Naturalistic Paganism
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Read MorePaganism is Different, Part 1: Paganism Empowers You [Stardust, Contemplating]
Even with all of those exceptions and nuances, I’ve realized that in so many ways, Paganism is radically different from many huge religions, and that these radical differences appear to have a large impact on our lives, on the lives of future generations, and on our world. The first difference (Part 1) will be about who is fundamentally in charge of your religion, and this touches on how each religion sees our human nature (Part 7)
Read MoreNo Nonsense Paganism: The baby and the bathwater
One of my perennial concerns is why liberal and naturalistic religion often seems to lack transformative power. I think at least part of the reason for this is because of its ambivalent attitude toward ritual.
Read MoreNo-Nonsense Paganism: What ritual really does
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.
Read MoreNo-Nonsense Paganism: Finding the fire again
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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