Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface, by Barbara Erskine

Foreword: Welcoming this Book, by Matthew Fox

Introduction: “Divine” Babies and “Dirty” Bath Water

Part One—The Naked Nazarene

One: The Tri-part Jesus

Two: Will the Real Mr. Jesus Please Stand Up!

Three: The Naked Jesus

Four: I Am Not the Way (and Other “Alternative to the Church” Jesus Wisdom)

Five: Jesus and the Tarot Twelve Card

Six: Reclaiming Jesus Christ

Seven: The Cosmic Christ

Part Two—Jesus Through Pagan Eyes: A Selection of Stories and Essays by Respected Pagan Elders

Introduction

Eight: Jesus: A View from the Earth, by Emma Restall Orr

Nine: A Witch’s Tale of Christmas, by Reni at “Spells and Witchcraft”

Ten: A Confession, by Adele Nozedar

Eleven: The Gift of Jesus to Pagans and Christians, by Joyce Higginbotham

Twelve: Jesus Through the Eyes of a Witch, by Christopher Penczak

Thirteen: The Lily Cross and the Green Man, by Maria Ede-Weaving

Fourteen: A Goddess Advocate Talks about Jesus, by Karen Tate

Fifteen: The Shamanic Christ, by James Carrington

Sixteen: Encountering the Galilean, by Stephen Critchley

Seventeen: The God from the House of Bread, by John Michael Greer

Eighteen: Jesus, Horse of God, by Diana L. Paxson

Nineteen: I Have No Temple: A Consideration of Jesus as a Pagan Teacher of Gnosis, by Marcus Katz

Twenty: The Fertile Christ, by Philip Carr-Gomm

Twenty-One: Jesus and the “Devil’s Picture Book,” by Sarah Kral

Twenty-Two: Soul Friends: A Wiccan/Jesus-based Spirituality, by Erin Dragonsong

Part Three—Thirteen Interviews with Respected Pagan Elders

Introduction

Twenty-Three: Maxine Sanders

Twenty-Four: Selena Fox

Twenty-Five: Raven Digitalis

Twenty-Six: Sorita D’Este

Twenty-Seven: Caitlín Matthews

Twenty-Eight: Janet Farrar

Twenty-Nine: Gavin Bone

Thirty: Oberon Zell-Ravenheart

Thirty-One: Cassandra Eason

Thirty-Two: Raven Grimassi

Thirty-Three: Scott Blunt

Thirty-Four: Kerr Cuhulain

Thirty Five: Gill Edwards

Conclusion

Epilogue: A Druid Magician and the Son of God, by Rob Chapman

Bibliography

Further Reading

Endnotes