Naturalistic Paganism

Category: 1Themes


“Why I am a godless Heathen”

When I say that I am godless, it is a shorthand method for stating that I am a Naturalist, a Rationalist, and an Evidentialist. When I say that I am a Heathen, I am announcing my allegiance with the reconstructed philosophies, beliefs, and morality of ancient Germanic peoples.

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[A Pedagogy of Gaia] “The P-Word” by Bart Everson

I call myself Pagan because wild nature is awesome, and I experience Earth as sacred, and I realize I don’t have a well-delineated self separate from the planetary ecosystem. I call myself Pagan because I think honoring the ancestors is a good idea, and I feel a connection to antiquity, and I like mythology. I call myself Pagan because dancing under the moon is my kind of religion, and a purely rational approach to life is deadening.

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“The Patron Deities of an Atheist Pagan” by Melanie Elizabeth Hexen

I am a Sagan Pagan. An atheist Pagan. This does not make me popular with either the Pagans or the Atheists.

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“Why ‘Pagan’? An Atheist Pagan’s Response to a Theist” by John Halstead

Why do we call ourselves “Pagan”? Why not just call ourselves atheists or humanists? What does the “Pagan” label add to our identity?

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“Well, why not both?” by Mud & Magic

I love being a part of a religion – of a community – that includes both atheists and polytheists and that lets me be in the middle.

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