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No-Nonsense Paganism: What ritual really does

Posted on February 15, 2023 by John Halstead

We don’t use ritual to turn the Wheel of the Year outside of us. But we can use ritual to turn the Wheel inside of us. As the seasons change, we do ritual to acknowledge the change and to prepare ourselves emotionally and mentally for the change.

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No-Nonsense Paganism: Finding the fire again

Posted on February 1, 2023 by John Halstead

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First they decided they didn’t need the sacred fire. Then they did away with the words of the prayer. And then they forgot where the holy place was. And all they were left with was the story.

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No-Nonsense Paganism: One pagan’s calendar

Posted on January 31, 2023 by John Halstead

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This is my own working pagan calendar.

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No-Nonsense Paganism: Daily Spiritual Practice (part 2)

Posted on December 30, 2022 by John Halstead

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For me, the goal of daily spiritual practice is the “re-enchantment” of my everyday life, restoring a sense of sacredness to our experience, which has been stripped away by reductionist positivism, consumer capitalism, and transcendental religion.

Category: John Halstead, Latest Posts, No-Nonsense Paganism Tags: elements, Paganism, practice, reenchantment, ritual