The Pagan Grove

photo by Michael J Bennet creative commons license I've been feeling the need lately to round out my day with a night-time devotiona...

Gefion Fountain in Copenhagen I may have a slight obsession with boundaries.  In my defense, it seems the Indo-European peoples did as w...

photo by David Luther Thomas creative commons license What does Earth Day mean to you as a Pagan?  For me, Earth Day (and its constant ...

Online, I run in a lot of circles that are very informal in their ideas of ritual and honoring the deities.  I mostly talk to Vanatru folks ...

Platte River by Jetuusp, Creative Commons License This week's topic for the Pagan Experience is Water.  I'm sure I'll get to...

by Norbert Nagel, Creative Commons License Hail Eostre, the rising dawn and the coming spring! As Your golden rays gleam above the hori...

In times of difficulty, I often feel so drained or exhausted that even thinking about praying or giving an offering seems to much.  It feels...

Okay, they've been everywhere this past week - posts about Ostara the holiday, about Eostre, debating Her claim to historical fame, He...

I made a post about this last year , and have had a few requests for an update, so I thought I'd finally get around to posting even thou...

Via Creative Commons This is the month when many Anglo-Saxon Heathens (and many Pagans in general) focus on Eostre, and so I thought I...

Philip Halling, via Creative Commons I am at a point in my life where a lot of things are poised on the brink - waiting, wanting to chan...

Spring Maiden by Frank Dicksee As explained by tumblr user Thorraborinn here , the first day of the Icelandic month of Góa is a day cel...

Odin and Fenrir, Freyr and Surt by Emil Doepler 1905 I am not what most Heathens would consider a 'traditional' Heathen.  Part ...

Each month, The Pagan Experience devotes one week to writing about 'deities and divinity'.  I feel it's important for me to...

Ancient runestone from Sweden via Creative Commons I have been practicing divination for a long time now.  I made my own set of "c...

Ah, the earth.  Is there anything more ubiquitous in modern Paganism?  Many, if not most, Pagans will use terms like 'earth-centered...

Loki and Svadilfari by Dorothy Hardy public domain I've never been a Roman recon or honored any deities originating farther south th...

photo by Aymi and Laurel creative commons license One of my favorite things about Heathenry - and possibly what initially drew me to the...

Photograph by Ian Capper, shared via Creative Commons License As Vanatru or Earth-centered Heathens, it's easy to love the Vanir.  T...

Nerthus by paintedflowers on deviantart creative commons license  I have really enjoyed the Pagan Blog Project the past few years, and w...