Naturalistic Paganism

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Spinning an Interview, by Bart Everson

Draw a circle to represent the year: one complete revolution around the sun. Make a mark at the top and the bottom, the left and the right, dividing the circle into four equal quarters. Let these represent the solstices and the equinoxes. Now rotate the whole thing about 45º and make the marks again. These marks fall midway between the others, dividing the circle into eighths. Call these the cross-quarter days. You’ve just sketched the Wheel of the Year……

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My Name is Medusa – A New Children’s book arrives!

Glenys Livingstone, Ph.D. brings us a wonderfully empowering children’s book!  I’ll start off with a short review by a child, and then leave the more in depth adult discussion after that.  Enjoy!

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Announcing Dead Ideas: The Podcast of Extinct Thoughts and Practices, by B. T. Newberg

We Pagans are book people. We have an itch for history – especially odd, little-known, out-of-the-way history. This September 6th, you can scratch that itch.

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Honoring our Ancestors – Racism Rears it’s head, by Lupa Greenwolf & Jon Cleland Host

I hope we, as Pagans, can move past the harmful views of the AFA toward a better word for everyone, with recognition that we are all of mixed race. I’m white and privileged, and I’m proud to count Africans, Asians, and so many colors of wonderful human beings among my Ancestors, whom I thank every day.

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“The Democracy of Living Things”, by Brock Haussamen

It’s very easy to feel that as human beings we enjoy a privileged position among living things. We are at the top of the “brain chain” and it can make us complacent. So, perhaps because it’s an election season, I’ve…

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