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June Solstice

The Summer Solstice is known in Contemporary Paganism as Litha or Midsummer, as in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.  Nichols (2009) calls this a time when bonfires are lit, people may leap through the fires, and the young stay up all…

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Conscious or unconscious: Which is the real you?

– by B. T. Newberg There are at least two people inside each of us: There is the rational, deliberate, conscious mind.  It’s the one you can feel or even hear working when you puzzle out a tough math problem….

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The view from above: A Stoic meditative practice, by Donald Robertson

(This is a brief excerpt from my book, The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy: Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy, published by Karnac and available for order online now.) Plato has a fine saying, that he who would discourse of…

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What if the universe doesn’t love you back?

– by B. T. Newberg Most naturalists would probably agree that however much you may love the universe, it can’t love you back.  And yet, much of our language about it – and perhaps our feelings for it too –…

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Naturalistic Druidry: A Retrospective, by WhiteHorse

Yesterday’s article, entitled “What Do Druid Naturalists Do?”, explored the activities of the recently-defunct Druidic Order of Naturlists (DON).  This follow-up article draws insight from DON’s twilight, in order to build a better community for the future. Sadly, since I…

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