The Pagan Grove

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...

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...

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

"AshWednesdayAltar" by Jonathunder   This is going to sound strange, but - I just love Catholic mass.  I was raised in an Evan...

Pagan Pride 2014 I've been thinking about this post topic a lot.  Humanity is not something I think a lot about when I think about m...

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

from oakwillow.com.au I read an amazing article The Triumph of Mabon  on Jason Mankey's Patheos blog Raise the Horns this morning, a...

Photo by  Dirk Beyer After coming home from Pagan Pride Day, I was exhausted.  That next morning, I didn't have the energy to get up...

painted in 1847 by Oluf Olufsen Bagge I've written before about how much I love  Nebraska Heathens United .  A local, but all-inclus...

Druids at Stonehenge Wikipedia I know that for many this phrase - "doing the work" - is difficult, conjuring up images and mem...

Freja by John Bauer Public Domain I have been a devotee of Nerthus for many years, before I knew Her name.  I often hear other Heathens...

There has been a lot of talk in the Pagan community lately about privilege, specifically the privilege that those who follow a Wiccan-based ...

No, I'm not writing about about Valentine's Day or Godspouses - instead, these 'dates with deities' are one way I've f...

This time of year, we start to hear a lot of talk about love .  And love in February is almost never referenced as the love between frie...

Welcome back everyone!  I hope your holidays were lovely, and filled with family and fun. The holidays and transition to the new year alwa...

Last Saturday, I attended a Yule party, put together jointly by the Order of the Red Grail and Nebraska Heathens United.  Yes, you heard me ...

When I was first getting started in Paganism in the early 2000s, all the beginner Wiccan books I read made a point of mentioning the ...