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Henry David Thoreau’s birthday

Today is the birthday of Henry David Thoreau, famed nature lover and author of Walden.  His impact on modern society is explored by the Center for American Progress: Thoreau laid the foundation for modern-day environmentalism. He articulated a philosophy based…

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Revering the universe, by Annika Garratt

What does reverence mean? Revere: “feel deep respect or admiration for” from re- (expressing intensive force) + vereri ‘to fear’. So to revere is to feel respect, admiration, or even fear. How does one respect and admire the Universe? Respect:…

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Big History: A narrative core for HP?

– by B. T. Newberg Last time, our poll uncovered the three most popular root metaphors of our readers: nature-as-Creativity nature-as-kin nature-as-Big Self This time, I propose Big History as the narrative core of all forms of Religious Naturalism, including…

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The goddess Kali and Religious Naturalism, by Colin Robinson

Editor’s Note:  Although HP generally focuses on developing personal relationships with mythology from the Euro-Mediterranean culture zone (in order to encourage specificity and depth), it is also possible to learn what we can from other cultures.  Colin offers a picture…

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Sustainable Pagan communities: An interview with Alison Leigh Lilly

This week we interview Alison Leigh Lilly, who has just launched a new podcast along with Jeff Lilly called Faith, Fern, and Compass. B. T. Newberg:  Working for the Pagan Newswire Collective, editing No Unsacred Place, and now podcasting, you’ve…

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