Seriously, Providence RI takes top billing for the least Bible-minded cities? San Francisco simply must work harder! Barna has a report out: http://cities.barna.org/americas-most-bible-minded-cities-2014/
What would you do with $1000 or so a month given to you just because you are a citizen? This is the somewhat startling idea behind a minimum guaranteed income. Apparently this has been around for while and is under…
Sorry to break my rule of posting every Wednesday, but I was on travel and helping a friend with a family situation. But, the Pagan Restoration post got out, just not referenced here. This time, Monism and some thoughts about…
Today, on the Arkadian Anvil, I hammer out some thoughts on epistemology and the problem of belief. Different kinds of knowing, each having their own veracity and value, are to be cultivated and used appropriately. However, there is one kind…
Blessings of the New Year upon you All! Saw an interesting video: The Trap It proposes that the only effective ethical freedom system is negative (freedom from), and that any effort at imposing any ethical system, even the imposition of…
For me there is no meaningful difference in the subject studied by science or by magic. In fact it was science that lead me to the study of magic, as the study of phenomena I experienced, and the discipline that…
Time for a pause before the new year. This is the twelfth post of the Pagan Restoration blog, a worthy time for reflection and assessment. Using the resources of theology, history, reason, experience and intuition, I have been examining critical…
What is the place of charity in Paganism? Are we MIA or running cloaked? Do Christians have a monopoly on helping the poor or do our sacred stories enjoin us to help? But more importantly, what is the right…
Gods arise in response to need, being the embodiments of Divine Providence. Otherwise, we would never know of Them. Their appearance is a reflection of us, our understandings and predilections. Ancient Greeks acknowledged that if a dog or a cow…
Recently, I was at an MC Yogi concert where he was working his tour’s tag line: “Yogi Revolution, Love is the Solution”. While I appreciate the sentiment, it got me thinking… Love is oft touted as the solution to all…