Although apparently not yet available here in the Sates, Beyond the Burning Times (Lion Hudson, 2008) is now out.  The few reviews I have seen, both Pagan and Christian, suggest our book is living up to our hopes: to initiate a dialogue that practitioners of both traditions believe fairly presents their own position in…

One of the oldest extant Pagan myths is that of the Goddess Inanna’s descent into the Underworld, where She encounters Her sister, Ereshkigal. It has long been a favorite of many within the Pagan community as well as with practitioners of monotheistic Goddess religions. Powerful myths, and this is one, are more than entertaining stories,…

Friday July 25 I will be giving a talk at Many Rivers Books and Tea in Sebastopol. California. The talk is titled The Divine Feminine and the Crisis of Modernity. This talk interprets the contemporary political and social crisis in America as a spiritual birth pang. A new more immanent feminine spirituality is welling up…

(Thanks to http://www.mythicjourneys.org/newsletter_apr07_sutton.html) Yesterday was May Day – Beltane for us Pagans – by far the most joyous of our seasonal celebrations. For me it was especially welcome, because so far 2008 has been the year of the tarot card ‘the Tower.” (Thanks to https://www.acumind.com/Joe/tarot/tower.gif) It started before dawn as I groggily got up with…

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