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On January 2, millions of Brazilians go to the beach and make offerings to Iemanja, Orixa of the ocean.  The teacher I studied with for six years  did it on New Year’s Day for some reason, and so for almost 25 years now, whenever I was close to salt water, I made the pilgrimage to…

UPDATE below. The strutting masculinity, steely eyed attention to a brutal reality, and courage under fire that the Republicans and culture warriors in general like to project is showing itself as the posturing of craven bullies.  As it has always been.  The failed attempt to bring down an airline by the undie bomber was thwarted…

Catholic Ross Douthat is bothered – more than bothered – by Avatar’s pantheism. If one were looking at an attack on Pagan sensibilities, Douthat’s column would be a good place to start.  Beliefnet’s own Rod Dreher of “Crunchy Con” fame uses it to jump on pantheism as well.    I offer one response to these in…

I have been so focused on my own work that I failed to pay any attention to the Pagans presence at the Parliament of the World Religions, held in Melbourne, Australia.  My bad.  One of the best pieces of news from this year’s Parliament was that we were not controversial.  We According to Don Frew, who…
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