Naturalistic Paganism
Can We Talk About the R-Word?, by Bart Everson
The philosopher Alain de Botton once noted that, “religions merit our attention for their sheer conceptual ambition.” But what is a religion anyhow? We all seem to have different ideas. I was raised in a doctrinally and politically conservative denomination of Christianity. This basic worldview informed the earliest formative years of my life, and that’s what I understood religion to be.
I was fascinated by the idea that other religions would necessitate other worldviews, that the world might look very different if I’d been raised in a different tradition, and this simple truism proved the undoing of my childhood faith. After that, I considered myself to be an atheist; I had no religion, because of course atheists aren’t religious. Right?
Happy Spring Equinox!
Happy Spring Equinox, or Ostara! Just two years ago, the pandemic was rapidly ramping up. Today, the pandemic has killed a million Americans and over 6 million worldwide (likely much more), and the vaccines have saved millions who would have died. Even in this surreal time, we can still observe the seasonal change. The orbit of the Earth of course isn’t effected by a pandemic.
Playlist for the Wheel of the Year: Spring Equinox
Over the years, I have created rituals to celebrate the Wheel of the Year with my wife and children. Music has been an essential part of the experience. Without it, it would be much more difficult to create the sense of sacred time and space and to evoke the experience I desire for each ritual. So I want to share with you my playlist for each station on the Wheel of Year. Here’s the second list. Enjoy! And share your suggestions in the comments below.
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The Spring Equinox Approaches…
I think that March, and the Spring Equinox, will always have some link to the Covid pandemic in my mind. In 2020, the pandemic really started in March, after news of cases appearing in February. Sometime about two years ago in March of 2020, most of us had our last normal week, mostly unaware that a multi-year pandemic was about to start, and that our lives – and the world – would never be the same.
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