Naturalistic Paganism

Category: B. T. Newberg


Encounters in nature, part 1: Sharing of Paths

Encounters in Nature: An Open-air Dialogue in the North Woods with Celtic polytheist Drew Jacob, Vodou priest Urban Haas, and Humanistic Pagan B. T. Newberg Part 1: Sharing of Paths Recorded with a Blue Yeti microphone on a Macbook The…

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So a polytheist, a Voodoo priest, and a Humanist walk into the woods…

photo by B. T. Newberg by B. T. Newberg No, the title above isn’t the opening of a bad joke.  It’s what Drew Jacob, Urban Haas, and I are going to do this weekend. We’re setting out on a four-day…

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How Persephone killed the gods for me, by B. T. Newberg

As I poured a libation of barley tea, read aloud the Hymn to Demeter, and called out to the Two Goddesses, Demeter and Persephone, a dull frustration was in the air. The words rang empty. Then, as my fingers dug into the dirt and deposited the pendant into the ground, a rush came over me. Through my mind flashed a voice: “Let them die.”

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Speak your truth

image enhanced from The Calumny of Apelles, by Botticelli, 1494 – by B. T. Newberg The last post emphasized how critical it is for those neither religious nor secular to make their voices known.  Now, here is an opportunity to…

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Neither religious nor secular: A home for those with none

image enhanced from Odysseus vor Scilla und Charybdis, by Johann Heinrich Füssli – by B. T. Newberg Do you find yourself between worlds, neither religious nor secular?  Do you feel without a home?  It can be frustrating for those with…

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