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How do you enter trance or meditation in ritual?

2012 Thing on Thursday #5 Two weeks ago, our poll asked about the most important elements of ritual liturgy, and last week’s dug into methods of “giving thanks.”  The second most popular method, after spoken words of gratitude, was making…

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Honoring our ancestors, by NaturalPantheist

Two and a half years ago my world was rocked to its core when a friend was tragically killed in a car accident aged only 23. He was a very close friend. Coming to terms with his loss was very…

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How do you give thanks in ritual?

2012 Thing on Thursday #4 Last week’s poll asked about the most important elements of ritual liturgy, and the most popular element was “giving thanks.”  This week, let’s dig deeper into this.  How do you go about this in ritual?…

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Three Transcendents, part 4: Mind

– by B. T. Newberg This post concludes the series on transcendence in naturalism.  Part 1 introduced naturalistic transcendence, part 2 covered nature as a source of transcendence, and part 3 explored community.  Now we conclude with mind. In our recent poll…

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Three Transcendents, part 3: Community

– by B. T. Newberg This post continues the series on transcendence in naturalism.  Part 1 introduced naturalistic transcendence, and part 2 covered nature as a source of transcendence.  Part 4 will delve into mind. On August 28th, 1963, over…

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