Essays in Pagan Theology

Essays in Pagan Studies exploring the implications of Pagan religious experience and tradition for many fields The Pagan Institute invites your contribution.
Fields of Study		Essays Available All copyrighted to original author and used here with permission. All rights reserved.
Administration		How to Run an Effective Meeting, John Evans
Classics Classics, scripture, canons: why they are features of all religions. What are the surviving scriptures of Ancient Paganism? What are the classics of Modern Paganism?		essays to come
Cosmology How did the universe begin? Will it end? What is the relationship between the Divine and the Universe.		*"Cosmology," Indrani.*
		"Evolution," Indrani.
Ecclesiology: (theology of religious community) What is the nature of religious community? Alternative Models of Religious Community Polity: How shall we make decisions together and coordinate our efforts? How shall our diverse sects collaborate? Group dynamics & organizational development as applied to covens and congregations Conflict Management		Coven and Covenant, Christa Landon My_Coven, Patricia Telesco Pluralism as a Magickal Art, Christa Landon Initiation, Covenant, and Community, Pagan Power, Christa Landon A Community of Memory and Hope: essays by Amber K., Capt. Tiny Brain, JT, Charles Arnold Digital Delegation, by Donald Meinshausen What would it take for us as Pagans to create a community of memory and hope? Why Pagans Need to Come Out of the Broom Closet, by Sophia Pharoux Do we have a Pagan community or only a Pagan subculture? Pagan Empowerment and Unitarian Universalism How to Keep Your Coven from Being Destroyed
		How to Keep Your Coven from Being Destroyed, By David Petterson "The Problem" "Troll Spotting "Troll Philosophy "Why Trolls Like Covens "Trolls in Larger Groups "Keeping Trolls at a Distance: Remote Con-Troll
		WITCH WARS: How to End Them Fritz and Wren at WitchVox are running an excellent series of essays on the persecution of Pagans which is far more destructive to our movement than anything the Radical Religious Right could dream up. Essays include: "Honor, Integrity and Accountability," by Steven Craig Hickman http://www.witchvox.com/wars/ww_craig.html "A Community Working on a Vaccine," by Fritz and Wren Walker http://www.witchvox.com/wars/ww_vaccine.html If you are interested, the index page that lists all the articles written about this so far is http://www.witchvox.com/wars/xww_intro.html
Epistemology How do we know what we know? What are our sources of authority?		The Sacredness and Authority of Persons, Khrysso Heart LeFey Pagan Religious Experience, Christa Landon
		POST-MODERNISM The Promise of Postmodernism for UU Theology, Susan Ritchie http://www.meadville.edu/ritchie_3_1.html
Ethics What is the good life? Karma Good and Evil		Another_View of Spirituality, Christa Landon Authentic Happiness, Christa Landon My Coven Trish Talesca Intelligent or Moral, Chuck Waibel The Pagan Ideal, Christa Landon Privilege, Empowerment, Museums, and Holiday Visits with Relatives, Khrysso Heart LeFey The Problem of Evil, Christa Landon Reclaiming "Liberalism" Liberals Reclaim Morality The 'L' Word, Christa Landon *What's Love Got to Do with It?, Khrysso Heart LeFey*
Hermeneutics: By what criteria should we appropriate practices, myths, and traditions? Reconstructionism and syncretism		Essays in Pagan Theology
History & Archeology Studying our past, retrieving our heritage.		Art in Prehistory Founding Fathers Goddess History, Susan Weed Scholars Look at Forgotten Male Witches By Khrysso Heart LeFey Monotheism and Idolatry in the New Testament, Christa Landon Stonehenge Grave has Alpine Relic
Interfaith Relations		Respect for Religious Diversity: A Challenge to Pagans, *Douglas Loven*
Law		A Pagan Bill of Rights
Leadership		How to Run an Effective Meeting, John Evans
Liturgics: ritual techniques the philosophy and art of facilitating communal religious experience		Multiculturalism, Khrysso Heart LeFey Self-Identification with Deity and Voces Magicae in Ancient Egyptian and Greek Magic , by Laurel Holmstrom Liturgy for Pagans, Khrysso Heart LeFey
Magick, Change, & Process Theology		essays to come
Mathematics & Magick		Why the Pentagram? Dan Brill This document is in PDF format. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click HERE to get the free Adobe Reader
Metaphysics		essays to come
Music and Magic		Concepts http://www.elodielauten.net/concept.html Universal Harmony in Music Composition - article and bibliography http://www.elodielauten.net/univ2.html http://www.elodielauten.net/orpheus.html
Mythology		essays to come
Organizational Development		How to Run an Effective Meeting, John Evans
Pastoral Care abuse & recovery death and dying healing theodicy: why bad things happen to good people		A Pagan Alternative to Christian 12 Step Groups Recovering from Fundamentalism Practical Theology Psychic Vampires
Peace Studies		Making NonViolence Work, Starhawk
Personal Religious Practices		Finding Your Inner Rhythms, Khrysso Heart LeFey Prayer as a Form of Magick, Khrysso Heart LeFey
Pagan Poetry		*Being in the Present*
Political Science		*Documents of Religious Liberty*
Psychology Altered States Psychology of Religion Recovery Issues Shamanism		A Pagan Alternative to Christian 12 Step Groups Making NonViolence Work, Starhawk Psychic Vampires Tools for Relationships
Pythagorean Studies history of Pythagoreanism Pythagorean metaphysics mathematics musical theory	Pentagrams	Why the Pentagram? Dan Brill This document is in PDF format. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click HERE to get the free Adobe Reader Pentagrams Elemental Pentagrams
	Music & Magick (Musical Theory)	Concepts http://www.elodielauten.net/concept.html Universal Harmony in Music Composition - article and bibliography http://www.elodielauten.net/univ2.html http://www.elodielauten.net/orpheus.html
Reconstructionism		Reconstructionism, Autumn Dawn
Religious Leadership Models of leadership Organizational Development		Lessons from Geese How to Keep Your Coven from Being Destroyed
Sociology of Religion		Pagan Demographics
Theology		Explaining the Difference Between Paganism and the New Age, Khrysso Heart LeFey The God of Fear, Dawn Blacksun The God That Couldn't Be, Ian Elliott A Pagan Theologian Answers Questions about Paganism, Christa Landon Practical Theology Primal Faiths, Liberal Faiths, Christa Landon Privilege, Empowerment, Museums, and Holiday Visits with Relatives By Khrysso Heart LeFey, M.T.S. Sacrifice, Christa Landon What Is Paganism? Why Monotheism Isn't Religious, Indrani
Essays and suggestions for these and other fields are invited.