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Regular Hosts:
Amber, Ashlee, Barbara, Branden, Dave, Qwertos
Guest Hosts:
Barett A., Kris, Davis, Dylan, Joe, Magda, Shadowalker, Nick, Gary
Why can’t we say “Pagan Church?”
Church as a generic term
Megachurches, Pagan Style
Structure of a Megachurch
Let’s not let the Christian connotation of Church prevent us from using the term
Pagans dislike Megachurches, but Pagan Podcasts have become the megachurches of the Pagan community.
Pagan Podcasts serve the same purpose as Christian Megachurches
Is the economic downturn an opportunity for Pagans to establish a self-sustaining economic model?
Paying our elders for their teachers. But how do they compete against free teachers?
Pagan bureaucracy?
How do we research which elders are worthy of learning from?
Paying elders is a great theory, but not a practical idea.
Our experience prevents us from starting on a clean slate
You’re gonna pay for acting against your better judgement
We either do this now, or we get stuck in the free system forever.
Looking at those who accept money now and the association of paying with being scammed.
Kris is annoyed that swindlers are out in the open, but those that know what they’re talking about never say it in the open for various reasons
Accepting big groups comes at a cost
Where do we draw the line “these people are idiots” and “we welcome everyone”
Economics of Paganism depends on answering the prior question
What are the type of people who are willing to pay for this type of thing?
You are your own biggest investment
People expect elders to fix things for them and not be compensated for their abilities and effort.
One thing to know something, another thing to shove it up their nose.
Elders are jaded from lack of respect?
Issues of lack of discipline in Paganism
Non-monetary compensation to an Elder
Don’t write off the elders that are grumpy
Don’t go to the person giving you a handout
Real Elders teach you to fix your own problems
Showing respect to elders is not part of contemporary American culture
Generation narcissism
Satanist says people are too self-indulgent nowadays
Every vice is a virtue in the extreme
ZOMG, Search trends for Wicca are going down… noooooze!
Where’s Robert Adams been?
Maybe these search trends indicate many folks are moving beyond the basics and pursuing specific paths rather than general paths.
Google searches don’t reflect books and podcasts
Maybe it’s just the fad people going away?
Failure to convert
The Church makes no sense.
Kris’ story about getting kicked out of a church.
Back to looking at the Wiccan religion
Why is it a fluffy “bunny?”
Pagan police officers now getting off for Sabbats
Military Pagan organizations
Explaining Gaggle of Penii
Dishwasher full of actual dildos?
Subtly offending co-workers
Life outside of Earth?
Dave’s House
Why are we building The Terminator?
Shamans in the hospitals and our personal experiences with faith in hospital settings
Maybe this swift positive change is brought on by mass media?
Mark and Magic Cards
Magic Cards and Tournaments (OT)
Fixing the Pagan Economic Situation via Gaming
Fixing your own economic situation requires realizing what you are going to do is going to suck.
Rising cost of living
PCP on the street
Bodily functions
Uservoice is awesome
We are deprived of intellectual discussion
Reading about The Twilight Path
If you tae the time!
Go outside your ordinary.
Resuming of Animal Sacrifices in Texas
Case Study: how Clarion University has changed since we graduated
Some universities are showing trends opposite that of Clarion University
There’s typically going to be many Pagans on a college campus
The Clarion University Wellness Wheel
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Credits
- List of websites and organizations mentioned
- Post-Production By: Dave
- PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
- Season 13 Credits
