For some time now, I’ve been noticing a growing number of people calling themselves Christo-Pagans, Christian Witches and the like, combining these religions in some way. Judeo-Pagans and Jewitches have also been popping up. While many Western Pagans draw inspiration from Buddhism and Hinduism, Eastern religions give themselves a lot more easily to syncretism than [...]
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Christo-Paganism
Posted in Christianity, Concepts & Definitions, Ethics, Pagan Community on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
More on Artisson & Conversion
Posted in Christianity, Interfaith, Pagan Community on April 11, 2009 | 12 Comments »
By a reader’s request here is an expansion/continuation of the post on Robin Artisson’s Conversion Essay. I’m not sure what all he wants explained but I’ll try my best.
First some background- Robin Artisson is the author of The Witching Way of Hollow Hill, The Horn of Everwood and The Flaming Circle. I have not read [...]
The Culture of Halloween
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Christianity, Holidays, Popular Culture, Religious Right, tagged American culture, children, consumerism, Halloween, Samhain, sexuality on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the past 20 years so there have some changes in the culture of Halloween in the United States. Likewise celebration of the holiday has spread to parts of the world where it was previously unknown. I am interested in exploring this and wondering how this may affect its older cousin, Samhain. I do observe [...]
Response to Artisson’s Conversion Essay
Posted in Christianity, Ethics, Interfaith, Pagan Community, Theology, tagged conversion on August 13, 2008 | 19 Comments »
This is a response to Robin Artisson’s Essay- The System and Psychology of Conversion
Go read it before this post. It is an essay about Pagans/Heathens/polytheists who convert back to Christianity or Judaism and the possible factors that make them more likely to convert. First, I have to give Artisson credit for admitting his biases up [...]
Immanence and the Holy Spirit
Posted in Christianity, Interfaith, Judaism, Theology, tagged Christianity, Gnosticism, goddess, Holy Spirit, immanence, Judaism, mysticism, Pentecost, Quakerism, Theology, Trinity on June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
About a month or so ago Pentecost was coming up and I asked my fiance to explain the history behind it. He explained that in the Book of Acts, the Apostles got together to celebrate the then Jewish holiday of Pentecost. They were feeling discouraged and didn’t know what to do next in since the [...]
