The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen

Introducing Digital Gods

Posted by on Sep 8, 2010 in Blogs of Note, Computers, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion, Science, Social Networking, Spirituality, Technology | 4 comments

I’d like to introduce you all to Digital Gods, www.digital-gods.com, a platform for the study of polytheism in the digital age, where...

Read More

Intercultural Translations on Pagan+Politics

Posted by on Jul 30, 2010 in Blogging, Culture, Intolerance, Paganism, Religion, Spirituality | 2 comments

My new post is up on Pagan+Politics. See it...

Read More

A Review of Paxson’s Essential Ásatrú

Posted by on Apr 29, 2010 in Book Review, Heathenism, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion, Spirituality | 6 comments

This is a long overdue review of Diana Paxson’s Essential Ásatrú, a book mentioned by S.M. Stirling as a resource for his Emberverse...

Read More

Living and Dying – Heathen Style

Posted by on Feb 22, 2010 in Heathenism, Polytheism, Religion, Spirituality | 34 comments

As I’ve grown older, I’ve begun to come to grips with my mortality. We all live; we all die. We just don’t think about it much when...

Read More

Divining Man: A Belief in the Absurd or Just Absurd?

Posted by on Feb 15, 2010 in Christianity, Monotheism, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion, Spirituality | 11 comments

It is a wonder to me that people today can scoff at Pagan divine birth stories but accept without a blink the details of Jesus’ birth as...

Read More

The Enduring Strength of Paganism

Posted by on Jan 29, 2010 in Christianity, Heathenism, Intolerance, Mythology, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion, Spirituality | 3 comments

Paganism, in the Roman Empire, died hard. For centuries, laws and edicts punished the devout. People continued to believe, to celebrate...

Read More