For those of us who are strictly Hellenic Polytheists and not Wiccan/NeoPagan in practice, Halloween is not the “New Year” or one of the Eight Festivals in the Wheel of the Year. Halloween is a holiday, that even if it is pagan in origin, is a strictly secular one. We may take our children ‘trick…

Waking up and hearing about the devastation that this storm has caused throughout the northeast United States is a powerful reminder of the power of Mother Nature. At least 17 are known to be dead in the US while millions are out of power during the beginning of the cold part of the year. There…

About two weeks ago I submitted my manuscript to a publisher. Today I heard back from them with a contract offer. There are several things that are very encouraging with this, but a couple of things that I don’t like too. I would have to partially subsidize the publication. If money was not a difficulty…

This afternoon I will be going to a rally in Denver’s City Park. The US President is going to be in town for his re-election effort. It is interesting to me to have moved from a state that is NOT considered a swing state to one that IS. I am getting rather tired of the…

Yesterday, I didn’t post because I attended Denver’s Pagan Pride Day. I didn’t do a lot of wandering around the festival because I also had a booth space there where my other half had wood-burned boxes for sale. I also did a presentation on Hellenic Polytheism and a small offertory ritual to the Gods. All in…

This is something that would not have come about without there being a challenge. This appeared in the form of a blog post by Star Foster in the beginning of May 2012. She was going to attempt to write about all 147 of the Delphic Maxims in turn and invited others to join her. Over…

The project with the Delphic Maxims has taken on a life of its own. I have been spending time looking at all of the old blog entries in the series. Now comes the part where I edit them into a book because people would like a hard copy of the blogs to refer to. I…

The United States is unusual in the “developed” part of the world in that there are only two major parties in our elections instead of six or seven that then have to put together coalition governments. There are minor political parties that tend to not get enough of the vote in any of our states…

First let it be said that I do not care who you vote for. When you vote, you express your values — and your values help shape the cities, states, and countries that you live in. And this is why it is important to me and ideally to every Hellenic Polytheist. The first “modern” use…

This is a subject that I have been reluctant to write about in the past because this type of experience can so easily be dismissed as being either mental illness or wishful thinking. Also, mystical experiences are like the Mysteries in that they cannot be explained. They have been found in most, if not all, religions…