Naturalistic Paganism
The Fall Equinox Approaches!
In the Northern Hemisphere, the fall equinox is celebrated in a couple weeks (it is September 22nd this year) as Mabon, also called Harvest Home. (Those in the Southern Hemisphere celebrate the spring equinox, Ostara, at this time.)
Into Darkness…….
(yes, that’s a quiet nod to the 50th Anniversary of a great modern myth, Star Trek)
Mike Nichols writes of the day: “Mythically, this is the day of the year when the God of Light is defeated by his twin and alter ego, the God of Darkness. It is the time of the year when night conquers day.” The metaphor for the natural solar cycle is perfectly clear, and easily appreciable by naturalists. Likewise with the agricultural myth of John Barleycorn, personification of the ripened grain: Read More
Grandmother Fish – a Fun Way to Introduce our Evolutionary History to Kids!
Grandmother Fish is a delightful new book that teaches our evolutionary history to kids as young as preschool, and its call-and-response structure makes it perfect for public reading. Listen as the book is read live at a Unitarian Universalist church story hour in this short video! Kids hoot, squeak, and laugh. The energy in the room builds up step by step. The kids start out wiggling like Grandmother Fish, and they end up wiggling, chomping, crawling, breathing, squeaking, cuddling, grabbing, hooting, walking, and talking like Grandmother Human. For those of us who, like me, find spiritual energy in our Ancestors, this is a wonderful experience. Here it is, just in time for school!
Here’s the webpage, and Amazon link.
My Name is Medusa – A New Children’s book arrives!
Glenys Livingstone, Ph.D. brings us a wonderfully empowering children’s book! I’ll start off with a short review by a child, and then leave the more in depth adult discussion after that. Enjoy! Read More
Announcing Dead Ideas: The Podcast of Extinct Thoughts and Practices, by B. T. Newberg
Today I want to introduce you to a project I’ve been working on that I think will be right up the alley of my fellow Pagans.
We Pagans are book people. We have an itch for history – especially odd, little-known, out-of-the-way history. This September 6th, you can scratch that itch. Read More
Honoring our Ancestors – Racism Rears it’s head, by Lupa Greenwolf & Jon Cleland Host
Maybe it’s the current political atmosphere, or maybe it’s just a coincidence, but open racism has shown up in our wider Pagan community, and that warrants a mention of it here. As many have already seen, the Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA) posted racist comments on it’s facebook page. Lupa Greenwolf does a great job covering the main points, so all I’ll add are some additional thoughts below her blog post here.
Here’s Lupa’s Post:
Not in my Pagansim.
So for those who aren’t already aware, Read More
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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