The Original Heresy: Homesickness, Civilization, and Transcendental Religion (part 1)

The original heresy is the belief that the earth is not our home, that our real life is somewhere else—whether in heaven or a future technotopia. We embrace this heresy to make sense of that nagging feeling that something is wrong with the world itself. But the real reason we feel this way is because civilization alienates us from everything that makes us human.

Anarchism, Land, Paganism, Polytheism, RewildingJohn HalsteadJanuary 11, 2023civilization, paganism, Polytheism, homesickness, Christianity, transcendenceComment

Neither Faith Nor Reason

“By focusing on the unwinnable debate between faith and reason, both Christians and atheists have agreed to ask the same questions – thus missing the potential for a type of religion that asks different questions in the first place.”

The Problem of Klan Denialism Among Leftists

It’s easier to think it’s the other, those ‘bad apples’, because we don’t want to come to realization that pretty much every white American is unprepared for what it really means for their Nation to give up being a world power fueled by racial injustice.

The Prison and The Key: Pagan Perspectives on Suicide (Part 2)

Part 2 of a 2 part series on the painful subject of suicide. It includes the sections Suicide as a Systemic Illness, Supporting the Loved Ones of Those Who Died by Suicide, and Spiritual Contexts for Suicide.

The Gods Behind the Church

Slovenian Christmas songs, remembering the Sun and the Water, and holding on to old traditions.

The Striptease That Was Blamed on Abū Bakr’s Naughty Son

In an age where all our movements and words are tracked, and in which internet call-out culture and aggressive trolls make it difficult for any would-be dissident to express viewpoints that fall outside of party lines, it seems timely to be reminded of the poetry of Al-Andalus and in particular that of arguably its most saucey knave