Naturalistic Paganism
Queer Disbelief: You can help make this book a reality!
It’s just 8 days until this campaign ends, so help now! It takes a lot of courage to come out publicly as a member of an oppressed group which can otherwise be hidden (commonly known as “passing”).
Naturalistic Pagan Toolbox: “Just Ask” by John Halstead
The Naturalistic Pagan Toolbox is for sharing religious technologies drawn from diverse sources in order to deepen our Naturalistic Pagan practice. If you have discovered a spiritual technique which works for you that you would like to add to the Naturalistic Pagan Toolbox, click here to send me an email.
Last month, I attended Pagan Pride Day in Chicago. The keynote speaker was Phyllis Curott. Curott is a Wiccan priestess, civil rights attorney, and advocate for Pagan rights. She became Pagan in the early 1980s, served as President of the Covenant of the Goddess, and was instrumental in getting Paganism recognized at the Parliament of the World’s Religions.
I was drawn to Curott’s speech by its title, “Beyond the Wiccan Rede: Grounding Pagan Ethics and Activism in the Sacred”. She told a fascinating story about her own journey beyond Paganism and her awakening to an ecological consciousness. The gist of her talk was that we Pagans are called to not just worship the earth, but to fight for it.
Near the end of her talk, she said something remarkable. She said that, when people ask her what they can do to fight for the earth, she tells them:
“Just ask.”
Just ask the earth what it needs. She described her own practice of doing this and some of the answers she has received. Read More
Samhain (The Fall Equitherm) Approaches!
Got your house decorated yet? Samhain (the Fall Equitherm) is only a few weeks away! For many of us (including me), this is one of the most sacred times of the year – a time when I feel my Ancestors even more closely than usual. Read More
Why Naturalism? Because This. by Mark Green [an Atheopagan Life]
Yet another example of a Pagan in a leadership position using that position for sexual misconduct, citing woo-woo “spiritual” reasons involving disembodied entities and “magical bonds” as “explanations” for his abuse.
Black Lives and Sacred Humanity, A Book Review by Emile Wayne
Spiritual Naturalists who do not identify as members of a major religious tradition may look to modern Humanism as a strong philosophical framework to support their social justice work. Unfortunately, the difficult legacies of the European Enlightenment – particularly its Euro-centrism, false universalism, essentialism, and dualism – continue to haunt modern Humanism. As a consequence, they can find their goals
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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