Posted in Spirituality, tagged ADF, Ancient Order of Druids in America, AODA, Ár nDraíocht Féin, Commitment, Druidry, Gods, Greek gods, Greek Mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenismos, Impiety, Internet, Meso-Paganism, Mesopaganism, Muscle Cars, Mysticism, Nature, Neo-Paganism, Neopaganism, OBOD, Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, Paganism, Piety, Polytheism, Religion, Samhain, Samhainn, Spirituality, Worship on October 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In my last post, I hinted cryptically at something new in the works for me, spiritually speaking. The quick and dirty version is that a week from tomorrow my family will celebrate Samhainn and I will, in honor of the new year of the ancient Celts, officially begin my candidate year with the Ancient Order [...]
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Posted in Spirituality, tagged Beauty, Food, Pie, Jesus, Mormonism, Christianity, Poetry, Theology, Internet, Marriage, Paganism, Reconstructionism, Identity, Odin, Halloween, Christmas, Nature, Tradition, Polytheism, Hellenic Polytheism, Dionysus, Demeter, Sex, Unconscious, Neopaganism, Night, New Age, Meditation, Summer, Spring, Fall, Wicca, Neo-Paganism, Worship, Wine, Eclecticism, Sexuality, Fertility, Balance, John Michael Greer, Ritual, Seasons, Celebration, Agriculture, Gardening, Farming, Herbs, Winter, Easter, Holidays, Mind, Wheel of the Year, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Ancestry, Ancestors, Beltaine, Beer, Hades, Dying God, Subconscious, Adolescence, Arthurian Legend, King Arthur, Friendship, Honeysuckle, Autumn, Thanksgiving, Summer Solstice, Solstice, Birth, Flowers, Fruit, Equinox, Cross-Quarter, Rebellion, Feast, Samhain, Lughnasa, Mabon, Yule, Fall Equinox, Spring Equinox, Midsummer, Winter Solstice, Easter Bunny, May, Juniper, Bonfires, Luck, Mead, Cross, Rowan Cross, May Bough, Sun, June, Vigil, Lamb, St. John's Wort, August, Harvest, Dancing, Bread, Cernunnos, Osiris, Arthur, Green Man, Barbecue, September, Wicker Man, Harvest Lord, November, Dead, Rememberance, December, Great Bear, Polaris, Yule Log, Libations, Mistletoe, Holly, Ivy, Holly and Ivy, Childbirth, Purification, Initiation, Candles, Candlemaking, Cheese, Dairy, Water, Easter Eggs, Underworld, Persephone on August 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Back in April when I first started to come out as a Pagan, I mentioned that one of my goals was to figure out some good ways to celebrate the Wheel of the Year. Although my emphasis is typically on the Hellenic gods, and my personal practice draws more from reconstructionism than anywhere else, I [...]
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Posted in Spirituality, tagged 1960's, Aquarius, Astrology, Bar Exam, Books, Brendan Myers, Culture, Economy, Employment, Ethics, International Pagan Values Blogging Month, Law, Law Firms, Law School, Liberalism, Modernis, Modernity, Morality, Morals, Neo-Paganism, Neopaganism, Paganism, Politics, Relaxation, Society, Stress, The Other Side Of Virtue, Values, Virtue Ethics, Writing on June 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So after I pass the bar exam, there will probably be a fairly long lull before I go to work for my law firm. Since the economy is in the toilet, most major law firms are pushing back their start dates for first-year associates anywhere from a few months to a year or more. [...]
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Posted in Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged Age Of Aquarius, Aquarius, Astrology, Brendan Myers, Counterculture, Crystals, Dreams, Enlightenment, Ethics, Family, Fifth Dimension, Hair, Heritage, History, International Pagan Values Month, Jupiter, Liberalism, Liberation, Morality, Music, Mysticism, Myth, Mythology, Nature, Neo-Paganism, Neopaganism, New Age, Paganism, Peace, Reconstructionism, Revelation, Sixties, Spirituality, The Other Side Of Virtue, Theater, Utopia, Values, Virtue, Visions, Wicca on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Note: This is another post for International Pagan Values Month.
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
I have been thinking about the post I wrote yesterday on sources for pagan values, and I have realized (partly because of a conversation that [...]
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Posted in Spirituality, tagged Blogging, Meta, Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Politics, Episcopal Church, Marriage, Episcopalianism, Culture, Gospel, Jurisprudence, C. S. Lewis, Ethics, Morality, Values, Philosophy, Paganism, Virtues, Nine Noble Virtues, Mythology, Edda, Liberalism, Christmas, Nature, Tradition, Society, Neopaganism, National Guard, Myth, Lore, Neo-Paganism, Bar Exam, Virtue, Military, Brendan Myers, The Other Side Of Virtue, The Abolition Of Man, Anclicanism, Bias, Germanic Reconstructionism, Saga, Civics, Moral Reasoning, Maturity, Pagan Values Month, Stress, International Pagan Values Blogging Month on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For those of you who don’t know; June has been deemed International Pagan Values Blogging Month. I’ve been planning a bunch of posts, but June has been pretty busy between military stuff and studying for the bar, so I’m only just now getting around to writing some of them. This is really my [...]
