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• Lasting Pagan Communities | Jan 27 2008

  Ian, from Dreaming the Future Closer, wrote a thought-provoking article on different types of religious engagement. He proposed that there are three kinds of approaches to religion that people can have, the “Problem Solver” (whom for now I prefer to call the “Occultist”), the “Traditionalist” (whom I prefer to call “Communitarian”) and the “Grappler [...]

• Loyalty and the Pagan Community | Dec 17 2007

  Over the years, many Pagans have talked about and worked toward a “Pagan Community.” They saw a need for us to work together. Many groups, covens, teaching circles and other organizations have been started. Many have died. Many are struggling for survival. A few are thriving.

  Has this created a Pagan Community? I see that there are some signs of community in some areas. Unfortunately, these areas are few and far between. Also unfortunate is how incohesive these “communities” are. There is a significant piece missing from nearly all groups. The groups that have it have too little.

• Should Children be Raised as Witches? | Apr 29 2007

  There is great fear within the Pagan/Wiccan community of mixing children and Witchcraft. One common reason is that some people think that it is morally wrong to raise children in any faith and teach it to them. They feel that it is a form of brainwashing. I think their feeling this way is a form of rejection or rebellion against the faith that their parents raised them in. I disagree with this idea of deliberately excluding children from religious training due to a fear of brainwashing or indoctrination. [...]

• US Veterans Administration Approves the Pentacle | Apr 23 2007

  The US Veterans Administration, after nearly 10 years, has finally approved the Pentacle as an Emblem of Belief on the headstones and memorial markers for military veterans. Press coverage of this momentous occasion for Pagan/Wiccan rights was bigger than I would have anticipated, as the Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times and many [...]

• Solitary Religious Practice vs. Religous Community | Apr 22 2007

  Sojourner wrote an interesting article, entitled Allport and Solitary Practice, about Gordon Allport’s idea that religion as a solitary journey within the context of a religious community. Mr. Allport proposed that everyone is responsible for coming to their personal religious reality on their own. He then stated that this journey is done within a religious [...]

• In the Public Eye: A Question of Secrecy | Apr 03 2007

  To be or not to be public. That is the question every magical group must answer at some point in its existence. It is a difficult decision that can raise such drama as to sometimes end with the permanent fracture of the group. It is an art to navigate these difficult magical waters. [...]

• Pagans and Wiccans United at Minnesota State Capitol | Feb 26 2007

  Pagans and Wiccans like to see themselves and be portrayed as simply people who follow their individual paths and lives. They tend to dislike anything that makes them appear organized. Unfortunately, this has caused the people and the religion much more hardship than necessary.
  People can follow individual paths while remaining united and organized on common [...]