spirituality – Gus diZerega

Donald Trump, the Antchrist, and Power

Posted on September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 by Gus

I obviously do not believe Biblical prophecies have a divine source in any sense. At the same time, I am fascinated by the power coherent images and attitudes have to influence people’s perceptions and experiences, especially when shared by many … Read more

My New Book–“God is Dead, Long Live the Gods”–is Available!

Posted on July 14, 2020August 10, 2020 by Gus

God is Dead, Long Live the Gods: A case for polytheism

Why does polytheism make more sense than monotheism?
Why do monotheistic religions always manifest as confused forms of polytheism?
Why are successful scientific criticisms of monotheism irrelevant to a

Seeing and Feeling Energy Fields

Posted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 by Gus

Some otherwise sympathetic readers will suspect my description of Sacred amounts to wishful thinking. The world really is meaningless. Ultimately everything is simply an object in relation to other objects. So it seems to many minds thoroughly socialized by the … Read more

Looking Deeply: NeoPagans, Domination, and the ‘Woke’

Posted on February 24, 2020November 15, 2022 by Gus

Our community is divided over issues of sex and gender, often to the point of truly poisonous communications directed towards those with other points of view. In a way this division seems strange. Sex is a biological category. Gender is … Read more

Considering ‘Privilege’ White, Wiccan, and otherwise.

Posted on April 2, 2014April 2, 2014 by Gus

This is a long post on the mostly bad effects of using the term ‘privilege’ in social and political analysis. I broke it up into three parts at Patheos. Part I dealt with Wiccan privilege. Part II with the concept … Read more