Naturalistic Paganism
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“The Transcendentalists: An Original Relation to the Universe” by John Halstead
Emerson’s call for “an original relation to the universe” found its way into Neo-Paganism with its distrust of tradition and emphasis on the authority of individual experience, as well as the focus on reconnecting with nature.
Read More“Beyond Female Role Models: The Triple Goddess as Nature” by John Halstead
The Triple Goddess is not a role model for women. Rather, she represents Nature. And the relationship between the Triple Goddess and us reflects our relationship with Nature. To us, she is Mother, Lover, and ultimately, Slayer. We are her children, all of us, male and female. And we are, all of us, also her lovers and victims.
Read More“Nature and Values Beyond the Binary” by Crafter Yearly
When we attempt to personify divinity, we do not make goddesses and gods in our own image, we make them to demonstrate our narrow and socially constructed norms. Nature and values are bigger, more diverse, and more complexly beautiful than those norms. We do divinity and ourselves no favors when we limit our view of the world in this way.
Read More“Feminism and the Future of Religion, Part 2” by Glenys Livingstone Ph.D.
As women take seriously their lived experience, a notion of deity separate from the cycles and rhythms of physical being recedes, and the necessity of knowing and celebrating the Larger Rhythms of which one is a part arises.
Read More“Feminism and the Future of Religion, Part 1” by Glenys Livingstone Ph.D.
It is in the realm of myth, image and symbol that feminists in religion find the bulk of their work – in the diluting and relativizing of patriarchal/dominator notions, stories and images; and then in the offering of alternatives.
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