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A Pagan's Blog
Obama’s Strike Three
By
Gus diZerega
I have had it with this smooth talking con man who played off our disgust with Bush and distrust of Clinton style politics in order to get himself elected and jam the worst of Clinton style politics down our throats. Since then he has provided the absolute minimal leadership to achieve a minimal health care…
Encountering Deities and Spirits: first post
By
Gus diZerega
Our discussion of Pagan atheism prompted me to write something on Paganism’s theistic side. Speaking for myself, no argument convinced me to follow a Pagan path, it was concrete experiences that did: encounters with a Pagan deity. Not surprisingly, if Spirit is immanent, existing within the world, it is more accessible than a purely transcendent…
A vacation from the net
By
Gus diZerega
Every medium of communication has its strengths and weaknesses. Some of the strongest media have the greatest weaknesses. David Abram’s wonderful The Spell of the Sensuous makes a powerful, and for me convincing, case that literacy helped sever our awareness of the meaning and communication intrinsic to the natural world. Its gains were great, but so…
Culture War Values Hero?
By
Gus diZerega
Do ANY of the Christian Right’s major heroes or leaders walk their talk? Mel Gibson gives quite the performance of Christian family values. Do ANY of their heroes amount to more than liars, hypocrites, or crooks? Are there any nominations for an actual good example at the level of leadership? This is a sincere question. I…
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