The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen

Orlog and Having Your Rapist’s Child

Posted by on Feb 29, 2012 in Heathenism, Heathenology, Religion | 6 comments

People are naturally enough outraged by the idea that a woman should have to give birth to her rapist’s child. Many pieces of Republican...

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Rechargeable Votives

Posted by on Feb 24, 2011 in Digital Gods | 1 comment

For the Pagan on the go: rechargeable votive candles. They had these babies in the light bulb aisle at Lowe’s for $19.99: The...

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Talking to the Mother

Posted by on Jan 23, 2011 in Digital Gods | 0 comments

Everyone knows Paganism as “earth-centered religion.” And the earth does talk to us, is always talking to us, and has always talked to...

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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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3 Mysteries Religion Can’t Solve

Posted by on Dec 8, 2010 in Digital Gods | 0 comments

Oprah.com listed for us the other day 3 mysteries science can’t solve. Everyone is aware, I think, that Oprah is deeply spiritual,...

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