Naturalistic Paganism
Category: B. T. Newberg
Three Transcendents, part 2: Nature
– by B. T. Newberg This post continues the series on transcendence in naturalism. Part 1 introduced naturalistic transcendence. Part 3 will cover community, and part 4 will delve into mind. Nature In our modern parlance, nature connotes that part…
Read MoreThree Transcendents, part 1: Naturalistic transcendence
– by B. T. Newberg As my wife and I slogged along on our bicycles, generally irritated at each other, suddenly there was a pop. Her back tire went flat, and we were in the middle of nowhere on a…
Read MoreWhy do we do ritual?
– by B. T. Newberg It’s often claimed that ritual without literal deities or magic must be meaningless. This post aims to explode that idea. Many Pagans say that ritual is beneficial, whether or not deity “exists” or the magic…
Read MoreCan secular nations learn anything from religious ones?
– by B. T. Newberg Are secular nations lost without religious faith? Phil Zuckerman suggests not. Yet the secular may still have something to learn from the religious. The study Zuckerman’s 2009 study, “Atheism, Secularity, and Well-being”, analyzes a host…
Read MoreMeditation on the Five +1
– by B. T. Newberg How do we experience our world? …through touch, taste, smell, sound, sight, and introspection. The following meditation grounds a person deeply in these six foundations of experience. One by one, awareness is brought to each…
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