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[Dead Ideas] “Self-mummification I: Buddhist Mummies of Japan”, by B. T. Newberg
That’s right: *self*-mummification, mummifying yourself through a special 3000-day diet and regimen of spiritual exercises which will lead to your death but, if you do it correctly, will mummify your body and make you a sokushinbutsu or “Buddha in the Flesh.” I witnessed many of these mummies personally while living in Japan. This is their story.
Read MoreWhat Does “Naturalism” Mean to You?
With the new year, we are starting a new series called, “What Naturalism Means to Me”. It is an opportunity for our readers, like you, to share what Naturalism means for you.
Read More[Dead Ideas] “Yule-time Ghost Stories: Glámr the Icelandic Draugr, and 13 Candles” by B. T. Newberg
Did you know ghost stories used to be told on Christmas – that is, at Yule-time? It was a tradition popular in Victorian England (think Dickens’ A Christmas Carol), but it also goes back much farther.
Read MoreWinter Solstice – Celebrating Birthing New Being by Glenys Livingstone Ph.D.
Winter Solstice is the time in our annual orbit around Sun when the dark part of the day is longest. Traditionally it has been celebrated by our Gaian ancestors in many regions of our planet as the birth of light,…
Read MoreYule (the Winter Solstice) is right around the corner!
So how will you be celebrating? There are less than three weeks left before Yule (the Winter Solstice)! This is going out a week early because for many of us, this is a Sabbat that takes a little more preparation…
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Pagan Coming Out Day – May 2nd
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