Category: Pagan Blog Project
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Discrimination Against Pagan Religions in the Federal Workplace, and some Good News
Full Moon rising beneath an American flag, while I’mout for an early evening walk and communion with Nature. Below, at work at twilight. Here I am in the heart of the Bible Belt. You can’t throw a stick without doing it in Jesus’ name. This is still the area of the country where you meet…
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Different Directions: 3 Experiments for your Circle-Casting
As you may have figured out already, I like to experiment. Experimenting means not becoming stagnant in my spiritual practice. It means learning more, going deeper, taking my connection to Deity one step higher. Here are 3 ideas for experimenting with the standard “Four Directions” to see if you get a better result, a closer…
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Competitive Spirituality
When I was growing up in a Southern Baptist church, we called it “holier than thou.” These were the people who were quick to let others know that they had a better, closer relationship to Jesus than the other church members. Sorta like Christian name-droppers: “I was just talking to Jesus, and He told me…
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Channeling Insights: Signs of the Real Deal
Most people hear the term channeling and immediately think eitherfraudor nutcase. Or maybe both. Sometimes they think possession, which is probably the scariest impression. Channeling, from what I’ve observed, is a way of tapping into deeper insights, whether the person doing the channeling interprets them as being from the Higher Self, a dark but highly…
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Allowing: “I’ll Take Care of It,” God Said
Dancing widdershins? Or going backwards? Photo from an evening walk at the January 2011 Full Moon, rising just beyond this sign. For readers of The Spiritual Eclectic, here’s a freebie on January 13-14 — a pagan love story. For as much magick as we work and work hard at, too, sometimes the hardest part is…
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Art as an Act of Faith
Art, I am discovering, is the ultimate act of faith. Do you see this photo of the path through the woods? I cannot see where this path ends. As with Life, I can see only a few steps ahead. In places where the path is straighter, I can see farther, but what’s around that next…
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The Year in Faith: Pagan Blog Project Fridays Throughout 2012
Writing is my way of working through emotional or spiritual turmol, whether it’s fiction, essays, or the dozen and more non-fiction guides I’ve written. I’ve found my audience–both Christian and Pagan–and I appreciate them very much for their open-mindedness and willing to explore new aspects of spirituality. I used to blog about spiritual matters and…