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“Ritual Technologies, Part 2” by Mark Green (Naturalistic Pagan Toolbox)

Posted on March 3, 2019 by NaturalisticPaganism

There is great joy in living in the animal self for a time, such as dancing around a fire to the beat of drums. It’s a challenge, for bleached-out men like me, getting to that animal self and honoring it. But I try, and I encourage you to try, too.

“Ritual Technologies, Part 1” by Mark Green (Naturalistic Pagan Toolbox)

Posted on February 27, 2019 by NaturalisticPaganism

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As I get older, I find I treasure more and more the times when I can experience my animal self. Singing. Dancing. Howling at the moon. In ritual, there are techniques that make it easier.

“Just Do It!”: Ritual for Atheists by Mark Green (Naturalistic Pagan Toolbox)

Posted on February 20, 2019 by NaturalisticPaganism

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The challenge for atheists who move in the direction of ritual observances is that the atheist/skeptic community lauds the analytical part of the brain, and many atheists are accustomed to living there as much as they can. And that is the exact part of the brain you want largely to turn off during ritual.

[Dead Ideas] “Canals of Mars”, by B. T. Newberg

Posted on February 11, 2019 by B. T. Newberg

Is the surface of Mars criss-crossed by lines so long and straight they can only be constructions of an advanced alien civilization? Many astronomers in the late 19th and early 20th century thought so. Join us in this jaunt into the frailty of human perception. Learn all about it in this episode of Dead Ideas.