Naturalistic Paganism

Monthly Archives: June 2012


What are our root metaphors?

– by B. T. Newberg I need your help folks.  At the core of every religious tradition is a root metaphor which fuses ideas of how things are and how we ought to live.  So what root metaphor(s) operate among…

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Etiquette for interfaith discussions, by Thalassa

Editor’s note:  In light of the conflagration ignited by last week’s post, a few words seem in order.  The fact that the piece had such reverberations throughout the Pagan community seems a sign that HP has grown, enough that we…

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Upcoming work

This Sunday: Double Feature In light of last week’s controversy, this week we review some basic interfaith pointers with Thalassa. Etiquette for interfaith discussions, by Thalassa Appearing Sunday, June 10, 2012 This is the second in the series integrating Loyal…

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Transit of Venus

  Today, Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun.  This event only happens twice every 120 years.  The transit begins at 3:06 p.m. and lasts for roughly 6.5 hours. Prof. Adrienne Cool says in an SFSU article: “It…

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Why do people want supernatural gods?, by M. J. Lee

I hate to admit it but I do feel some animosity toward hard polytheists. I feel as if they have stolen the gods (which of course belong neither to me nor to them, but to their own time and place)….

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