Naturalistic Paganism
Category: ritual
What are Eclipse Portals? Here’s how you can create one yourself!
The total eclipse this coming April 8th will hold dozens of millions of people in awe (including both Americans and eclipse chasers). What will I do during those 100 or so sacred seconds? Will I prepare a ritual? Just revel in it? Hug my kids? I have no idea yet. All religions have sacred times and sacred places. For many of us (and certainly me), this will be one of those most sacred times. What will that time be like for you? I don’t think that can be predicted – we can’t decide when the sacred will touch us.
Read MoreJust a Few Days to the Eclipse! Finalize those Plans now! Here’s a Ritual, too!
The total eclipse this coming April 8th will hold dozens of millions of people in awe (including both Americans and eclipse chasers). What will I do during those 100 or so sacred seconds? Will I prepare a ritual? Just revel in it? Hug my kids? I have no idea yet. All religions have sacred times and sacred places. For many of us (and certainly me), this will be one of those most sacred times. What will that time be like for you? I don’t think that can be predicted – we can’t decide when the sacred will touch us.
Read MoreNext Spring’s Eclipse will be Beyond Words! Now is the time to make your plans.
The total eclipse this coming April 8th will hold dozens of millions of people in awe (including both Americans and eclipse chasers). What will I do during those 100 or so sacred seconds? Will I prepare a ritual? Just revel in it? Hug my kids? I have no idea yet. All religions have sacred times and sacred places. For many of us (and certainly me), this will be one of those most sacred times. What will those 90 seconds be like for you? I don’t think that can be predicted – we can’t decide when the sacred will touch us.
Read MoreEVOLUTIONARY RITUALS: Dancing Through the Darkness to the Ecozoic Era, with Carol Kilby – Class starts November 1
“We must ensure that the language we use, the rituals we celebrate and the symbols we employ keep pointing to the great living cathedral of Earth, sea, and sky.”
— John Philip Newell
Creation Stories @ Winter Solstice by Glenys Livingstone Ph.D.
In PaGaian Cosmology, and sometimes explicitly expressed in other traditions, Winter Solstice/Yule essentially celebrates the Birth of All, Origins (capitalized because it needs to be noted as a sacred and ultimate event). Winter Solstice is a good time to contemplate…
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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