The Pagan Perspective
About
What The Pagan Perspective is, why it exists, who builds it, and how it is different from everything else in pagan media.
The Mission
The pagan community
deserves better media.
There is no pagan media company operating at a serious level. Individual podcasts exist. Individual blogs exist. Nobody has pulled it together into a branded publication with editorial standards, a podcast, and a real presence in the community.
The Pagan Perspective exists to change that. To give the community the media it has always deserved — conversations that go deep, voices that rarely get a platform, and editorial standards that actually mean something.
This is not a hobby project. It is a media company built for the long term, under Cypress Swamp Studios, with a clear mission and the structure to back it up.
Three Gaps TPP Fills
The Depth Problem
Most pagan content stays on the surface.
Introductory explainers and surface-level overviews dominate. TPP goes further. Every episode is one question, fully explored.
The Representation Problem
Many traditions and voices lack a platform.
TPP deliberately seeks out underrepresented practitioners, scholars, and creators. Not just the familiar names.
The Standards Problem
Not all pagan content is accurate or respectful.
TPP holds itself to editorial standards: source-grounded, culturally careful, and honest about the difference between history and reconstruction.
The Host & Editor
Matt
Matt is a pagan educator and the founder of The Pagan Temple, a free educational resource for the pagan community. The Pagan Perspective is the media side of the same mission. Where TPT teaches, TPP covers the community around that teaching.
As host, Matt brings the same commitment to accuracy, cultural respect, and intellectual honesty that defines The Pagan Temple. As editor, he sets the editorial standards for every piece that appears in the publication.
TPP is not a solo project. It is a platform built for multiple voices. Matt’s role is host, editor, and the person responsible for holding the whole thing to a standard.
“There are voices in this community that don’t often get heard. This is where we change that. One conversation at a time.”
What The Pagan Perspective Is
One Brand. Multiple Formats.
The podcast is the flagship. The publication runs alongside it. More is coming.
Flagship Podcast
Live
The Pagan Perspective Podcast
Interview and solo episodes. One central question per episode, fully explored with practitioners, scholars, authors, and creators. 30–45 minutes. Weekly.
Editorial Publication
Live
The Pagan Perspective Publication
Seven editorial categories covering the full breadth of pagan culture: Tradition Spotlight, Voices, In the Sources, Community, Books & Media, The Interview, and Opinion.
Digital Magazine
Coming Soon
Hollow Hill
A quarterly digital magazine. Longer-form features, practitioner profiles, tradition deep dives, and mythology essays. The prestige product of the TPP brand.
Editorial Standards
Non-Negotiable.
For Every Piece.
TPP is a media company with editorial standards. That means every episode, every article, and every opinion piece is held to the same baseline, regardless of the guest, the tradition, or the topic.
These are not aspirational. They are the standard. Content that does not meet these standards does not get published under the TPP name.
Accuracy matters.
Content must be grounded in reliable sources and honest about the difference between historically attested practice and modern reconstruction.
Cultural respect is required.
Traditions are identified specifically. Nothing is presented as universally pagan when it is tradition-specific. Closed and semi-open traditions are handled with care.
Multiple voices are welcome.
TPP is not a single-tradition platform. Guests may disagree with each other. That is the point. The conversation is the product.
Editorial positions are allowed.
TPP can take a point of view. It does so with honesty, rigor, and respect — not for provocation, but because the community deserves a publication with a spine.
Sensitivity is non-negotiable.
Cultural sensitivity applies at all times. When we get something wrong, we correct it transparently and on the record.
Get Involved
This Is Your Show Too.
TPP is built for the pagan community — and that means you. Listen to the podcast. Read the publication. Subscribe to the newsletter. If you have a voice worth hearing, the Contributors page is the place to start.
Want to write for TPP? See the Contributors page →