Naturalistic Paganism
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Walking with my Dog is my Most Sacred Practice, by Anna Walther
“Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned, as though they were three characters, finally in conversation together, three notes suddenly making a chord.” –Rebecca Solnit in Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Read More[Dead Ideas] “Steampunk Rome”, by B. T. Newberg
For our final series, we’re doing the steam technology of the ancient world that died and had to be resurrected in 18th-century Europe. How close was Rome to being able to construct a working steam locomotive? That may sound silly, but you won’t think so after this episode!
Read More“Ritual Technologies, Part 2” by Mark Green (Naturalistic Pagan Toolbox)
There is great joy in living in the animal self for a time, such as dancing around a fire to the beat of drums. It’s a challenge, for bleached-out men like me, getting to that animal self and honoring it. But I try, and I encourage you to try, too.
Read More“Ritual Technologies, Part 1” by Mark Green (Naturalistic Pagan Toolbox)
As I get older, I find I treasure more and more the times when I can experience my animal self. Singing. Dancing. Howling at the moon. In ritual, there are techniques that make it easier.
Read More“Just Do It!”: Ritual for Atheists by Mark Green (Naturalistic Pagan Toolbox)
The challenge for atheists who move in the direction of ritual observances is that the atheist/skeptic community lauds the analytical part of the brain, and many atheists are accustomed to living there as much as they can. And that is the exact part of the brain you want largely to turn off during ritual.
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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