Naturalistic Paganism
Category: Atheism and Meaning
“On Being A Nietzschean Pagan” by Ashley Yakeley
Art is the creation of meaning, including the creation of the sacred. Art reveals truth. Thus by representing them, we manifest the gods. The pagan gods are the exaltation of human creativity, the human ability to create meaning, to create the sacred.
Read More“The Meaning of Life?” by Thomas Schenk
Perhaps the ultimate end our existence is something of a sublime old joke, but if it is, I at least want to be attentive enough to catch the joke and share a grand old chuckle with the cosmos.
Read More“What the Dress Can Teach Us About Spirituality” by Trellia
The Dress serves as a very useful metaphor for exploring spirituality and religion, and what religious belief can mean.
Read MoreMid-Month Meditation: “Nietzsche’s Unknown God”
Despite being an atheist, perhaps Nietzsche had what is sometimes called a “God-shaped hole” in his being; perhaps he experienced God, not as the absence of a presence, but the “presence of an absence”. Have you ever felt something like this?
Read More“Pantheism, Archetype, and Deities in Ritual, Part 3” by Shauna Aura Knight
At a certain point, I leave the theological wrestling behind. I focus on technique and what works. Singing works, drumming works, chanting works, dancing works. Trance language works. And story works, every time. Whether I believe they are gods or just old stories, it doesn’t really matter. The stories themselves drive us and inspire us; always have, probably always will.
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