I have long observed that in groups there is often a tendency for a few people to do most of the work and be “super-volunteers” while the rest just show up but don’t get more involved. Granted, some people have more time than others, and are more passionate and dedicated. But still it can be [...]
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Leadership Resources
Posted in Pagan Community, tagged community organizing, leadership, organization, psychology, sociology on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Slaves to the Gods?
Posted in Class, Ethics, Pagan Community, Race/Ethnicity, Theology, tagged bdsm, freedom, humanism, philosophy, slavery on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a post I made in June and never finished
Lately I’ve been noticing a small but growing number of people calling themselves “godslaves”. These individuals are generally of a mystic bent, Norse or Hellenic, and have a strong devotion to a particular deity, to the point where they see themselves as being “owned” by [...]
A Hawk Wind Blows
Posted in Ethics, Nature/Ecology, Pagan Community, tagged birds, ecology, Ethics, law, nature, poaching, totemism, travel on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just returned last night from a weekend trip with my partner to the Iron Range and Duluth, Minnesota. We had a wonderful time biking on the Mesabi Trail (20 miles in total!) through the deep pine and birch forests and saw a painted turtle on the trail. Yesterday in Duluth we went up to [...]
On the Value of Democracy
Posted in Ethics, Pagan Community, Politics/Culture, tagged democracy, leadership, politics on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Democracy, the revolutionary idea of choosing ones’ own leaders as a community, originated in polytheistic societies. The most obvious of course being Athens, Greece but Iceland had the Althing, and the Founding Fathers of the United States took inspiration from the Iroquois Confederacy in forming a system of government and writing the Constitution. Now, technically, [...]
Christo-Paganism
Posted in Christianity, Concepts & Definitions, Ethics, Pagan Community on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Beyond Reconstructionism
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Pagan Community, tagged spiritual development, spiritual identity on May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Like many Pagans, I began my path with Wicca, at least the non-traditional eclectic forms of it that were being popularized in the late 90’s, early 2000’s when I became interested. Cast a circle, call the four elements, invoke the God and Goddess. Wicca is certainly a valid religion for those who practice it honestly [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Exploring the Druid Blogosphere
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Pagan Community, tagged blogs on June 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Yvonne over on MetaPagan is trying to get collections of blogs on various traditions, countries etc. So I thought I would contribute to this effort with a post on Druid and Celtic Pagan blogs. Now the Druid community is quite diverse, even spanning outside the Pagan community- as some forms of Druidry see it [...]
Accessibility
Posted in Disability/Autism, Pagan Community on April 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just today someone popped up on the Hellenion-Midwest list, introducing herself and expressing interest in Hyperborean Demos. She mentioned that she is deaf and uses a wheelchair. Naturally, she inquired if the place we were meeting was accessible. I had to write her e-mail telling her that it is not, as the room we meet [...]
