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This elegy and poem about what has happened in the Gulf was contributed by Thermal, a local member of the Northern California Pagan community whom some of you might remember from his past comments. It speaks for itself.

My essay The Myth of Monotheism has just been published on Witchvox. It’s longer than what I write here, and in its Witchvox form has no documentation because I was too inept at uploading the manuscript. But the documentation exists.  I am continuing to work on the essay, so I especially welcome comments.

Digby’s blog is a treasure in my view, and her analysis of Obama and the Democrats’ current political situation is brief and as good as anything I’ve read.

Yesterday’s open thread was unusually rich in people’s contributions – I enjoyed all of them.  All.  (Ron -I only excise spam and vituperative stuff that does not rise to the level of a coherent argument.  You are safe!) One thread carried on an interesting discussion on the controversy surrounding a proposed mosque close to Ground…

I am on the road or in the air all day.  It’s a good time for an open thread.

I’ve been in NY for the past few days at a conference on philanthropy, one attended by a variety of people in academia and the world of philanthropy who are in no way a part of our community.  I am heartened that so many have heard of Wicca and NeoPaganism and seem to take it,…

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…

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…

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…

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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