PANTHEON

So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish!

Star Foster — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:16 +0000

On April Fools 2010 I began working with Patheos, and added my first post to this blog. It has been an amazing adventure, and like all adventures, it has come to an end. Effective today I am stepping down as Managing Editor of the Pagan Portal at Patheos. I never wanted to be a Big [...]

My Hopes For The Future of Paganism

Star Foster — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:07:44 +0000

Long ago, Patheos did a series on the Future of Religion, including the Future of Paganism. It was fun. I miss doing series like that and sitting back to let other writers speak out. I didn’t contribute to that series, but I’d like to contribute today. I don’t have any predictions, or anything wise or [...]

Practical Polytheism: A Review of Devotio Antinoo

Star Foster — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:25:27 +0000

There are few people in the world that I admire more than P. Sufenas Virius Lupus. He is intelligent, kind, patient, a clear and thoughtful writer, and has been a source of unflagging support in my darkest hours. I am not in the habit of placing Pagans on pedestals, but if Sufenas weren’t so tall [...]

Pagan Americana: Murphey’s Midnight Rounders

Star Foster — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:07:30 +0000

There are many Pagan musicians I love passionately: Damh the Bard, SJ Tucker, Emerald Rose, Celia, Wendy Rule, Kenny Klein, Spiral Rhythm, Gaia Consort/Bone Poets Orchestra, and many more. But if you ask me which Pagan band I’m most excited about right now, I will tell you it’s Murphey’s Midnight Rounders. Brad, Teresa and Bonnie [...]

Being Negative Is Healthy; Or It’s Good To Be An Ass Sometimes

Star Foster — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:45:43 +0000

Despite how often I display it, or state it outright, people keep forgetting I’m an ass. I can be kind, generous, funny, grateful, compassionate, understanding, empathetic, and comforting, but that doesn’t negate the fact that I am an ass. Some people talk about shadow-work and Left Hand Path in terms almost as nauseating and cloying [...]

Third Parties, Choices, and Our Place In Paganism (and the World)

Star Foster — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:35:55 +0000

Last Friday I was at a rally for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson. I was supposed to be the PNC photographer for Nels Linde, but my haphazard packing meant I packed my camera, but not my SD card or USB cord, and this camera is apparently finicky about cords. So the lovely pics I took [...]

Learning New Steps To Dance

Star Foster — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:54:09 +0000

“Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.” ― Rumi Man, have I got a lot going on in my life now. Not only I am getting to learn a new city, but I’m job [...]

Just Like The Christians: An Interview with the Emperor Julian

Star Foster — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:51:50 +0000

[In the midst of a large Pagan convention a time machine appears and within it stands Julian the Philosopher, the last pagan emperor of the Roman Empire. Equipped with a babelfish he begins conversing with with the convention organizers, who are a bit miffed he landed in the midst of the reiki workshop. Quickly they [...]

Mishap, Magic, Minneapolis and Mabon

Star Foster — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:42:34 +0000

Yesterday I got to my bus stop on time only for no bus to arrive. And then the next bus didn’t arrive. I waited in the sun for over an hour in high heels with no bench before a bus arrived, driven by a man more interested in reading his newspaper than keeping an eye [...]

Christians Acting Like Christians: Dissecting Tim Dalrymple’s Comments on Paganism

Star Foster — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:22:36 +0000

Tim Dalrymple is a good guy. If I were in the midst of paintball battle or organizing an interfaith event, I could do much worse than having Tim on my team. However, Tim is an evangelical Christian, and acts like one. His opinions and arguments are formed by Evangelical Christianity, and it also informs his [...]