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[A Pedagogy of Gaia] “Consecrating Our Compost Bin” by Bart Everson

Posted on January 9, 2016 by NaturalisticPaganism

O compost bin, o compost bin
How gentle is thy turning
O compost bin, o compost bin
How gentle is thy turning
We feed you wet greens and dry browns
You give us soil to spread around
O compost bin, o compost bin
How gentle is thy turning

[Pagan in Place] “A Personal Pagan Philosophy” by Anna Walther

Posted on January 3, 2016 by NaturalisticPaganism

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I find the vitriolic blogosphere debates between atheistic Pagans and hard polytheists exhausting and uninteresting. Like many of you, I think about the nature of deity, but I think the question itself is more interesting than the answers. Furthermore, relationship with…

[Rotting Silver] “Universal Intelligence” by B. T. Newberg

Posted on December 28, 2015 by NaturalisticPaganism

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Rotting Silver is a column devoted to this Earth in all its tarnished radiance: poetry, prose, and parables of ugliness alloyed with joy.

[Starstuff, Contemplating] “Winter Solstice: Axial Tilt is the Reason for the Season” by Heather (& Jon) Cleland-Host

Posted on December 1, 2015 by NaturalisticPaganism

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… then I met Jon who practiced one single, holiday tradition: every year he watched the Sun rise on the Winter Solstice. I was awed, and I said right then, we should celebrate the Equinoxes and Summer Solstice too. That was the beginning of our family traditions together.