Naturalistic Paganism

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What are our root metaphors?

– by B. T. Newberg I need your help folks.  At the core of every religious tradition is a root metaphor which fuses ideas of how things are and how we ought to live.  So what root metaphor(s) operate among…

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Etiquette for interfaith discussions, by Thalassa

Editor’s note:  In light of the conflagration ignited by last week’s post, a few words seem in order.  The fact that the piece had such reverberations throughout the Pagan community seems a sign that HP has grown, enough that we…

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Why do people want supernatural gods?, by M. J. Lee

I hate to admit it but I do feel some animosity toward hard polytheists. I feel as if they have stolen the gods (which of course belong neither to me nor to them, but to their own time and place)….

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Seton Sitting: Something special may happen, by Thomas Schenk

Many years ago, I spent a year teaching outdoor education to grade school children.  The students would be bussed out from the city for their once-a-year instruction about wild nature.  In addition to providing the scientifically-oriented subjects that were the…

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Managing human nature: A job description for HP

– by B. T. Newberg Job descriptions help us know that we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing.  So what’s the JD for HP? This post is the first in a series examining HP through the lens of the…

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