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Pagan Sojourn
http://pagansojourn.blogspot.com/
A year-long journey leading to the eventually understanding of the dogma and philosophy of pagan religions.
Recent Posts
Lunar Eclipse
There is something that is so beautifully different about a lunar eclipse that draws people out to view it. Even on a bitterly cold night in Minnesota.Watching the moon go from fully illuminated in all it's glory to glowing bright red and back to ful...
Meaningful Religious Vocabulary In UU
Can Unitarian Universalists have a meaningful, common religious vocabulary as they have historically had difficulty with the various uses of religious language (Barker, 2004)? In the last few years, this question has brought on much discussion regar...
Right Brain, Left Brain
With my interest in the brain and how it works, I found this little experiment in left/right brain to be interesting. First, look at the figure spinning below. Is it turning clockwise or counterclockwise for you? Or do you see the figure switch direc...
The Night Sky
The last week or so, I've been watching the night sky. Even with the nights becoming crisp, I've been drawn outdoors for a couple of hours at a time. I've taken to grabbing a blanket and my backpacking mattress and driving a good distance from the li...
Learning The Lore
I've spent a lot of time over the past 6 months or so reading the Lore that Heathenry bases it's beliefs. There are so many ideas and opinions on the translations and the interpretation of what has been written that I'm having a hard time sorting th...
A Night Of Remembrance
Since starting this blog, the night of October 31st has become much more meaningful to me than it had been before. Sure, I knew about the secular meaning (from being an avid trick-or-treater back in the day) and some of the religious connotations (fr...
