The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen

The Middle Way: Herman Melville’s Polytheism

Posted by on Dec 27, 2010 in Polytheism, Religion | 1 comment

Conservative Christians like to talk about the evils of “relativism” and also “nihilism” which they believe is the unavoidable...

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Digital Holy Land or Pilgrim’s Road?

Posted by on Nov 29, 2010 in Digital Gods | 0 comments

Facebook is better thought of as another “Pilgrim’s Road” or “Spice Road” that brings those of different cultures together,...

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The Sphinx Protected by Walls

Posted by on Nov 5, 2010 in Archaeology | 0 comments

This would likely have been a headline in ancient Egypt, just as it is now. After all, it’s a big deal when a sphinx asked a king to move...

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The Persecuted Christian Meme and Religious Toleration

Posted by on Sep 6, 2010 in Christianity, Church and State, Heathenism, Intolerance, Monotheism, News, Paganism, Politics, Polytheism, Religion, The Constitution, Wall of Separation | 2 comments

The poor persecuted Christian stories are getting pretty old by now. Top dog for more than twenty centuries, exterminators of every...

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