Naturalistic Paganism
Category: Seasonal Themes
Early Autumn Theme: Ancestors and Descendants
In Deep Time, early autumn can remind us of the Cretaceous extinction event – the cataclysm of fire, tsunamis, and earthquakes that banished the (non-avian) dinosaurs to extinction and led to you looking at your computer today. Gone were countless forms of…
Read MoreThe Fall Equinox Approaches!
In the Northern Hemisphere, the fall equinox is celebrated in a couple weeks (it is September 22nd this year) as Mabon, also called Harvest Home. (Those in the Southern Hemisphere celebrate the spring equinox, Ostara, at this time.)
Read MoreLate Summer Theme: Cooperation
In Deep Time, late summer can span the time from the mid to the late Mesozoic – a time during which many new forms of cooperation evolved, adding the many cooperative ways of life already discovered. Already established forms of cooperation included our…
Read MoreHappy Summer Thermstice/Lammas!
Heat! Summer! Productivity! These and many other themes join with the baking of bread and early harvest celebrations.
Read MoreThe Summer Cross-Quarter (Summer Thermstice) Approaches!
The Autumn cross-quarter or “Summer Thermstice” is celebrated on August 1 as Lughnasadh/Lammas/Lunasa. This is the hottest time of the year in many places in the Northern Hemisphere. Lammas thus celebrates the heat of the summer, and with it, productivity, vacations, and the early harvest – as well as the returning darkness. Its opposite, Imbolc, is celebrated in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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