One of the beautiful aspects of a flexible, growing, changing religion is its ability to meet the world where it is. Modern Pagan religions are, on the whole, adaptable: new ceremonies, liturgies, and customs arise as adherents encounter new patterns in contemporary life. One of the areas of Pagan religious practice in which this is…
Category: Rituals
For those of Pagan faith, prayer can be an interesting conundrum. Many of us are spiritual refugees from oppressive and intolerant religious paths, which means that some of the religious structures we learned while in those faith traditions have too many bad memories attached to them to use them. This includes prayer forms – I…
I got married recently and heard many lovely things from attendees after the celebration. The most consistent feedback was about the ceremony – how it was the most beautiful, authentic, and moving ceremony many friends had witnessed. My spouse and I are ritualists – we both love ceremony and the weaving of the sacred in…
This sermon was offered to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wyoming Valley in July of 2021 Every year I coordinate a large event for my chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans in Frederick, MD. It’s a masquerade ball – a formal gala with a faery and fantasy theme. It’s our big fundraiser of…