Jun 15, 2014
Tonight we meet with former Patheos.com Columnist Sam Webster (now at The Wild Hunt)
to talk about his controversial Patheos article "Why You Can't Worship Jesus Christ and Be
Pagan," and other issues such as the superiority of Pagan
theology, his concerns regarding the popular notion of building
interfaith relationships, religious legitimacy, and his thoughts on
what we need to be doing as Pagans to insure our religious future
in the years to come.
Sam is also the President and Executive Director of the Pantheon Foundation, whose mission is to provide organizational support for the practice of Pagan religion and the fostering of Pagan Ministry. To study the history, promote the culture, and advance the social welfare of Pagans and the Pagan community.
Sam Webster, M. Div., Mage, hails from the Bay Area and has taught magick publicly since 1984. He graduated from Starr King School for the Ministry at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley in 1993. He is now a PhD candidate at the University of Bristol, UK, studying Pagan history under Prof. Ronald Hutton. He is an Adept of the Golden Dawn, a cofounder of the Chthonic-Ouranian Templar order, and an initiate of Wiccan, Druidic, Buddhist, Hindu and Masonic traditions. His work has been published in a number of journals such as Green Egg and Gnosis, and 2010 saw his first book Tantric Thelema, establishing the publishing house Concrescent Press. He authors two blogs, Arkadian Anvil and Pagan Restoration . In 2001 he founded the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn, and serves the Pagan community principally as a priest of Hermes. - SamWebsterMage.com
The songs featured in this episode were:
- “Hunter” by Pandemonaeon
- “To The Morrigan” by Sencha the Vate
- “Call Me Satan” by Omnia
- “Alesia” by Eluveitie
- “A Poison Tree” by Finvarra
- “Glashtyn Shanty” by SJ Tucker
- “Green and Gray” by Damh the Bard
- “Pagan Ways” by Damh the Bard