<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Rantin&#039; Raven Archives - Agora</title>
	<atom:link href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/category/columns/rantin-raven/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link></link>
	<description>The Central Hub of the Patheos Pagan Portal</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 19:27:21 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator>
	<item>
		<title>The Rantin&#8217; Raven: Who’s Superstitious?</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/10/the-rantin-raven-whos-superstitious/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Corby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rantin' Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authority figures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paganism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superstition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[symbols]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://admin.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=14043</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Years ago, I embarked on a little experiment: for an entire summer we wore clerical garb in public, except of course at work. It was illuminating.]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rantin&#8217; Raven:  For the Love of the Gods (Book Review)</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/09/the-rantin-raven-for-the-love-of-the-gods-book-review/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Corby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rantin' Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brandy williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paganism]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://admin.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=13735</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[There have been a rash of more or less scholarly books about the origins of modern witchcraft, Wicca, etc., in recent years, most of them focusing on old gossip about the founders of various modern Traditions. For the Love of the Gods is nothing like these. ]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rantin&#8217; Raven:  The Pagan America Project</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/07/the-rantin-raven-the-pagan-america-project/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Corby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rantin' Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artwork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paganism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sculpture]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://admin.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=13074</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[All over the United States there is an enormous quantity of public art depicting Pagan deities. Murals, statues, busts, cornices, and plaques adorn courthouses, railroad stations, hotels, mansions, even factories. Why don't we start looking – really looking – at the public spaces where you live.]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rantin&#8217; Raven:  On Choosing a Magical Name</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/06/the-rantin-raven-on-choosing-a-magical-name/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Corby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rantin' Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magical name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paganism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Witch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[witchcraft]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://admin.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=12668</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Upon entering the Craft, it is traditional, almost required, that one choose a new name.  The taking of this new name symbolizes the death of the old personality and rebirth of the person. ]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rantin&#8217; Raven:  The Riddle of the Pentagram</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/05/the-rantin-raven-the-riddle-of-the-pentagram/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Corby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2016 23:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rantin' Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paganism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentacle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentagram]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wicca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[witchcraft]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://admin.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=12553</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Though ancient beyond belief and occurring in indigenous iconographies all over the world, the Pentagram has become the symbol of magic and Witchcraft.]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rantin&#8217; Raven:  Old at Beltain</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/05/the-rantin-raven-old-at-beltain/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Corby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2016 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love, Sex & Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rantin' Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beltain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beltane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paganism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://admin.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=12422</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[We just celebrated Beltain, perhaps the most "hands on" Sabbat of the year. But, what you’re too old to contemplate staying up all night, much less rolling in the grass with a lover? How do we old Witches keep the Beltain when--as the saying goes--the spirit is willing but the flesh isn’t?]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rantin&#8217; Raven:  This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/04/the-rantin-raven-this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Corby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rantin' Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elder flight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paganism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Witch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[witchcraft]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://admin.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=12237</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[What can we do to stop Elder Flight? What can we do to keep our Traditions from being lost? Or is it too late?]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rantin&#8217; Raven:  Harry Potter and the&#8230; WTF?</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/03/the-rantin-raven-harry-potter-and-the-wtf/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Corby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2016 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rantin' Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural appropriation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jk rowling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native american culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paganims]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://admin.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=11973</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Recently, Harry Potter’s creator JK Rowling has expanded her fictional ‘secret history of the world’ to include the Americas. Great idea; poor execution.]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rantin&#8217; Raven:  A Wiccan Speaks Out About Cults</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/03/the-rantin-raven-a-wiccan-speaks-out-about-cults/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Corby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2016 15:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rantin' Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paganism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wicca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wiccan]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://admin.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=11842</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Is Wicca a cult?  Ask your minister, and he'll probably say yes. Ask a Wiccan and she'll certainly say no.  Neither one will be lying.]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rantin&#8217; Raven:  Westernizing Our Ritual Forms</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/02/the-rantin-raven-westernizing-our-ritual-forms/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Corby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 19:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cermony and Liturgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ritual and Practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rantin' Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ceremony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paganism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ritual]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://admin.patheos.com/blogs/agora/?p=11663</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Here we have a collection of terms and a new ritual, perhaps a new way of thinking about some of our standard practices.]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
