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[Dead Ideas] “Buddy Genghis: Christian King of the East Prester John”, by B. T. Newberg
https://player.megaphone.fm/ADL8534070323? Why did medieval Christians think the Mongols were Christians coming to team up with their Crusader bros to kick some Muslim butt? Well, it had to do with a fake news story about a certain legendary king called Prester…
Read MoreThe Joy of Pagan Conventions!
I’ve also been amazed a how far we have come as Naturalistic Pagans – at how we are most often openly welcomed at fellow Pagans now. It was nice to be able to feel comfortable being open at Convocation. Of course, there is still a lot of areas where there is room for growth, and life is rarely a bed of roses. As we grow in so many different ways, experiences of many kinds help us build.
Read MoreNaturalistic Pagan Toolbox: Poetic Ritual Language
Symbolic language, like poetry, is a rich resource which we can and should tap in order to make more our rituals more emotionally powerful and personally and collectively transformative. This requires more than just adding a poem into a preexisting ritual. It means using poetic language as a substitute for all discursive language in our rituals. In fact, it means treating the entire ritual as a poem.
Read MoreWalking the Labyrinth, by Anna Walther
The cicada song in the trees above intensified as I approached the center. Coincidence, I’m certain, and yet…
Read MorePantheaCon Raises Questions About the Future of Non-Theistic Paganism
I am left wondering about what the future holds for the non-theist Pagan community. We began to coalesce under the pressure of extinction from an external force: evangelical polytheism. But now that open hostilities have ceased, will the non-theistic Pagan community thrive in this newly accommodating environment?
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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