Nature Spirituality – Page 4

Start With the Animals and the World Will Appear

September 1, 2017 lupa Activism, Animal Totems, Animals, Bioregion, Cosmology, Environmentalism, Fungus Totems, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Plant Totems, Science, The Green Wolf, Totems

Last weekend I presented my Nature Spirituality From the Ground Up workshop at FaerieWorlds. It’s one of my favorite topics, because I’m helping workshop participants connect with their bioregion through the animal, plant, fungus and other totems there. It’s also frustrating as there’s so… Continue Reading

Leave the Witchy Kitsch At the Store, Please

August 8, 2017 lupa Activism, Creativity, Environmentalism, Ethics, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Ritual Tools, Sustainability, The Green Wolf, Way of the Scavenger

Note: This article was first posted over at my now-defunct Patheos blog. Due to contractual disagreements, which included them refusing to remove my posts from their site after repeated requests, I am moving some of my writing over here. Please link to this version… Continue Reading

Lupa’s Essential Books For Pagans

July 24, 2017 lupa Activism, Animals, Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Book Reviews, Cosmology, Environmentalism, Fungi, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Paganism, Plants, Psychology, Rituals, Science, Skepticism, Sustainability, The Green Wolf, Wonder and Awe

Hi, folks! Sorry for the radio silence; my head hasn’t been in pagan space much lately so I’ve been dealing with a bit of writer’s block in that direction. I’m starting to come out of it a bit, though, and I have a few… Continue Reading

Reclaiming My Adventure

June 8, 2017 lupa Artwork, Cosmology, Creativity, Health and Healing, Meaning, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Rites of Passage, Tattoos, The Green Wolf

In 2006, I made a terrible mistake. I got married. Now, marriage itself isn’t a bad idea. But it is when you get married a year after you met the person while on the rebound, and after they pressured you into first taking you… Continue Reading

Announcing NaturalPagans.com!

May 1, 2017 lupa About This Blog, Cosmology, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Science, The Green Wolf

Happy Monday, all! I wanted to let you know about a new endeavor I’m a part of. Naturalpagans.com is officially launching today; it’s a blog aggregation site bringing together posts from a variety of naturalist pagan writers. What is a naturalist pagan? Whereas many… Continue Reading

Robbing Fox to Save Rabbit

April 11, 2017 lupa Animals, Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Cosmology, Environmentalism, Ethics, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Science, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

In yesterday’s post I talked about how our lack of nature literacy can be deadly to animals. It’s the latest in a series of posts I’ve made concerning anthropocentrism, or putting humans at the center of everything rather than as part of a vibrant… Continue Reading

Our Deadly Lack of Nature Literacy

April 10, 2017 lupa Activism, Animals, Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Cosmology, Death, Environmentalism, Ethics, Fungi, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Plants, Science, Skepticism, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

Note: This was originally posted on my Patheos blog in 2015; Patheos still has not taken down my content even though I have made formal requests for them to do so. So I am copying over some of my posts to my personal blog… Continue Reading

Offerings For a Nature-Based Path

March 13, 2017 lupa Activism, Anthropocentrism, Cosmology, Environmentalism, Gratitude, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Rituals, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

Note: This post was originally published at my old Patheos blog. It is unfortunately still there despite my resignation and request that they delete all my content. I had a request from another writer to link to this post, though they didn’t want to… Continue Reading

Dear Pagans: Can We Be As Picky About Science As We Are About History?

February 14, 2017 lupa Anthropocentrism, Cosmology, Magic, Meaning, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Psychology, Science, Skepticism

[I know this is a long one, and potentially controversial. Do me a favor, please and read all the way to the end, and pay especial attention to the italicized bits? Thank you!] Celtic Wicca. Samhain, the God of the Dead. Witches’ covens that extend… Continue Reading

No, You Cannot Change Lightning Waves With Your Brain

February 6, 2017 lupa Anthropocentrism, Cosmology, Geekery, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Psychology, Science, Skepticism

If all I did with my blog was tear apart pseudoscience masquerading as real science and promoted by pagans as being “proof our spirituality is real!!!” I would never write about anything else. Plus I would quickly despair for the future of our community… Continue Reading