… at the warrior virgins* of the Carpathian Mountains. Some photos appeared on the EnglishRussia blog last summer. More recently, Peculiar linked to a more complete article about this Asgarda group. A little Pagan resonance in that name, wouldn’t you say? While [French photographer Guillaume] Herbaut is uncertain if the photos are a good representation [...]
• Check out Patheos’ story package on The Future of Paganism. Solitaries? Personal paganism? What’s next? • Musings on that “Nazi” label and whether the climate of the Pacific Northwest encourages “black metal” bands, at Bioregional Animism. • He comes to the festival as a lapsed Lutheran. He leaves as a Pagan—an interview from the [...]
Last night after walking the dogs I spread an old blanket on the ground and lay watching the stars. The Perseid meteor shower is under way, and in 15 minutes I saw five meteors. One was just a blip of light, two were quick, and two left long streaks. I had felt emotionally low all [...]
Living in the cinematic boonies as I do, I will probably not see Agora until it comes out on DVD. Here is a long dissection of it, from period-incorrect Roman armor to its avoidance of exactly what Hypatia taught: But because the film never bothers to make her neo-Platonist asceticism clear – exactly what her [...]
Not one but two Pagans write to the syndicated advice column Annie’s Mailbox to explain that they are not offended when someone offers a Christian blessing at a meal. (Scroll down to the second “Dear Annie.”) If you really are a polytheist, then Jesus is a god too. Maybe he did not start out as [...]
Over at Pagan + Politics the call is for everyone to “out” themselves for the good of the movement or something: I did notice that those who are in the “come out, come out, where ever you are” camp are becoming more vocal about the need for the majority of us to be more public [...]
Via The Wild Hunt, a story of another Anglican priest with an attraction to Druidism. I’m actually a priest of the Church of England – but with a difference. Though I’m still in “holy orders”, I now work full time as a magician, writer and retreat leader. I’ve been described as a “priest at the [...]
A few days ago, a university student in Australia copied me on an email to an American Heathen reconstructionist: Hail! I sent the following to [name] seeking advice; perhaps you could offer some advice as well? It was about wishing to set up an Australian branch of the group, but the writer had some reservations: [...]
Svetlana Butryn, wife of Fred Adams, founder of the small but influential West Coast Pagan group Feraferia, passed away last Thursday, May 6, after a long period of ill health. She was 75. Fred himself died in 2008. Feraferia had a “only in Southern California” quality to it, arising partly from the neo-Romantic ethos of [...]
Over at The Juggler, Sara Adrian links to a video clip of a bunch of Scots demonstrating Clifton’s Third Law of Religion: It’s not a real religion unless it has torchlight processions.” And remember, ritual precedes myth, not the other way around.
