Naturalistic Paganism

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How important is myth to your practice?

– by B. T. Newberg Do ancient myths play a large part in your practice, or only a minor role?  Perhaps even no role at all? By myths, I mean historical traditions of stories that have come down to us…

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World Water Day

This is a little late, but I just learned about World Water Day, an event observed on March 22nd since its 1993 inception after a United Nations General Assembly.  This year’s theme is water and food security. Learn more at…

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The HPedia: Myth

This entry is from the HPedia: An encyclopedia of key concepts in Naturalistic Paganism. In HP, myth generally refers to historical traditions of stories that have come down to us from specific cultures, and which involve pantheons of gods and…

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Spring Equinox: Ostara / Mabon

In the Northern Hemisphere, the Vernal Equinox is celebrated as Ostara (also spelled Eostar, Eostre, or Eastre), deriving from the name of a Germanic goddess to whom the month of the same name was holy.  It is the same word…

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Einstein’s birthday and Pi Day

Today is Einstein’s birthday, as well as Pi Day. Albert Einstein’s birthday as well as Pi Day is March 14.  Einstein, born in 1879, was the celebrated mind that gave us the theory of relativity and E = mc2. The mathematical constant π…

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