Naturalistic Paganism

Playlist for the Wheel of the Year: Mid-Winter

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 first list. Enjoy! And share your suggestions in the comments.

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Happy Winter Thermstice/Imbolc!

How will you celebrate the cold and snow this year?  For us, we made our first ice carousel!  Here in the North, if the ice on the lakes gets to be between 6 and 12″ thick, one can cut out a large circle, and get it spinning!  It was fun – we tried sails, but ended up using a combination of pushing and drill paddles to get it going at a steady speed. Read More

The Winter Cross-Quarter (Winter Thermstice) Approaches! + ~ A Dozen Online Rituals

For those of us in more Northern climes, the Winter Thermstice, or Imbolc, means ice and snow.  Even though many of us have known about the unique, delicate, 6-fold beauty of snowflakes since childhood (for many, it’s a very common elementary school art topic), I’m reminded yet again of the beauty and wonder which our Universe gives us in snowflakes, and that they can bring us joy throughout our lives.

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Practice Spotlight! Check out the Daily and Weekly Circle Sanctuary Pagan Podcasts!

Ready to grow your spiritual practice in 2022?  As mentioned earlier, the new year is a great time to start or expand your Naturalistic Pagan practice.  Wouldn’t it be helpful to have daily encouragement and Pagan input?  You can, with Circle Sanctuary’s daily Pagan podcasts!
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Happy Yule, Examining the Overculture, and more! Recent Episodes of THE WONDER podcast, by Mark Green

Hmmm…. it seems to me that the overcommercialization of the holiday in the United States which is modeled after Yule seems to fit well with the topic of the overculture itself.   Is it just a coincidence that those are the recent topics on The Wonder?  You decide!    They are on the page here.

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