Naturalistic Paganism
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Ancient philosophy meets Darwin: Can science offer a way of life?
Ancient philosophers differed from those today in one crucial way: For them, philosophy was a way of life. Can science, too, be a way of life? Philosophy as a way of life All the ancient philosophers, from Socrates to the…
Read MoreHidden spirits, by Bryan Beard
This week we feature the photography of Bryan Beard, who also happens to be the artist who drew our tree logo. A long-time photographer of mushrooms, Beard captures the beauty of the ubiquitous but virtually unnoticed.
Read MoreA tropical rainforest ontology: In search of a non-reductive naturalism, by John Halstead
Analytical philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote in “A Free Man’s Worship” that the world which science presents to us is purposeless and void of meaning, and our lives are nothing but the “outcome of accidental collocations of atoms.” Similarly, Steven Weinberg…
Read MoreGaia as the Universe, by Áine Órga
In developing my own non-theistic or naturalistic spirituality, the issue of deity was one of the most difficult to address. Nothingness As I wrote in my first post, the idea of nothingness – or that which is beyond infinity –…
Read MorePraying to the Goddess as good financial advice, by Thomas Schenk
The rice planter’s mistake In China, there is a story told about a husband and wife who are rice farmers. They have just finished planting the crop. The husband, though, is not content just waiting for the crop to…
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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