Naturalistic Paganism

Category: seasonal


The Pandemic Gives us Online Rituals for Beltane

Have you been attending gatherings by zoom meetings or other remote software?  I have.  I’ve visited more various Pagan, UU, Atheist and other events in the past few weeks than in many months before that.

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Happy Spring Equinox!

Amid all the eggs and bunnies, it’s easy to forget the challenges that evolution has overcome (and continues to wrestle with) when it comes to eggs and babies.

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The Spring Equinox Approaches…

For me, the growing daylight (reinforced by the start of Daylight Savings Time) is a reminder from our Earth itself, one of those many helpful features of our seasons, to begin thinking about, and planning for, the Spring Equinox/Ostara.  Another reminder – one that is rather bizarre – is the appearance of a “warm-blooded” plant that smells like a zombie!

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Happy Winter Thermstice/Imbolc!

Hidden life beneath the snow and ice…  How many of us have seen vole and mouse trails under the snow?  They are hidden now, but with a careful eye you might see them when the start to appear as the…

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The Winter Cross-Quarter (Winter Thermstice) Approaches!

Have you noticed that slightly later sunsets?  The days are just starting to get longer, yet that warm is feeble, and we are in the depths of Winter’s chill.  Growing a tiny bit stronger every day, the Sun is returning….

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