Solar Eclipse (Only Visible from Antarctica) Tuesday, then a Blood Moon March 3rd! Here are some Ritual ideas. [Stardust, Contemplating]

Emotion, experience, HP, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, Practice, Starstuff, Contemplating

Knowing that eclipses come in pairs (a solar eclipse paired – two weeks away – with a lunar eclipse) is yet another example of our Naturalistic Pagan approach of learning and knowing about our Universe, and also celebrating that Universe…

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Forming Coalitions to Confront Fascism, by Erik Assadourian, from The Gaian Way

Bart Everson, Gaia/Earth, HP, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, Responsibility

And folks like comfortable Gaians, who are focused on long-term visions of civilizations that peacefully-coexist with Earth, who advocate for degrowth, who embrace planetary limits, and who would rather spend time in nature than in protest meetings, we, too, have to come together with the diverse anti-fascist coalition to fight for Gaia’s right to thrive.

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Break The American Fever Dream

Canadian Mutt, communism, Community, culture, Democracy, economics, history, Human Rights, humanity, identity, marxism, Political Barking, Politics, Protest, Religious Naturalism, Republicans, Rua's Rambles, Social Democracy, Socialism, Trump, United States of America, USA, Words Have Power, Worldview

This violent authoritarian outburst is a last gasp, how long this lasts depends on many factors, but it is possible to hasten the duration of that gasp if we break the Owner Class’s / the Capitalist Oligarchy’s narrative

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Civil Unrest from The White Lie

Beliefs, Canadian Mutt, Cultures, Democracy, history, Human Rights, humanity, identity, Political Barking, Politics, Protest, Religious Naturalism, Rua's Rambles, Seasons & Stardust, Social Democracy, Socialism, United States of America

The biggest question circling the social spaces these days has been some iteration of, “How many more people will die before The National Guard defends us / The People Fight Back?!”

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has been heaped with criticism to do something to address the violence caused by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) / CBP (Customs and Border Protection) / DHS (Department of Homeland Security) – The Republican Regime’s Paramilitary Force*, henceforth known as ‘The Brown Shorts’* – against the people of Minnesota.

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Much more than “just” Astronomy, here’s an Opportunity to Discover our World, Starting January 20! Free for Some!

Bart Everson, Emotion, experience, HP, John Halstead, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, Practice, Science, Seasonal, spirituality

For a lot of my life, I understood the colors we see as, well, of course the colors that the world is.  End of story.  But then I heard about infrared light.  And ultraviolet light.  And found out about the whole “electromagnetic spectrum” – all of which are the same thing – all “light”, just in different colors.  Most colors of which we can’t see.  To realize that we only see a tiny slice of the colors that exist was mind opening!

Many other basic concepts like that are included in this course.

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