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Monthly Archives: February 2014
The Earth, The Gods, and the Soul by Brendan Myers, a review by John Halstead
Brendan Myers’s book The Earth, The Gods, and the Soul is like candy for a philosophy lover like me. If philo-sophy is the “love of wisdom”, then I am a lover of the lover of wisdom, a philo-philosophe. And a book…
Read MoreThe Gadfly: A Socratic Interrogation of Naturalism, by B. T. Newberg
Today we continue our late-winter theme of “Order and Structure” with B. T. Newberg’s Socratic interrogation of naturalism. Socrates was known as the gadfly of Athens because he asked the questions no one wanted to answer. While waiting in line for his…
Read MoreAxiarchism and Paganism, Part 2 by Eric Steinhart
According to axiarchism, reality is ultimately defined by some kind of value. Axiarchism can be used to support a rational and naturalistic kind of Pagan theology. Part 1 of this article laid out the basic motivations for axiarchism. It showed…
Read MoreAxiarchism and Paganism, Part 1 by Eric Steinhart
Today we continue our late-winter theme of “Order and Structure” with Eric Steinhart’s discussion of Axiarchism and Paganism. This essay is broken into two parts. In Part 1, which is posted today, Eric Steinhert lays out the basic motivations for axiarchism. In Part…
Read More“Shinto Intertwined” by Ken Apple
Shinto is the teaching of Nature, in contrast to revealed Religion which can be said to be the teaching of Man. Shinto originating in Japan’s deep prehistory and existing in the present is a subconscious amalgam of attitudes, ideas and ways of living and relating to all aspects of life. Shinto means to touch the divine Earth, to receive the life giving power of the Sun and to “catch the whisper” of Nature.”
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