As a Unitarian Universalist, one of the things I love when researching religions is commonality – finding similar practices across cultures, belief systems, and geography. As a Pagan whose religious roots reach deeply into history, these threads of similar practice and approach anchor me ever more firmly to the sacred world we share and the…
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When it’s really cold and horrible out, my spouse and I walk the shopping mall near where we live. I noticed the other day that swimsuits are already out and the darker colors of winter clothing have given way to the pastels and soft fabrics of this year’s spring collections. It’s a funny thing to…
Christian Supremacist culture is a lot like the other forms of supremacy: it is a system rather than an event. It is an invisible structure that normalizes and enforces Christian standards (of belief, behavior, morality, and more) over all other standards. And, as an invisible and ever-present system, it is subtle and gets into everything:…
One perspective common to most of the belief systems that fall under the umbrella term of Paganism is a desire to connect more fully with the natural world. There’s a recognition among most Pagans that Western culture, as a whole, has slipped too far from the cycle of the seasons and the interconnected web of…