Thinking about Lughnasadh
Lughnasadh is a Gaelic festival that marks the beginning of the harvest season. Lugh is an Irish Celtic deity, son of Cian and grandson of Danu and Dian Cécht of the Tuatha Dé Dunann, and his mother was Ethniu/Ethlinn, daughter of Balor of the Fomorians. His foster mother is Tailtiu. Tailtiu is a presumed earth… Continue reading Thinking about Lughnasadh
Do Pagans Think Mythologically
What is mythological thinking, and do pagans think mythologically? Let’s answer the first part of that question and let the second part take care of itself. Mythology is a kind of mysticism, sort of. According to at least one dictionary, mystics focus their attention on the spiritual mysteries. And that means to delve deeply beneath… Continue reading Do Pagans Think Mythologically
What Happens When You Attend a Druid Rite
I attended the Columbia Grove ADF Gaulish Midsummer Rite. It was my first time at such an event and I never really was able to get my mind wrapped around all that I experienced. Yet, even though I never fully intellectually grasped the content, it was nevertheless an emotionally moving experience and I am very… Continue reading What Happens When You Attend a Druid Rite
What is Pagan Mythology and Why Does it Matter
When I see the full moon and the man in the moon looks straight at me, I always wonder what he's thinking. Perhaps what he wonders about the most is what we are thinking. The days go by very slowly on the moon. A day on the moon is like a month on earth. It… Continue reading What is Pagan Mythology and Why Does it Matter
A Pagan View of the Summer Solstice
Mainline Western religious traditions teach that everything that happens more or less happens because a god is in charge, whether it’s the Hebrew El Shaddai, the Christian Jesus or the Islamic Allah. But long before those traditions were born, our earliest ancestors believed pretty much the same thing. While the idea of a single high… Continue reading A Pagan View of the Summer Solstice
A History of Who Pagans Are
Pagan was a term that originally simply meant country dweller. In the fourth century, early Christians began using it to describe people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism. Of course, it had become a pejorative to describe any kind of polytheism in much the same way as the ancient Israelites labeled non-Israelites as idol-worshippers.… Continue reading A History of Who Pagans Are
All about CUUPS
CUUPS, the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans is a pagan organization under the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) umbrella. According to Wikipedia, CUUPS was originally formed at the UUA General Assembly in 1987 and then incorporated as a not for profit organization in 1997. Initially a UUA Independent Affiliate and as of 2015, a UUA Conventing… Continue reading All about CUUPS
Expanding my Horizons
I had a long talk with a good Wiccan friend of mine a couple of days ago. We talked about my tangential interest in Druidry. She encouraged me to look into ADF. I did so and ended up joining yesterday as a solitary practitioner. There's a Grove in Portland (ye old 30 miles away again)… Continue reading Expanding my Horizons
Pagan Affiliations
I attend a Unitarian Universalist (UU) fellowship in McMinnville and then I discovered CUUPS, Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans, a pagan organization under the UU umbrella. Unfortunately, the nearest local chapter is in Salem some 30 miles away. I also attend an eclectic monthly discussion group, Magickal Musings, a child of the Witches of Cascadia… Continue reading Pagan Affiliations
Pagan Way 