Naturalistic Paganism

Category: B. T. Newberg


Saving the marriage of science and myth

– by B. T. Newberg Marriage is hard.  Zeus and Hera were constantly bickering.  Inanna banished her husband Dumuzi to the underworld.  Skadi and Njord couldn’t live together no matter how they tried.  Are all marriages doomed to failure? Humanistic…

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Real religion?

– by B. T. Newberg What makes for “real” religion?  How do you know that what you’re doing isn’t just playing dress-up, a shallow parody of religion? Well, maybe you “just know.”  But aren’t there times when you doubt whether…

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Symbols in the sky

image enhanced from original, and posted under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license – by B. T. Newberg I double-checked my suit pocket: yes, the rings were there.  Everything was ready.  I just had to take the trash out before…

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I’ve been interviewed!

People are taking note of what we’re doing here! DT Strain, author of The Humanist Contemplative, interviews your devoted editor about Humanistic Paganism.        DT Strain has been a mover-and-shaker in the world of Spiritual Humanism.  Now, he’s planning…

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Ten years after 9/11: World politics is an existential condition

image enhanced from original by Bird Eye – by B. T. Newberg Ten years after 9/11, what place has politics in your spirituality?  Are you doing rituals outside your state capitol?  Or do you separate politics from your spirituality?  Or…

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