
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:…
Read More– 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…
Read MoreEditor’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…
Read MoreThis 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…
Read More– by B. T. Newberg I need your help folks. At the core of every religious tradition is a root metaphor which fuses ideas of how things are and how we ought to live. So what root metaphor(s) operate among…
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