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Ways to Empower your Samhain Amid the Pandemic

October 24, 2020 NaturalisticPaganism ancestors, Ancient and Modern Paganism, atheist pagan, Earth religion, Gaia/Earth, HP, Intellect, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, naturalistic paganism, Nature, nature religion, pantheism, Practice, Religious Naturalism, Science, science and god, science and myth, Science and Religion, Seasonal, Spiritual Naturalism, spirituality, Starstuff, Contemplating, wonder

Oh no! Covid-19 has put group rituals on hold, and what about the kids? There are plenty of good options to have a very sacred Samhain (and celebrate the rare Samhain Blue Moon!), while keeping yourself – and others- safe. Here are some of them, for both Rituals and Trick-or-Treating.

One More Chance to see a Bright Mars, until 2035! by Starstuff, Contemplating

October 16, 2020 NaturalisticPaganism ancestors, Ancient and Modern Paganism, atheist pagan, Earth religion, Gaia/Earth, HP, Intellect, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, naturalistic paganism, Nature, nature religion, pantheism, Practice, Religious Naturalism, Science, science and god, science and myth, Science and Religion, Seasonal, Spiritual Naturalism, spirituality, Starstuff, Contemplating, wonder

If you have clear skies Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night, consider celebrating as my family does – by seeing these wonders, just as our Ancestors have seen them for many thousands of years. Do you have a chance to share this sacred moment with a child?

Autumn 2020: Responsibility and Wonder; by Starstuff, Contemplating

September 30, 2020 NaturalisticPaganism ancestors, Ancient and Modern Paganism, atheist pagan, Earth religion, HP, Intellect, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, naturalistic paganism, Nature, nature religion, pantheism, Practice, Religious Naturalism, Responsibility, science and god, science and myth, Science and Religion, Spiritual Naturalism, Starstuff, Contemplating

Wonder and responsibility speak to me as we enter fall. As Naturalistic Pagans, our focus is on this real world – giving us both the awe of the world we live in and the commitment to build a better world…

The Next 70 Days are Critical – What can you do to help? by Starstuff, Contemplating

August 23, 2020 HumanisticPaganism ancestors, Ancient and Modern Paganism, atheist pagan, Earth religion, HP, Intellect, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, naturalistic paganism, Nature, nature religion, pantheism, Practice, Religious Naturalism, Responsibility, science and god, science and myth, Science and Religion, Spiritual Naturalism, Starstuff, Contemplating

We stand at an historic time, and the upcoming election will determine a lot about the world we will leave to future generations. As Naturalistic Pagans, our focus is on this real world, and we can put our spirituality into…

Get Ready for a Great Perseid Meteor Shower this Year! August 11-14, by Starstuff, Contemplating

August 2, 2020 HumanisticPaganism ancestors, Ancient and Modern Paganism, atheist pagan, Earth religion, Gaia/Earth, HP, Intellect, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, naturalistic paganism, Nature, nature religion, pantheism, Practice, Religious Naturalism, Science, science and god, science and myth, Science and Religion, Seasonal, Spiritual Naturalism, spirituality, Starstuff, Contemplating, wonder

Signs Out of Time – a Review, by Glenys Livingstone Ph.D.

April 15, 2020 HumanisticPaganism Ancient and Modern Paganism, Book Review, Gaia/Earth, Glenys Livingstone, HP, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan

At the conclusion of each chapter of Journey into Dreamtime there are “Dreamtime Reflections”, posing questions for personal consideration, inviting personal participation and pathways into some actual sense of an alive self in relationship with the alive world described.

Lupa’s Essential Books For Pagans

February 23, 2020 HumanisticPaganism Ancient and Modern Paganism, belief, HP, Intellect, Latest Posts, Lupa, naturalism, naturalistic pagan, Paganism, Psychology, Responsibility, Science, Science and Religion, spirituality, Superstition and Reason

Sorry I’m not handing you yet another rehash of the Wiccan Sabbats or a bunch of spells. Over the past few years my paganism has become much more firmly rooted in the physical, and my reading list reflects that. After all, what good is a nature-based path if you don’t know diddly about nature itself?

Call for Contributions! Celebrating Intercosmic Kinship of the Goddess (Deadline January 31)

January 3, 2020 HumanisticPaganism Ancient and Modern Paganism, Book Review, Gaia/Earth, Glenys Livingstone, HP, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan

Happy Winter Solstice!

December 21, 2019 HumanisticPaganism Ancient and Modern Paganism, Calendar, HP, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, Practice, Seasonal

Happy Winter Solstice, or Yule! Of course, our spherical planet also gives us the beautiful symmetry of the Summer Solstice (Litha) being celebrated now by our Southern Hemisphere friends. With the exact Solstice moment after 11 pm EST today, it…

Robbing Fox to Save Rabbit, by Lupa

December 1, 2019 HumanisticPaganism Ancient and Modern Paganism, belief, HP, Intellect, Latest Posts, Lupa, naturalism, naturalistic pagan, Paganism, Psychology, Responsibility, Science, Science and Religion, spirituality, Superstition and Reason

We need to return to an ancestral way in which nature is not an Other, but an Us. If we truly love nature, if we consider ourselves friends to the animals, then we need to know nature itself, through books and observations, through science and questioning. We need to know the rest of nature as well as we know ourselves.