You might remember from 2019, when the founding of the Earth Based Spirituality Action Team (a chapter of the Climate Change Lobby – CCL) was announced here on the Naturalistic Paganism blog. Both CCL and our Earth-based chapter are going…
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Dealing with our Families, Boundaries, Beltane, the Four Sacred Pillars, 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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Happy Spring Equitherm (Beltane)!
Celebrations Life! We celebrate life today, especially life’s growth and evolutionary diversification. Every year brings us more discoveries of the incredible diversity of life around us! Here is one more example – DNA studies of coral (which is an animal,…
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Update! History Made on Mars! [Starstuff, Contemplating]
Every now and then, I am reminded of how incredible it is to live now. So many things would not just be amazing to nearly all of our Ancestors, but often would be literally indescribable. For the first time in the history of the Universe, a species has achieved powered flight on two planets! Today, April 19, 2021, the NASA helicopter beat its propellers against the incredibly thin Martian atmosphere, and flew!
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8 Seasons? Not 4? [Starstuff, Contemplating]
Every now and then, I am reminded of how incredible it is to live now. So many things would not just be amazing to nearly all of our Ancestors, but often would be literally indescribable. November 26, 2018, is yet another one of those times, and you can live this historic event moment by moment, via online simulcast.
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Manifestations, Science, The Equinox, 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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Plant and Fungus Spirits Updated and Annotated Edition Available Now!
Sometimes the best teachers are those we often overlook! Explore the world of plant spirits, green beings who thrive on sunlight. Delve into the depths of fungus spirits, permeating the very soil beneath our feet. This book offers three unique approaches to working with these spirits:
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Happy Spring Equinox!
Amid all the eggs and bunnies, it’s easy to forget the challenges that evolution has overcome (and continues to wrestle with) when it comes to life. This year shows us this yet again.
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The Brown Sisters: 35 Annual Portraits, by Brock Haussamen
When I read today about reverence for nature, anxiety about the climate, and the fused destinies of humans and the environment, I hear Humboldt loud and clear.
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The Spring Equinox Approaches…
For me, the growing daylight (reinforced by the start of Daylight Savings Time) is a reminder from our Earth itself, one of those many helpful features of our seasons, to begin thinking about, and planning for, the Spring Equinox/Ostara. Another reminder – one that is rather bizarre – is the appearance of a “warm-blooded” plant that smells like a zombie!
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