My honest personal view on this is that I find that the search for transcendence or ecstasy in order to have a “deep religious experience” is frankly hedonistic – Let me explain why.
Building a Strong and Free Pagan Community
I hope that moving forward, we are able to disagree respectfully, as friends, to recognize our common goals and community, and sometimes, to join in powerful and moving rituals, regardless of the fact that some of us see the underlying basis of those rituals differently. With that, we might be able to bring a life-centered Paganism to millions, who might fit better into this or that part of our wider Pagan community, with many of us working together to build a better future for the whole web of life.
Ego-Paganism and the Tyranny of Structurelessness
Opposition to all organization on principle serves nothing but the egos of certain individuals. And it reduces our community to the lowest common denominator — the heckler and the troll. They should not be allowed to define our agendas, because their only agenda is the destruction of all agendas. We need to recognize ego-Paganism for what it is: dead weight for our community. While we need to create space for ego-centered Pagans, we cannot allow them to keep us from coming together to help make the world a better place.
Nothing to see here folks. Paganism is fine, really, just fine.
Sure, there’s a giant hole in center of the donut that is Paganism, but who wants donuts without holes? If more and more people are moving to the periphery of Paganism, who cares? Let them eat donut holes, I say!
Announcing The New go-to Site for Naturalistic Pagan Blogging: NaturalPagans.com!
Today marks the official launch of NaturalPagans.com – a blog aggregator collecting new blog posts from the popular blogs “A Sense of Natural Wonder”, “Atheopaganism”, Humanistic Paganism”, “Canadian Mutt”, and “The Allergic Pagan”! You no longer have to remember to check all these different blogs – here they all are on one site, which you can subscribe to as well.
Eight Ways Pagans Can Celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day (April 22 this year) is a holy day for many Pagans. Here are some ways that we Pagans can celebrate Earth Day.
Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, verses 3 and 4
A gift of God May sear unready fingers ∞ = Δ Un cadeau de la Divinité brulerait des doigts qui ne sont pas prêts ou Un bienfait de la… Read more “Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, verses 3 and 4”
Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, Verse 2
2. Prodigy Prodigy is, at its essence, adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may… Read more “Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, Verse 2”
A Season of Possibility
This is the season of possibility. I see a lot of possibility for Earthseed. Here’s some of the things I see on our horizon.
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