Naturalistic Paganism

Category: Columns


What the Perseids (just a few weeks away, Aug 11-13!) Taught me about Parenting, by Starstuff, Contemplating

But I was wrong – very wrong. In the blink of an eye the toddler is forever gone, ….

Read More

No-Nonsense Paganism: Keep It Simple

One of the radical ideas running through this series is the notion that a pagan ritual can be–and should be–simple. The complexification of a ritual does not deepen the experience of the ritual, and in fact has the tendency to make it more spiritually shallow.

Read More

Practice Spotlight! Check out the Daily and Weekly Circle Sanctuary Pagan Podcasts!

And what a great lineup they have!  Check it out below! 

Read More

Paganism 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 More

No 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 More