As Star said, you don't have to explore the rest of Patheos, you'll be able to access us directly. Plus, syndication to places like LiveJournal, DreamWidth, Facebook, and Twitter will still be around.

Fred going over was one of the things that helped me make this decision.

Lets all make offerings to the gods of Internet and the crossroads that all goes smoothly!

Star is a treasure, and this wouldn't have happened otherwise.

People can donate if they want to, but I'm not going to be asking for donations, or underwriters, while at Patheos. All the wonderful people who chipped in the last couple years have been amazing, and I can't thank them enough for the support they've shown.

Yes, the commenting system will be switching to Disqus for all you Intense Debate haters out there.

A Darker Shade of Pagan will remain independent. It will go on as it always has.

"But I was assured that Scarlet Imprint does not support censorship... just prior to getting banned from the discussion. I guess for an editor, some habits are hard to break."

Point of order: you do know that getting banned from an Internet forum isn't "censorship," right? You can indeed be against censorship while booting people off an Internet forum you control. Just as you can be against censorship and call the cops on someone shouting at you on your yard.

"Considering the mud that was slung at me, am I wrong to think that the same people who are making accusations about Troy Southgate (and others) might be off base and exaggerating? Perhaps it is the mudslingers' politics/agenda that should be put under the magnifying glass."

Well, I have no professional or personal relationship with Scarlet Imprint, I don't publish esoteric books, not looking to get published in any book on magic(k)al practice, and I'm not really the biggest Crowley fan. So it would be hard, I think, to categorize me as some sycophantic follower of random proclamations made on the Internet by SI.

So, when I tell you that Southgate is indeed a crypto-fascist and any serious reading of his history, words, and associations would bear that out, would you take it seriously? As for him being a "dangerous, bigoted, wolf in sheep's clothing," well if you think subscribing to beliefs straight out of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (“vampiric parasites intent on carving up the world’s resources in an attempt to create a single, global market”) or racial separatism ("a coffee-coloured mush of uniform humanity"), or anti-feminism, or anti-abortion, or his "criticism" of fascism that really isn't criticism at all (he mostly thinks their tactics were bad) aren't well, "dangerous" or "bigoted," I'm not sure what to tell you. As for entryism, it is something he admits to, so its hardly a conspiracy against him.

Now, if you think a publishing company run by someone with his views is something you want to support, there's nobody stopping you. But as I said, to pretend that we live in apolitical vacuums where his views won't ultimately taint the work of authors who participate in his ventures is naive at best. An "apolitical" book that supports a very political man's company and goals isn't "apolitical" at all.

Bookhousegal, I appreciate your participation here, but I think you should take a cooling off period. Your focus on Cara is bordering on inappropriate.