Category: Pagan Blog Project
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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…