Making Light: Gods Bless Tennessee
Just this week, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, chose not to veto the so-called “Monkey Bill” that requires science teachers to “teach the controversy” about scientific theories such as evolution and...
View ArticleMaking Light: Happy Hyperborea!
If Hallmark made cards for Hyperborea, I might consider sending out holiday cards at midwinter. I want cheesy television specials about Apollo at the North Pole. I want an inflatable baby Dionysos to...
View ArticleMaking Light: How we voted Imbolc off the Island (and aren’t even sorry)
Somewhere between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, we notice that the days have gotten longer. Because the light and temperature are beginning to increase, it's as good a place as any to...
View ArticleMaking Light: A Dionysia Yet to Be Named
Rather than looking at the Athenian calendar and trying to reproduce the holiday that comes up, my group decided to do what it was already called to do and then find a name for it. There's often...
View ArticleMaking Light: Interfaith is Not a Dirty Word
A few years ago, I co-founded an interfaith group with other women of various faiths, cleverly named Women of Faith. One of our main purposes is to show others that people of different faith...
View ArticleMaking Light: Interfaith 2 – Electric Boogaloo
In our Women of Faith group, we try to understand the differences among us in order to see, feel, and appreciate the sameness within us. Also, we have T-shirts.
View ArticleMaking Light: OMGs! Cultural Appropriation!
Before you lift the "cultural appropriation" finger at me and shame my annual matzoh habit, I want to ask: how is the incorporation of Jewish practice any different than worshiping the gods of Olympos?
View ArticleMaking Light: Thar-jellybean
It's getting close to Thargelia, but my celebration doesn't look much like the ancient festival of the same name. Instead of throwing the ugliest dude in town off a cliff or beating a goat with a stick...
View ArticleMaking Light: Profession and Occupation
The first thing I think of when asked about a defining moment in my life is the moment I knew that I wanted to study biology. This was one of a series of events that eventually led to my becoming a...
View ArticleMaking Light: Hero Worship
In modern Hellenic polytheism, hero worship is part of the whole shebang. The Iliad and the Odyssey both are full of bigger than life characters: Ajax, Hector, Achilles, and Odysseus to name a few....
View ArticleMaking Light: Help me, Joe Campbell, you’re my only hope
Seeing myths as metaphors doesn't mean I believe the gods are just characters in a story. They are my gods. I speak to them, I feel their presence, I know from experience that they are Real. They are...
View ArticleMaking Light: All Religions are UPG
I'm a religious person who believes in the reality of the divine, but I'm also a scientist. Much of what I write about here stems from my own doubts and a struggle to reconcile these two aspects of my...
View ArticleMaking Light: Interview with Author Alex Bledsoe
I recently had the opportunity to interview fantasy author Alex Bledsoe about some of the religious themes in the Tufa series and the Firefly Witch Series. We also touch on the Eddie LaCrosse books,...
View ArticleMaking Light: Blessed by Less by Susan Vogt (Review)
All in all, I enjoyed this book and feel a renewed commitment to clearing out the physical, emotional, and spiritual clutter. As Vogt describes, "The spiritual paradox is that the less tightly I cling...
View ArticleMaking Light: Dionysos
The Theoi are complex, and Dionysos is much more than the "party god" he has a reputation of being. He is certainly present during revelry, but his presence extends much farther than simple drunken...
View ArticleMaking Light: Zeus
If ever there was a strong masculine father figure, he's it. If you're a Pagan who is coming to a Paganism via the goddess movement or converting from a faith or practice that is strongly patriarchical...
View ArticleMaking Light: Demeter
With Demeter, my practice is about as simple and ordinary as it gets. I don't do any complicated rites and I don't have a lot of high-falutin' prayers; I just do some gardening and show some gratitude.
View ArticleMaking Light: Artemis
This is one of the most important stories in the Mythos. For the most part, this is Leto's story, but I also think of it as Artemis' story because it's how She came to be.
View ArticleMaking Light: Apollo
I'm walking, dancing, hopping, wiggling, climbing stairs, pulling a toddler in her wagon, and mowing the yard for Apollo. As my step count goes up, I'm honoring Him, praising Him, and thanking Him for...
View ArticleMaking Light: Athene
At this point, I may not pick up many new crafts, but I will certainly continue to improve my skill at the ones I've already learned. In this way, as I have done with my academic studies, I seek arête...
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