again
Midway through the journey of our life, I came to myself in a dark wood, wandering, for the straight way had been lost. — Dante When Dante’s Divine Comedy opens in 1300 with those famous lines, the narrator himself is about 35, or–for a lifespan of 70 years–half-way through his life. But I’m not in…
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Irony: So Help Me God and Making Oaths to Other Gods
Is an oath an oath if it’s sworn in the name of someone else’s god? You’d think that jury duty and court cases would remember the premise of separation of Church and State. What if the defendant is an atheist? Or Muslim? Or Wiccan? Does this mean only Christians can sit in judgment? Will a…
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Everyday Is a Jury of our Peers
Herb garden meets Stonehenge. Photo by Lorna Tedder. From a young age, I was taught not to judge others, even though the people who preached did little to practice it. Not judging was one of the earliest lessons I was taught in church…a church that did not allow anyone of another race, religion, or “alternative…
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G Is for Get Over It
Though the term get over it has been used as early as 1839, it’s been a useful and oft-used buzzword since the early 90’s. As part of my spiritual practice, I will be using it more. I can be the politest and most compassionate person in the world, but at times when I am truly…