Naturalistic Paganism
No-Nonsense Paganism: Thinking About Winter Ritual
As I explained in the introduction, I want to strip Paganism down, take away its ancient or faux-ancient terminology, its mythological and legendary pretensions, its foreign (to wherever you are) folk practices, its superstitious and pseudo-scientific justifications, and its esoteric ritual structures, and get down to the phenomenological core of pagan experience.
Pagan ritual should arise out of our experience of events happening in the world around us, both what is happening in the “natural” (other-than-human) world and what is happening in the human social world. The distinction between nature and culture is itself a human construct, and one that falls apart when you start looking at it closely. Over the course of this series, I will highlight some of the ways the line between human and nature gets blurred. But let’s start with nature.
Read MoreCauldrons, Ancestors/Samhain, Interviewing Mark about his new book, and more! Recent Episodes of THE WONDER podcast, by Mark Green
As we enter the Winter Solstice season (or the Summer Solstice season in the Southern Hemisphere), we can look back one last time to the Ancestors, if we want, with the Samhain/Ancestor episodes on The Wonder (also good to remember as when we approach Samhain next year or in April for the Southern Hemisphere). Also, information about Mark’s book, coming next year! Plus, an interview with James Morgenstern – All that more, on the page here.
No-Nonsense Paganism: Introduction
My very first public pagan ritual was a bit of a surprise.
I had been identifying as “Pagan” for almost a decade before I ventured to meet other Pagans in the flesh. I had learned about Paganism from Margot Adler’s Drawing Down the Moon, Starhawk’s The Spiral Dance, and Graham Harvey’s anthology, Paganism Today: Wiccans, Druids, the Goddess and Ancient Earth Traditions for the Twenty-First Century. So I had a certain vision of what I thought Paganism was: spiritually profound, intellectually nuanced, politically progressive, philosophically naturalistic, and competent in the execution.
What I discovered was something very different.
Read MoreThe Era of Artemis Dawns! [Starstuff, Contemplating]
After a half century, most people alive today don’t remember the Apollo missions, which landed humans on the Moon. How wonderful to be able to see our return to the Moon, appropriately named after Apollo’s sister, the goddess Artemis!
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Solstice Gift Ideas for Naturalistic Pagans, 2022
Our family is planning the gifts for Winter Solstice/the holidays, as many of us are. Celebrating the Winter Solstice (December 21 this year) gives us an even shorter time than most Americans for holiday planning and waiting for delivery, so with still some weeks before the Winter Solstice, here are some gift ideas to give or ask for! Of the items here, many will help your spiritual practice, enriching your daily life for you and your family.
Buy Godless Paganism (paperback)
Buy Godless Paganism (ebook)
Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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