Naturalistic Paganism

Monthly Archives: November 2014


“Gaia’s Heartbeat: practicing empathy for the Mother of us all” by Brandon Sanders

This essay was first published at the SolSeed blog. According to James Lovelock’s popular Gaia hypothesis, all life on Earth, in combination with the geochemical cycles it interacts with, can be treated as a single living organism called Gaia. Humanity…

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Mid-Month Meditation: “planetize the movement” by Drew Dellinger

Editor’s note: We encourage our readers to take these mid-month meditations as an opportunity to take a short break from everything else. Rather than treating these posts the way you would any other post, set aside 10 minutes someplace quiet…

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“Leopard in a Minefield: The Flourishing of Nature” by Chris Highland

This article is part of the Patheos Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on Religious Trends. It is republished here with the permission of the author.  The naturalistic reformers of nineteenth-century America call us to love this world and no other….

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Autumn Cross-Quarter

Today is the Autumn Cross-Quarter in the Northern Hemisphere. Among Neo-Pagans, the Cross-Quarter is commonly celebrated on October 31 as Samhain (pron. saw-in).  It is the part of the origin of modern Halloween. The actual date of the cross-quarter falls…

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“Hieroglyphic Stairway” by Drew Dellinger

Editor’s note: Pagans just finished celebrating Samhain, during which many of us honored our ancestors.  Earlier this week, Catholics around the world celebrated the Day of All Souls, during which they too honored their ancestors.  As we move into our…

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