Pagans Celebrate: Film at 11

It’s a mark that paganism is slowly coming of age in terms of acceptance and respectability that MSNBC ran this story about pagans celebrating the Solstice at Stonhenge this year and then linked to it off the front page.
As a communications person, I can say this marks some important progress because the story is matter-of-fact [...]

Technically, it’s a revolution

Those who follow me on Twitter know that I’ve been watching and “retweeting” information about the upheaval in Iran this past week.
Even one who’s as naturally jaded as me can’t help but be moved by what’s going on there. I truly hope for success for them because I think it will have a beneficial and [...]

Kushiel

I first heard of the Kushiel series by seeing some of my poly/sacred sexuality friends mention that they’re reading it through Twitter and Facebook. It didn’t register strongly at the time except to have the name “Kushiel” tagged in my head with these friends.
When I was at the airport last month flying out to see [...]

Make Love AND War

I consider my paganism to definitely be eclectic. I don’t follow any one particular god or goddess nor do I follow one particular tradition. I look at all that’s out there and take the ones that speak to me, represent me, or provide a direction that I want to follow and incorporate it into my [...]

Of Paganism and Memorial Day

A surprisingly non-sensationalist and reasonably accurate story about paganism and the US Military graces the front page of CNN on this Memorial Day. It talks about how Wiccans have been successful in fighting for their rights to have their religion commemorated on the headstones of veterans.
The story notes that since the settlement in April 2007, [...]

UK Government Petition to Stop Scientology Becoming a Religion: A pagan view

I read today that James Higgs in United Kingdom has created a petition calling on the British Government to not accept Scientology as a religion in the UK.
Gods know that I’m no fan of the Scientologists, but my thoughts on them are for another posting.
For today, my thoughts are that, no matter how much I [...]