Naturalistic Paganism
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Community, Nordic Animism, Lammas, and more! Recent Episodes of THE WONDER podcast, by Mark Green
The concept behind THE WONDER—named, of course, for the awe and reverence we feel as we contemplate the magnificent Universe—is that it will be an ongoing resource for non-theist Pagans to inform and inspire our practices and stimulate our thinking.
Read MoreNo Nonsense Paganism: Lughna-say-what?
This August 1st, forget everything you have learned about Celtic myths and the agricultural customs of 18th century English peasants. Forget even the word “Lughnasadh”. Instead, go outside. Look. Listen. Breathe in and breathe out. Bend down and touch the earth. And ask what the world is speaking to you.
Read MoreWhat the Perseids (just a few weeks away, Aug 11-13!) Taught me about Parenting, by Starstuff, Contemplating
But I was wrong – very wrong. In the blink of an eye the toddler is forever gone, ….
Read MoreMeeting the Meat: An Animal Initiation, by Mark Green
The Animal that, frankly, kind of scares us. It’s sweating and eating and breathing and excreting and lusting, and none of that is under our control. It’s as if our consciousness is surfing a powerful, turbulent wave of capricious, hungry, insistent flesh…except that the consciousness is the wave, too, not separate from it.
Read MoreNo-Nonsense Paganism: Keep It Simple
One of the radical ideas running through this series is the notion that a pagan ritual can be–and should be–simple. The complexification of a ritual does not deepen the experience of the ritual, and in fact has the tendency to make it more spiritually shallow.
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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