Naturalistic Paganism

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Is Naturalistic Paganism beneficial to society?

– by B. T. Newberg What good do we do?  Last time, we tackled the question of harm.  Now let’s consider the potential good. We should be careful not to let this become a self-congratulatory fest.  We must be even…

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Life on Earth as a religion? by Brock Haussamen

In The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion, published in 1967, Peter Berger analyses religion as socially constructed knowledge. His description suggests to me that our body of knowledge about the history and evolution of life could…

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Is Naturalistic Paganism harmful to society?

– by B. T. Newberg The goal of this website is to promote naturalistic spirituality (check out our mission statement).  But is it possible that, in the end, we’re doing harm to society? By harm, I mean any substantial increase…

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Romancing the void, by Bart Everson

It seems in our culture we are afraid of silence and emptiness. We fill our days with activities and rush about and chatter a lot, but underneath this superficial noise many of us feel somewhat hollow. If we pause we…

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Magic services: Taking money out of the equation, by Drew Jacob

She sat on my couch and wept. Not because her husband left. Because he wanted the kid. “He abuses him. He abuses both of us,” she said between sips of pekoe. “Now he’s going to take my son.” I didn’t…

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