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The Price of Being Strange
We’re not a normal church. We’re not a normal non-profit. We’re not a normal community. You might be surprised how much harder that makes everything. We were certainly surprised. This post explores some of the problems we’ve had in trying to be the service-related organization that we want to be. No Building? No Book? No…
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Pantheon, Part III: Hekate
By Embreis23 Note: Athens Area Pagans Inc. is open to all paths, ways, and practices. The following is the author’s opinion and is not intended as a statement of opinion, theology, ideology, or faith on the part of AAP. Introduction: What follows is the fourth of a series of attempts to describe and communicate the…
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Pantheon Part II: Nimble Jack
By Embreis23 Note: Athens Area Pagans Inc. is open to all paths, ways, and practices. The following is the author’s opinion and is not intended as a statement of opinion, theology, ideology, or faith on the part of AAP. Introduction: What follows is the third of a series of attempts to describe and communicate the…
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Pantheon, Part 0
Chaos comes before and after, is above and below, is within and without. Everything comes from Chaos; everything disappears into Chaos.
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PANTHEON, Part I
By Embreis23 Note: Athens Area Pagans Inc. is open to all paths, ways, and practices. The following is the author’s opinion and is not intended as a statement of opinion, theology, ideology, or faith on the part of AAP. Introduction: The root of the English word “essay” means “to attempt,” which is appropriate: what follows…
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IRS Gremlin defeated
Athens Area Pagans, Inc., has been a registered tax-exempt organization under IRS code 501(c)(3) since Sept. 26, 2013 (the date of the Final Determination letter we got from the IRS). We worked hard to get that exemption and have continued to be vigilant in defending it. But we discovered a problem in February. We noticed…
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Whither APPD?
The first Athens Pagan Pride Day was put on by Christian Avalon with the help of the UGA Pagan Student Association in 2008. They did an excellent job of it. They were unable to continue doing it, so Christian asked AAP if we wanted to take it over. We weren’t sure we had the time…
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A Pagan Bestiary Part III
THE ECLECTICS: Eclectics are those folk who have felt the call of the old gods and goddesses, but do not find it necessary to try to imitate the religious practices of the ancient world and are not convinced by any particular Traditionalist path.
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A Pagan Bestiary, Part II
This is the second installment of A Pagan Bestiary, a brief history of Modern Paganism, and an attempt to categorize and explain many of the different beliefs, paths and practices of Modern Pagans. Parts III will be published here next week. By Embreis23 THE TRADITIONALISTS: In general, Traditionalists believe that they are continuing practices or…
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A Pagan Bestiary, Part I
This is the first installment of A Pagan Bestiary, a brief history of Modern Paganism, and an attempt to categorize and explain many of the different beliefs, paths and practices of Modern Pagans. Parts II and III will be published here over the next two weeks. By Embreis23 Disclaimer: This document is necessarily skewed toward…