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Posted in Spirituality, tagged Ancient Order of Druids in America, AODA, Army, Ár nDraíocht Féin, Bar Exam, Druidry, Faith, Gods, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenismos, Holiday, Holidays, Law, Military, Mysticism, National Guard, Neo-Paganism, Neopaganism, Paganism, Relationship, Solstice, Spirituality, Summer Solstice, Worship on June 21, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Here it is, the summer solstice, one of the most significant pagan holidays, and I’m just not sure how to celebrate it at all. I’m still kind of stumbling about with regards to how to express my newfound faith. I have been developing a fairly close relationship with my gods, and that has [...]
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Posted in Spirituality, tagged Spirituality, God, Anxiety, Prayer, Paganism, Mysticism, Revelation, Children, Divinity, Apollo, Fear, Aphrodite, Goddess, Neopaganism, Primal, Euphoria, Meditation, Neo-Paganism, Sacrifice, Female, Sexuality, Moon, Full Moon, Artemis, Sineya, Slayer, First Slayer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Luna, Diana, Primordial, Destruction, Savage, Hunt, Huntress, Malevolence, Forgiveness, Aktaion, Actaeon, Stag, Deer, UPG, Unverified Personal Gnosis, Gnosis on June 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So the following experience seems entirely appropriate given that the moon is basically full right now. Also it just occurred to me that the last time I went on a kind of pilgrimage to the wilderness, I kept encountering deer: they kept suddenly jumping up from nearby and running away, scaring the shit out [...]
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Posted in Mysticism, tagged Apollo, Artemis, Children, Forgetfulness, God, Goddess, Greek Mythology, Greek Polytheism, Hellenic Polytheism, Lethe, Mysticism, Neo-Paganism, Neopaganism, Night, Oracle, Paganism, Polytheism, Sleep on June 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Two nights ago I was awake in the middle of the night, because I had been up with the baby, and I came to this sudden and complete awareness that I had received a prophetic revelation from Apollo and Artemis. But I was groggy and sleepy, and when I woke up the next morning, [...]
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Posted in Spirituality, tagged Annual Training, Aphrodite, Apollo, Army, Artemis, Bar Exam, Books, D'Aulaire, Devotion, Devotional, Dionysus, God, Goddess, Greek Mythology, Hellenic, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenic Reconstructionism, Hera, Kharis, Law, Literature, Mail, Military, Money, Myth, Mythology, National Guard, Neo-Paganism, Neopaganism, Neos Alexandria, Norse Mythology, Paganism, Poetry, Polythe, Polytheism, Polytheist Reconstructionism, Reconstructionism, Religion, Sarah Kate Istra Winter, Spirituality, Unbound, Written In Wine, Zeus on June 3, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I spent this month’s discretionary money on books (as usual), and they came in the mail today. I got Kharis: Hellenic Polytheism Explored by Sarah Kate Istra Winter, Neos Alexandria’s Written in Wine: A Devotional Anthology for Dionysus, and D’Aulaire’s Norse Myths. I wish I had more time for reading, but I feel [...]
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Posted in Spirituality, tagged Family, Spirituality, Religion, Mormonism, Christianity, God, Prayer, War, C. S. Lewis, Paganism, Gods, Loyalty, Children, Love, Polytheism, Hellenic Polytheism, Divinity, Dionysus, Zeus, Apollo, Pantheon, Hera, Aphrodite, Goddess, Sex, Neopaganism, Greek Mythology, Victory, Battle, Lust, Venus, Ecstasy, Ares, Neo-Paganism, Worship, Wine, Will, Spirit, Happiness, Beer, Brewing, Bacchus, Motherhood, Goddesses, Passion, Inspiration, Apollon, Power, Ceisiwr Serith, Book of Common Prayer, Candle, Incense, Alcohol, Joy, Lovemaking, Uranus, Juno, Courage, Mars, Strength, Endurance, Willpower, Saturn, Cronos, Heavenly Father, Titans, Giants, Titanomachy, Gigantomachy, Gigantes, Marksmanship, Soldiers, Heartbreak, Heartache on June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One of the books I have been perusing lately is Ceisiwr Serith’s A Book Of Pagan Prayer. While I admit that the prayers themselves don’t really light my candle, the book is absolutely fantastic as a book about prayer: why we pray, to whom we should pray, how we pray, and so on. [...]
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