This month we conclude our semi-seasonal theme of “Order & Structure” and begin a new theme for early spring: “Inspiration”. Send your submissions to humanisticpaganism [at] gmail [dot] com.

Special Announcement: Neil deGrasse Tyson revives Carl Sagan’s Cosmos

One of America’s best known scientists, Neil deGrasse Tyson, is reviving the late Carl Sagan’s popular television series Cosmos, which aired on PBS in 1980. Tyson will host Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, premiering Sunday, March 9, on Fox and airing the following night, March 10, on the National Geographic Channel. Find out more here.

This Month at HP

Mar 2 “My Beliefs” by MortalCrow

Mar 9 Postpagan Ceremony & Ecology: “Why I’m Not Pagan” by Glen Gordon

Mar 12 Starstuff, Contemplating: “Naturalistic Credo” by Jon Cleland Host

Mar 15 Mid-Month Meditation

Mar 16 Musings of a Pagan Mythicist: “Circle around: individuality, community and creating religion” by Maggie Jay Lee

Mar 19 A Pedagogy of Gaia: “Spring in the Subtropics — Spring in the Self” by Bart Everson

Mar 20 Vernal Equinox / New Theme Begins at HP: “Inspiration”

Mar 21  De Natura Deorum: “The Revelation of an Uncaring God” by Scott Oden

Mar 23 “Song of the Self” by Jennifer Adele

Mar 26  “One Cell” by Cathy Podd

Mar 30 “The Ordeal” by Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D.

Humanistic Paganism Calendar for March

Mar 4 Church of All Worlds chartered as first Neo-Pagan church in U.S.

Mar 8 International Women’s Day

Mar 9 Daylight Savings Time begins in the U.S.

Mar 14 Einstein’s birthday / Pi Day

Mar 15 Hypatia Day

Mar 17 St. Patrick’s Day

Mar 20 Spring equinox (spring begins in U.S.) / Neo-Pagan spring quarter day (Ostara)

Mar 21 International Day of Nowruz

Mar 21 International Day of the Forests

Mar 22 World Water Day