One of my perennial concerns is why liberal and naturalistic religion often seems to lack transformative power. I think at least part of the reason for this is because of its ambivalent attitude toward ritual.
Read MoreToday, we begin our late spring theme, Practice, with DT Strain, director of the Spiritual Naturalist Society, who shares how he learned to “get” ritual as a naturalist, and he asks B. T. to share his understanding in turn. Click above…
Read MoreBrendan Myers’s book The Earth, The Gods, and the Soul is like candy for a philosophy lover like me. If philo-sophy is the “love of wisdom”, then I am a lover of the lover of wisdom, a philo-philosophe. And a book…
Read MoreWinterviews continues! From the Solstice (Dec. 21st) till the next Cross-quarter (Feb. 4th), we’re bringing you non-stop interviews and other goodies from big-name authors. Mark your calendar! Dr. Glenys Livingstone, author of PaGaian Cosmology – Dec. 21 Dr. Chet Raymo,…
Read MoreThing on Thursday #7 The topic this week is goals for the website. I’ve long wanted to craft a mission statement, something that sums up our aspirations and sense of direction. I do not mean a mission for the HP…
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