Naturalistic Paganism
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A Spell plus Action is a Great Spiritual Practice. Your Action can Save Lives as the Senate Considers making Medical Scams (Homeopathy) Easier
It might be unexpected, at first, to find that those who support a Christian theocracy for the United States also often support allowing medical grifters to victimize some of the most vulnerable among us. Why? what could be the connection? And what is going on right now in the United States Senate to make medical scams easier?
Read MoreHow can you Escape from an Abusive Religion, such as many types of Christianity? Part 1 – John Beckett’s Steps
For many of us, escaping a toxic religion has left scars that require a lot of healing, but we now have a richer, more honest life than before. But plenty of people are still trapped. Hopefully, the resources in this series of three blog posts can help them own their own lives.
Read MorePagan Conferences are Great! Are These Near You?
Throughout all of this, It’s been wonderful to connect with other Pagans in the wider Pagan community, and join in many different rituals and celebrations. It can be a tricky balance at times between my own hard-nosed naturalism/atheism and the prevalence of pseudoscience/woo in the wider Pagan community. I sometimes have to remind myself to consider if a supernatural belief is very harmful or not, but overall it’s been great to simply enjoy a ritual with others, even if we personally think of the language used differently – such as if many others see a deity as literal and I see a metaphor. After all, no one thinks anyone is going to hell for being a heretic.
Read MoreSolar Eclipse (Only Visible from Antarctica) Tuesday, then a Blood Moon March 3rd! Here are some Ritual ideas. [Stardust, Contemplating]
Knowing that eclipses come in pairs (a solar eclipse paired – two weeks away – with a lunar eclipse) is yet another example of our Naturalistic Pagan approach of learning and knowing about our Universe, and also celebrating that Universe…
Read MoreMuch more than “just” Astronomy, here’s an Opportunity to Discover our World, Starting January 20! Free for Some!
For a lot of my life, I understood the colors we see as, well, of course the colors that the world is. End of story. But then I heard about infrared light. And ultraviolet light. And found out about the whole “electromagnetic spectrum” – all of which are the same thing – all “light”, just in different colors. Most colors of which we can’t see. To realize that we only see a tiny slice of the colors that exist was mind opening!
Many other basic concepts like that are included in this course.
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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