Naturalistic Paganism

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PostPaganry, Part 2: Reason and Spirituality, by Glen Gordon 

Postpaganry was never meant to be a set of beliefs and practices, but a method to construct naturalistic religious and spiritual traditions from the primordial experience of being human in the exact time and place we find ourselves.

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“Faith for the Naturalistic Pagan: Trusting in the Return of Warmth” by Crafter Yearly

Imbolc has been about faith for me this year, because instead of focusing on the light, I’m focusing on the warmth. For me, Imbolc this year is about trusting that shifts are occurring, even if their results are too subtle to perceive or delayed in their impact. It’s about trusting that clarity and warmth eventually predominate, even though the cold feels like it may go on forever. Faith in this sense, then, is not about belief in supernatural beings or the absence of rationality. Instead, it is a commitment to a sense of humility towards that which is, as yet, too subtle to be perceived.

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For Discussion: “Evolution at Odds” by Bart Everson

We are constantly forgetting trivial experiences. What did lunch taste like last Tuesday? Strangely enough, we can also forget important experiences. We can, in fact, forget the most experiences of all. We can and do lose touch with the most…

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“Mother of Mysteries” from the Darwin Song Project

The Darwin Song Project is a compilation album, released in 2009, featuring folk artists from the UK and North America, who were tasked with the creation of new songs that had a resonance and relevance to Charles Darwin.  The album is available on YouTube,…

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Call for Essays: March’s theme at HP is Cosmos!

Albert Einsten was born this month, on March 14, 1879. The day is also celebrated as “Pi Day” (i.e., the date 3/14 = the numerical constant 3.14…)  This year is the Pi Day of the century … 3/14/15 = 3.1514….

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