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Forgotten gods: When we buried Summanus’s lightning

He was at one time a god so widely respected and feared that Romans went to great lengths to escape his power. But by the first century BCE, he had fallen into such obscurity that Ovid could refer to “a shrine dedicated to Summanus, whoever
he is.” What can the followers of other gods learn from his fate?

By Captain Cassidy, 3 years05/29/2023 ago

The Games We Play

The day I met a pagan fundie

But there was this one incident that really brought home to me that no religion is immune to weirdos, and it didn’t take long to figure out why. This is how I converted to paganism–and then met someone who exemplified a mindset I thought I’d left way behind me, causing me to abandon religion altogether.

By Captain Cassidy, 9 years09/15/2017 ago

Codex Disbelievium

Wherein Yr. Loyal Correspondent attends a pagan orgy

No, really, that’s how I ended up re-joining the Pentecostal church. About six months after leaving fundamentalism the first time, my boyfriend at the time, Biff, went to a church service with the specific intention of trolling the Christians there and ended up getting “exorcised” of a “demon.” (Scare quotes Read more

By Captain Cassidy, 13 years06/11/2013 ago