The Political Pagan

This is a blog that comments on both Paganism and politics in the United States, from a leftist-liberal point of view.

Monday, June 2, 2025

Gazing into the Darkness

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 After several months living in Eastern Europe, I am now getting ready to return to America in a few more weeks. I wish I could say I was lo...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Journey to the End of Childhood: Regrets about Past Admirations

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In recent years, I have been on a "journey to the end of childhood," going back to reread authors and thinkers I admired in my t...
Friday, February 14, 2025

Stand Together With Immigrants

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We are now living in a harsh and frightening new world in which Trump is leading the way toward cruel and reckless authoritarian-Fascist-sty...
Sunday, January 19, 2025

Facing the Gathering Darkness

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As we face the new era in America, I want to urge everyone who understands the danger of Trumpism to make an effort to communicate with ot...
Friday, December 13, 2024

Ghoulish Fascination

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  "Ghoulish fascination"--that phrase popped into my mind tonight. I think it explains one strategy I am going to apply in order t...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

The Political Pagan Performs A Political Autopsy

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Well, dear friends, I was quite wrong in my prediction that Kamala Harris would win the election and ascend to the presidency of the United ...
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About Me

Maelstrom
Somewhere, NY, United States
Born in 1960 and raised in the NY metro area, I am a white male academic of Eastern European ancestry teaching at a small college in New York State. I had a period of study in Iceland in the 1990s and have taught at colleges in Japan (1999), Lithuania(2004-05), Czech Republic (2015) and Latvia (2020-21). I am pleased to have had the opportunity to not only visit but live in other countries. I believe the perspectives and experiences of other nations are entirely relevant to thinking about the state of America today, and we all benefit from communication, comparison and interaction with other countries. As a scholar, supporter and participant in modern-day Paganism, by which I mean forms of religion derived from native European religions, I am interested to see what can come from applying Pagan perspectives to political issues, and political perspectives to our Paganism. My own political perspective is left-of-center liberal, and this colors and informs my postings on this blog. Others with different political perspectives are encouraged to add comments, and will not be censored or dismissed unless their comments are seen as off-topic, incoherent, disruptive or excessively rude.
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