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The Lunar Eclipse approaches! Can you share it with a child? Do you plan to charge objects or have a ritual? Here are ideas!

One of the many awesome things about solar eclipses is that the shape of the corona changes slowly, making each eclipse different. When you see it, that eclipse (and no other) is burned into your mind. Hence, when you see…

Throughout all of this, It’s been wonderful to connect with other Pagans in the wider Pagan community, and join in many different rituals and celebrations. It can be a tricky balance at times between my own hard-nosed naturalism/atheism and the prevalence of pseudoscience/woo in the wider Pagan community. I sometimes have to remind myself to consider if a supernatural belief is very harmful or not, but overall it’s been great to simply enjoy a ritual with others, even if we personally think of the language used differently – such as if many others see a deity as literal and I see a metaphor. After all, no one thinks anyone is going to hell for being a heretic.

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…

As you read this, a blast wave of trillions of energetic particles is bearing down on us, with impact expected in hours (night of November 11-12 and 12-13).  The resulting auroras may fill the skies in many Northern areas with…