Paganism
Column: Words Matter
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Clio Ajana on the need to preserve the meaning of language in today’s mendacious world.
Featured
Column: The Scope of the Term
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott considers the terms we use to identify ourselves and how oppression can coexist with terms of personal liberation.
Paganism
Uncovering the Past: French hamlet looking for code breakers
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A mysterious stone possibly written in a Celtic language has resisted all attempts at deciphering its meaning since 1979. Now the town of Plougastel-Daoulas is holding a contest for the best attempt at a translation.
Paganism
Column: the Power of Words
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“No matter what people tell you, words, and ideas can change the world.” ~Robin Williams
It is usually at this time of year that we see plenty of articles and blogs reflecting on the “best of” the year. We take a look back at the best movies, albums, fashions, and moments that wrap up our experience of the closing chapter. It is not unlike our own similar Pagan and Polytheist community traditions: best blogs pieces, best quotes, most popular sites. But this year has been unlike any other and many of us are grappling with our feelings of the past 300-plus days. 2017 has been plagued with what appears to be the warring of words among many factions of society.
Paganism
Column: Dialect – Language Coming Out of the Isolation
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What’s the deal with all this moss? asks the new hydroponics expert. He had heard things about the weirdos from the first Mars colony – the ones that called themselves “The Seeds” – but he figured that had all just been rumors. But now that he’s actually in their habitat, seeing thick layers of vegetation instead of sterile metal sheets lining the walls, his perceptions have begun to change. This can’t be sanitary.