
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…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreShe sat on my couch and wept. Not because her husband left. Because he wanted the kid. “He abuses him. He abuses both of us,” she said between sips of pekoe. “Now he’s going to take my son.” I didn’t…
Read MoreToday 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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Carl Sagan, an agnostic who made a career of exploring – and marveling at – the wonders of the universe. His philosophy was that no concept of a creator or overseer could possibly match the awe-inspiring grandeur of nature itself. This is the way the Pagan atheist views the world, and the universe at large. It’s not some dry, clinical and bitter philosophy. It’s a vibrant, dynamic view of life and the environment that births and sustains it.
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