image enhanced from original and original This week we dive into the field of neurotheology with an essay by Rhys Chisnall. Is the brain a necessary condition to having religious and mystical experiences? Is there a biological underpinning to the…
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Category: Rhys Chisnall
Tags: atheist pagan, atheist wicca, earth religion, naturalistic paganism, nature religion, Neurotheology, pagan humanism, pagan pantheism, pantheism, religious experience, religious naturalism, science and god, science and myth, science and religion, spiritual humanism, Spiritual Naturalism, spirituality and religion
image enhanced from The Calumny of Apelles, by Botticelli, 1494 – by B. T. Newberg The last post emphasized how critical it is for those neither religious nor secular to make their voices known. Now, here is an opportunity to…
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Category: B. T. Newberg
Tags: atheist pagan, atheist wicca, Buddhism, earth religion, naturalistic paganism, nature religion, pagan humanism, pagan pantheism, Paganism, pantheism, religious naturalism, science and god, science and myth, science and religion, Shamanism, spiritual humanism, Spiritual Naturalism, spirituality and religion, Wicca
image enhanced from Odysseus vor Scilla und Charybdis, by Johann Heinrich Füssli – by B. T. Newberg Do you find yourself between worlds, neither religious nor secular? Do you feel without a home? It can be frustrating for those with…
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Category: B. T. Newberg
Tags: atheist pagan, atheist wicca, earth religion, Greek mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Humanism, naturalistic paganism, nature religion, Pagan, pagan humanism, pagan pantheism, pantheism, polytheism, Religious Humanism, religious naturalism, science and god, science and myth, science and religion, Secular Humanism, spiritual humanism, Spiritual Naturalism, spirituality and religion
image enhanced from original – by B. T. Newberg “You don’t really think that’s going to work do you?” said my dad. I had arranged the twigs, kindling, and birch bark in a tepee, just exactly so, and he came…
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Category: B. T. Newberg
Tags: atheist pagan, atheist wicca, earth religion, firebuilding, Martin Buber, naturalistic paganism, nature religion, pagan humanism, pagan pantheism, pantheism, religious naturalism, science and god, science and myth, science and religion, spiritual humanism, Spiritual Naturalism, spirituality and religion