Naturalistic Paganism

Category: B. T. Newberg


The big White splotch

– by B. T. Newberg Looking over our list of contributors here at HP, we have an imperfect, but not terrible, balance of the sexes: about 1/3 women to 2/3 men.  The GLBT demographic is fairly well-represented.  We’ve also got…

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A naturalistic ritual for the ancestors – Samhain

– by B. T. Newberg The following Samhain ritual is an attempt at developing an order of ritual rooted wholly in naturalistic perspectives.  The language of the script emphasizes non-metaphysical, natural terms and processes.  It’s broad enough to work for…

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Last hum of the cicada: Death in naturalism

– by B. T. Newberg Deep in the mountains of South Korea, a cicada hummed its last.  Walking along the roadside, I saw a spider fall upon it with its venomous mandibles.  Caught in the web, it had no escape,…

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Three Transcendents, part 4: Mind

– by B. T. Newberg This post concludes the series on transcendence in naturalism.  Part 1 introduced naturalistic transcendence, part 2 covered nature as a source of transcendence, and part 3 explored community.  Now we conclude with mind. In our recent poll…

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Three Transcendents, part 3: Community

– by B. T. Newberg This post continues the series on transcendence in naturalism.  Part 1 introduced naturalistic transcendence, and part 2 covered nature as a source of transcendence.  Part 4 will delve into mind. On August 28th, 1963, over…

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