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Up until recently, I wouldn’t have considered using the phrase “Celtic erasure.” Certainly, growing up in Chicago, “Celtic” was everywhere. St. Patrick’s Day—at least the Chicago-several-generations-removed-from-Ireland version—was characterized by green beer, the Chicago River being dyed green, and people dressing in green. It was everywhere. People of Irish descent with the last name of “Daley”…

I hit a wall on January 8, 2020, but maybe that was the best thing to happen to me in a long time. I was burned out for much of 2019. That spring, I had to suddenly find a new apartment and move after the building I lived in became a drug dealing den. I…

It might seem excessive for me to post more than one article about Imbolc in a single week. But Imbolc has intersected with my life in many interesting ways.

I’ve started following the Substack column OK Doomer by Jessica Wildfire. She pulls no punches–especially in this article. She says that we are facing the end of our civilization, and that we’d better start acting like it. She’s absolutely right.

11723 Southlight 20. We’ve been told for a long time that the transition to sustainable living can be done without having to consume less. But we’ve been misled. The reality is that we need to be both changing our energy sources AND reducing consumption. The article link from Resilience paints some of the details of…

11722 Westcross 84. I have often found it confusing by the fact that Samhain falls on the same day as Halloween. This time of year, it’s not surprising to find the media talking about Halloween being the holy day for Pagans. This reinforces the stereotypes of Pagans dabbling in evil energies, and it isn’t helpful…

11722 Westcross 80. The Earth Epic Calendar is an alternative calendar to consider in the days when the Earth as we know it is in great peril. A Pagan life in a Christian calendar It can feel ironic as a Pagan to use “Christian calendar” in our daily lives. This Gregorian calendar traveled the world…

The website earthneopagan.net has now been moved to pagan.eco and is now called Pagan.eco. I did this because it expresses in the most direct and simple way what I wish to achieve with this blog. .Eco aspects of Paganism For decades, people have referred to Paganism as an Earth-based and Nature-based religion. With this I…

Saving the Earth as we know it involves more than just reduced carbon emissions. Most of the mainstream media doesn’t tell us that. Fundamentally, what is essential for Earth’s survival is consuming no more than what is essential to maintain our civilization. Not just carbon dioxide Much of the environmental degradation and species extinction we…