Naturalistic Paganism

Category: Contributors


Mid-Month Meditation: “An Invitation to Contemplation” by Bart Everson

In honor of this month’s theme, I’d like to extend an invitation. For the next thirty days, take a few moments each day to meditate. Think of it as a thirty-day challenge, or an experiment, if that’s helpful. Further, let’s join together, as a sort of virtual support group.

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“Why Modern Paganism Is Good For Today’s Families, Part II” by Debra Macleod

The New Vesta is for people with humanist values such as gender equality and personal autonomy, who embrace science and reject the indoctrination of children into supernatural belief, and who don’t believe that “mankind” has the “god-given right” to exploit the Earth or its life. It’s for people who believe in co-existence and feel that spirituality, like life itself, should be dynamic and open to positive change.

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“Why Modern Paganism is Good For Today’s Families” by Debra Macleod

This article is part of a two-part series discussing the rise and role of modern paganism in today’s families. Part I tells the author’s story, while Part II expands into the history and principles of some practices. This article was first published…

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“Are the Gods Natural?” by B. T. Newberg

Paganism is supposedly nature religion. Our gods ought to be natural, right? We claim so. But until we can feel the gods in nature without making them supernatural, that claim remains in jeopardy.

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“A Sticky, Sweaty, Complicated Mess (That Nearly Everyone Wants)” by Mark Green [An Atheopagan Life]

Unlike the guilt and shame and giggly self-consciousness associated with sexual desire and behavior by Abrahamic faiths, Paganism embraces the body as sacred and sex as a holy and pleasurable adult activity, not necessarily limited to monogamous relationships, but rather allowed by whatever the participants in those relationships decide is acceptable under their agreed rules.

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