The Pagan God in the Modern Age

In recent time there has been an increasing amount of material that is focused on the divine feminine, the Goddess. And while this is wonderful and much needed, it does appear to come at the cost of the divine masculine.

Even within more earth centric spiritual belief systems such as paganism, the focus has largely been on the Goddess as opposed to the God. In some traditions, the divine masculine is merely treated as a second class citizen (behind his beloved consort), in other traditions he has been banished altogether.

In 2015 I compiled an anthology based around the various interpretations of the God within modern paganism as an attempt to bring back the necessary presence of the divine masculine.  Call of the God: An Anthology Exploring the Divine Masculine within Modern Paganism was the end result.

Consisting of nearly 300 pages, this Call of the God showcases an array of various essays, personal interactions, invocations, poems and artwork of the divine masculine, the God, and how he is depicted amongst various pagans, witches and other magical practitioners around the world. 

Some of the contributors include Michael Howard (editor of The Cauldron magazine who passed through the veil shortly after release of the anthology), Pete Jennings (past Pagan Federation president and author of many books), Anna Franklin (author of 30 books and tarot decks including The Hearth Witch's Kitchen Herbal: Culinary Herbs for Magic , Beauty and Health, The Pagan Way Tarot and The Sacred Circle Tarot), Tony and Candia McKormack from British Pagan band Inkubus Sukkubus, Polly Lind (New Zealand based tapestry artist), and Patrick Larabee (author of Whisperings from the Void).

Call of the God: An Anthology Exploring the Divine Masculine within Modern Paganism is now available for purchase through LunaNoire Creations, as well as other online outlets and wherever good books are sold.

Chewing the Fat with Michael and Marta of Widdershins Radio

This morning I joined Michael and Marta of Widdershins Radio where we chatted about my upcoming books, Encountering the Dark Goddess: A Journey into the Shadow Realms and Contemporary Witchcraft: Foundational Practices for the Magical Life (both to be published through Moon Books), magick and the Craft "back in the day", doing things "down under".

Michael also checked out my LunaNoire Creations Etsy store.

We also talked about the upcoming WitchCon event that will be held from 5 to 7 March 2021 that myself and Michael will be only two of nearly 100 presenters.

If you missed the live radio show, a recording can be found here.  While you are there, check out some of their other guests, including Fiona Horne, Fatima Mbodj, and Jim Sayers, with more leading up with the commencement of WitchCon.

Appearing on Widdershins Radio (Friday/Saturday) This Week

With Encountering the Dark Goddess: A Journey into the Shadows Realms due to be officially released next month, I have been ramping up the guest appearances in order to get word out not only about my book, but also the message that I believe is contained within the pages - that is addressing our "shadow", confronting what we term as "light" and "dark", and finally getting rid of the restrictive shroud of how we see things (including our relationship to our planet and its fellow inhabitants) that has been strangling us for over 2,000 years!!!

Well, maybe I didn't quite go into that line of thinking in the book but the more I delve into writing notes and gathering my thoughts on what I wrote in the book, the whole concept of working with the shadow, and even becoming more exposed to other people's interpretations of the sacred myths.

This coming Friday (if you are in America or Europe) or Saturday (if you are in Australia and New Zealand) I will be making a guest appearance on Widdershins Radio, an American witchy show, run by long time witches and spiritualist Marta and Michael.

At this stage I have no idea of what we will be talking about - hopefully my upcoming book on the Dark Goddess, however we may be delving into other topics.  The show is free and can be listen to through this link.

Supporting My Work through Ko Fi

This is not a topic that I am all that comfortable dwelling on however it does warrant an acknowledgement and as such, I do keep it short.

The demand these days for artists and presenters, including authors like myself, to be more active on social media and engage in YouTube and Facebook videos, online chats and conferences, not to mention the expectant posting of images relating to what are actually personal aspects of one's life, is extremely time consuming, if not exhausting.  Such "public outing" of various aspects of my life is not something that I am all that comfortable with, nor do I necessarily have the appropriate equipment to produce high quality visuals.  More often than not, it is me and my iPhone (which I have only actually upgraded).  I would much rather have my head in a book or attending on lecture that it of some way benefit to my next project, that is when I am not engaged in full time work to ensure that my bills are paid.