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“Nature and Values Beyond the Binary” by Crafter Yearly
When we attempt to personify divinity, we do not make goddesses and gods in our own image, we make them to demonstrate our narrow and socially constructed norms. Nature and values are bigger, more diverse, and more complexly beautiful than those norms. We do divinity and ourselves no favors when we limit our view of the world in this way.
Read More“Humanistic Heathens defend their support of marriage equality” by John Halstead
The high priest of the Icelandic Heathen group, Ásatrúarfélagið, has reported receiving hate mail from abroad from other Heathens who disapprove of the liberal beliefs and attitudes of the Icelandic group, particularly the group’s respect for gay rights and its fight to be allowed to marry same-sex couples.
Read MoreMid-Month Meditation: “Power”: Cheryl Strayed reads Adrienne Rich
Cheryl Strayed recounts her brush with the life-saving power of poetry and reads the first poem from Adrienne Rich’s 1977 masterwork, The Dream of a Common Language, titled “Power.”
Read More“The Feminine and Masculine Principle in Modern Paganism, a Non-Theist Perspective” by Silverspear
To the atheist Pagan, however, the issue of gender in “spiritual” matters should be irrelevant because Ultimate Reality transcends biological differences. This does not mean that, in dispensing with god and goddess concepts, the atheist Pagan also dispenses with, for lack of better terms, feminine and masculine energies.
Read MoreMalala Day: “Girl Rising”
Today is the 18th birthday of Malala Yousafzai. It also marks “Malala Day”, an education awareness event.
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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