“We must ensure that the language we use, the rituals we celebrate and the symbols we employ keep pointing to the great living cathedral of Earth, sea, and sky.”
— John Philip Newell
Samhain (The Fall Equitherm) Approaches (+ Online Rituals)!
This is one of the most sacred times of the year for me – a time when I feel my Ancestors even more closely than usual, as well as a time to remember those who have died this past year. …
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Why Paganism is so revolutionary, Dealing with Difficult Family, the Fall Equinox, cults, and more! Recent Episodes of THE WONDER podcast, by Mark Green
The concept behind THE WONDER—named, of course, for the awe and reverence we feel as we contemplate the magnificent Universe—is that it will be an ongoing resource for non-theist Pagans to inform and inspire our practices and stimulate our thinking.
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Name Change for The Critical Thinking Witch Collective, and an online Conference! September 30 to October 2
Some of the panel discussions are shown here, and include Atheists, Secular, Agnostic Witchcraft; Divination; Cultural Intersectionality, and the Placebo Effect. The full schedule is here. Scholarships are available!
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Happy Fall Equinox!
This growing darkness can be a reminder that this is a great time of year for campfires, and of the celestial events like auroras – especially with Solar Cycle #25 now starting up!
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Catch this Rising Humanist Star! Anthony Pinn, Speaking on Inclusion – September 20, 6:30 pm EDT
In recent years, effort has been made to dismantle white privilege and better represent a diverse range of voices within the humanist movement. As Naturalistic Pagans, we are looking at this too, as any group should be doing. In this…
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The Fall Equinox Approaches!
Wow, where did that summer go? Whoever you are, I hope your summer was good. We are now approaching Mabon, the Fall Equinox already! Here are some online ritual opportunities, and below that, Fall Equinox celebration ideas. Plus, the growing…
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You can go to the Women of Color Beyond Belief Conference! It’s September 30 – October 2nd, and is both virtual or in person (Chicago).
The concept behind THE WONDER—named, of course, for the awe and reverence we feel as we contemplate the magnificent Universe—is that it will be an ongoing resource for non-theist Pagans to inform and inspire our practices and stimulate our thinking.
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Pagaian Cosmology Course On-Line, by Glenys Livingstone Ph.D.
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.
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Humanism 2.0: humanity’s last monotheistic religion? – Part II, by Alex Shenderov, Ph.D.
Rather the defining characteristics of Nature Religions should be evident in how their adherents live their religion. Belief in the absolute sacredness of Nature transforms people’s everyday actions and their relationship with their natural environments. I call this new way of life “the Earth Path”. Initially it is a journey of discovery and transformation in which one develops a radical ecological consciousness, loosing the estrangement from nature so prevalent in our modern lives.
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