Posts About Wiccan
Nonviolence Still the Way
Today in the town of Bil’in in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank of Palestine, ten nonviolent protestors were injured by the tear gas and rubber bullets with which the Israeli army responds to the weekly demonstration against the wall. They are direct inheritors of King’s legacy.
Two Legs of the Monster
One challenge of Goddess spirituality is to put the sacred back into the world, to heal the split and to speak for the deep value of each one of us and of the natural world that sustains life.
Religious Rights for Pagan Prisoners
Patrick estimates that there are twenty to twenty-five thousand Pagan prisoners in the U.S. correctional system.
Obama Casting a Good and Needed Spell
Magically speaking, then, Obama is casting a good spell. Whether he wins or loses, he’s filling the psychic and emotional atmosphere with words like ‘healing’ and ‘hope’. The effect is like a clean breeze blowing through a morass of stinking, noxious fumes.
Let's Celebrate All Deities
I do not support Christ being the star of the show in public celebrations—not unless he’s willing to share the stage with Lugh the Sun God and Saule the Sun Goddess, Mohammed, Buddha, Krishna, Judah Macabee and a host of others.
Sex Scandals: The Pagan Perspective
In a sane world, we would be far less scandalized by the pleasures politicians indulge in, and far more outraged by the deaths they cause.
Forgiveness and Learning
The Goddess does not preside over a system of reward and punishment. Our framework for spiritual growth and ethical behavior is one of learning
Torture Is Never Justified
The use of torture undermines our moral credibility and makes a lie of any claims that we stand for democracy or even decency. Every time we torture, we create a hundred new enemies.
Children's Health Care: A Prime Moral Imperative
Something is terribly wrong with our values and priorities when we spend billions of dollars to kill and begrudge the cost of healing and care for children, and for adults
Consider Both Halloweens
Truly if a committee had sat down to design the Most Fun Holiday Ever, they could hardly have done better than Halloween.
Pagan Spiritual Values
Yet there are Buddhists who fail in compassion, Christians who lack charity, and yes, even Pagans who drive SUVs and don’t compost their garbage.
A Pagan View of Death
Pagans see birth and life as a great gift, and the reward of a good life is to be reborn again among those we have loved before.
Time to Become Pre-Emptive Peacemakers
Retaliation and revenge have a grim logic of their own, that can never be satisfied by more of the same, and can never bring us true security.
Pagan Chaplains and Public Servants
Supporting a Pagan’s right to freedom of worship is one of the best things Christians can do to safeguard their own freedom.
No Morality in Continuing an Immoral War
We can serve no moral purpose by continuing an immoral aftermath to a deceitfully conceived, ineptly conducted, failed and immoral war.
Discrimination Against Pagans
While I can’t speak to the issue of discrimination against Catholics, I can say that religious discrimination against Pagans and Wiccans and indigenous religions is omnipresent in the U.S.
