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Xerosere
Look… X is not an easy letter. I could have gone with an ‘eX-‘ word, but that felt like cheating, so let’s try to make the best of my limited recall of the Greek language and discuss a little extreme … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Equality, Human Rights, Magic, Pagan Culture, Pagan History, Reconstructionism
Tagged Christianity, druid, Faith, Pagan Blog Project
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Victims (Aren’t We All?)
As pagans, we do seem able to find ways to suffer. We might joke about Christians and their self-loathing ways, how guilt and fear are too big a part of their religion, but we find ways to punish ourselves just … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Gods and Spirits, Human Rights, Pagan Culture
Tagged Christianity, druid, ergi, Faith, gender, love, Pagan Blog Project, school
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Unitarian Universalism
Egads, I am late this time. Sorry about that… I first encountered the UU when I was a young pagan newbie, haunting many mailing lists in a search for answers. It was hard to work out what they were because … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Gods and Spirits, Pagan Culture
Tagged Christianity, druid, Faith, love, OBOD, Pagan Blog Project, Unitarian Universalism, UU
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Sex, Stereotypes and Social Constructs
If I had to name one thing that concerns me about modern paganism, it’s gender-roles… This is a little bit of a difficult one for me, since it’s often at the root of certain types of pagan thinking. I recognise … Continue reading
Posted in About Me, Equality, Family, Human Rights, Pagan Culture, Parenting
Tagged Andraste, ergi, gender, Medb, Miach, Odin, Pagan Blog Project, school, transgender
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Suicide
This week was meant to be about something else, but that can wait. You see, this is National Suicide Prevention Week in America, so I thought I would approach the topic of suicide from my own perspective as a pagan. … Continue reading
Posted in Gods and Spirits, Human Rights, Pagan Culture, Reconstructionism
Tagged death, euthanasia, Pagan Blog Project, right to die, suicide
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Pagan Parenting
Parenting is hard. Parenting as a minority is even harder, especially when your particular brand of ‘other’ is philosophical. Oh, you can hide what you are (if you really want to) and nobody will know any different, but there’s a … Continue reading
Posted in About Me, Equality, Family, Human Rights, Pagan Culture, Parenting
Tagged Christianity, druid, Faith, Pagan Blog Project, school
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Open Minds
(Apologies for the late post; WordPress has been acting up this week.) “An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.” – Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War So… Open minds… As pagans, we have to live … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Magic, Pagan Culture
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Life, Love, Lust (& Late Posts)
I’m a week late writing this, so it’ll be shorter than usual. I need to catch up… Love is a basic part of our existence, an essential part of being a bard and a contentious topic in certain circles. Love … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Family, Human Rights, Pagan Culture, Parenting
Tagged Christianity, love, lust, Pagan Blog Project
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LaVey’s Little Lot
Please bear with me. There’s a good chance some of your will know the name, but don’t go making assumptions; that is kind of what this post is about. There is a philosophy that is quite often maligned (not always … Continue reading
The Grumpy Druid 