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Symbols in the sky

image enhanced from original, and posted under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license – by B. T. Newberg I double-checked my suit pocket: yes, the rings were there.  Everything was ready.  I just had to take the trash out before…

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What are your top three most-valued elements of Humanistic Paganism?

Thing on Thursday #2 Evolution happens.  This site began with a statement of principles called the Fourfold Path, but Humanistic Paganism has evolved quite a bit since then.  Now it’s high time to revisit the basics. The goal here is…

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Science vs. religion: Mythology is poetry, not prose, by Heather Wiech

image enhanced from Education by Louis Comfort Tiffany How do you keep myth from becoming dogma?  Heather Wiech suggests it takes both science and religion.  –  B. T. Newberg Joseph Campbell said that religion is supposed to give meaning to…

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What kind of community shall we be?

Thing on Thursday #1 Today we begin the conversation with a big idea: What kind of community is Humanistic Paganism? Are we a spiritual orientation, a kind of viewpoint shared by individuals of various religious traditions, aiming to keep naturalistic…

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Bicycle meditation, by Thomas Schenk

photo by Alex Robinson I love to wake early on a Sunday morning and go for a bike ride.  Unlike the many people who pass me as I plod along, I do not ride for exercise or any other discernible…

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