
July 11th is World Population Day. This event initiated by the United Nations Development Programme was inspired by Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, when world population hit five billion people. By 2007, it had risen to 6.7 billion…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreYour help is needed! Please critique this entry from the HPedia: An encyclopedia of key concepts in Naturalistic Paganism. Please leave your constructive criticism in the comments below. Naturalism is a worldview with numerous technical definitions, each with their own…
Read MoreToday, May 16th, is Love a Tree Day. Yes, it’s a real holiday (what a great idea, eh?). Check out a list of the five best ways to celebrate Love a Tree Day.
Read MoreOn Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Calendar, which maps the entire history of our cosmos onto a single year, the universe has been swirling since the Big Bang on January 1st (13.7 billion years ago). Today, May 11th, comes the formation of…
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