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Yule (the Winter Solstice) is coming up fast, + a bunch of Online Rituals!

The longer nights around Winter Solstice give more dark skies for the Northern lights – Solar Cycle 25 has already proven to be very strong (see previous posts), with more to come! For many of us, this is a big Sabbat, which takes a more preparation (and if you are buying gifts, the Naturalistic Pagan Gift List here might help).  

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The Rise of Religious Naturalism

The Rise of Religious Naturalism:  A New Public Theology of Sacred Nature Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D.                                                 …

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Radical Faeries as Nature Religion: The Sixteenth Essay for “The New American Religions of Nature”

Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D.  I arrived in San Francisco as a young queer man from the East Coast, carrying the habits and horizons of a world in which spirituality had been defined by Christian liturgies and secular intellectual life, with…

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WALKING THE EARTH PATH

WALKING THE EARTH PATH: EXPLORING THE SPIRITUAL COMMON CORE OF NATURE RELIGIONS SERIES: THE NEW AMERICAN RELIGIONS OF NATURE,INTRODUCTION PART 2 Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D.

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THE NEW AMERICAN RELIGIONS OF NATURE –A COMPILATION OF 15 ESSAYS

Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION The concept of “Nature Religions” has evolved significantly over the past few decades, emerging as a vital framework for understanding diverse spiritual traditions that foreground the sacredness of nature. From Catherine Albanese’s foundational work in…

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