Nature – NaturalPagans

Call For Writers For Vulture Culture 101: A Book For People Who Like Dead Things

February 27, 2018 lupa Animals, Artwork, Books, Crowdfunding, My Books, Nature, Nature Writing, Skin Spirits, The Green Wolf, Vulture Culture, Way of the Scavenger, Writing

Hey, everyone! So in case you haven’t heard, I am writing a book about Vulture Culture, the “fandom” that’s sprung up around the appreciation of hides, bones and other dead things in recent years. The working title is Vulture Culture 101: A Book For… Continue Reading

The Vulture Culture 101 IndieGoGo Campaign is Live!

February 6, 2018 lupa Books, Creativity, Crowdfunding, My Books, Nature, Nature Writing, Science, Skin Spirits, The Green Wolf, Vulture Culture, Way of the Scavenger, Writing

The Vulture Culture 101 IndieGoGo Campaign is officially live at http://igg.me/at/vultureculture101! What compels me and many other people to fill our homes with the preserved remains of animals, and how can you join in the fun? Vulture Culture 101: A Book For People Who… Continue Reading

Coming Soon: The Vulture Culture 101 IndieGoGo Campaign!

January 8, 2018 lupa Books, Crowdfunding, My Books, Nature, News, Skin Spirits, The Green Wolf, Vulture Culture, Way of the Scavenger

I am excited to announce that the official IndieGoGo campaign for my next book, Vulture Culture 101: A Book For People Who Like Dead Things, will launch on February 6, 2018! More than a book on taxidermy or bone identification, Vulture Culture 101 is… Continue Reading

Pagan with a small “p”

December 15, 2017 John Halstead animism, belief, Community, contemporary Paganism, Natural Pagans, Nature, pagan, Paganism, The Allergic Pagan

For every gem of genuine ecological wisdom I have found in the Pagan community, there is a deluge of crystals and correspondences, divinities and divination apps, wizards and wishful thinking. Maybe it’s time to face up to the fact that, while I am spiritually and religiously “pagan” with a small-p, culturally I am not a capital-P “Pagan”.

My Religion is Rooted, Literally.

November 8, 2017 John Halstead body, Earth, earth-centered, matter, Natural Pagans, Nature, relationship, Religion, The Allergic Pagan

My religion is rooted. In fact, it is a religion of roots…and of tubers and worms and actinobacteria. I am a dirt worshiping Pagan. My gospel is the gospel of compost.

Save Herbalists from ‘Alternative Medicine’ By Rua Lupa

November 3, 2017 HumanisticPaganism Gaia/Earth, HP, Latest Posts, naturalism, naturalistic pagan, Nature, Practice, ritual, Rua Lupa, Science, Superstition and Reason

Herbal Medicine has merit, there is ample evidence and tests on herbal medicine performing better than a placebo and working as an effective treatment. It is clearly Medicine, so why has it been lumped into the ‘Alternative’ category here?

Black Lives and Sacred Humanity, A Book Review by Emile Wayne

September 28, 2017 HumanisticPaganism Death and Life, Emile Wayne, Gaia/Earth, Gender Issues, HP, Intellect, Latest Posts, Meaning, naturalistic pagan, Nature, Paganism, Practice, Responsibility, Science and Religion

This book is an important philosophical and spiritual resource for all those currently working towards racial justice, especially for those who do so outside the frameworks of specific religious traditions.

Learning to Live in Time and Place by Émile Wayne

September 15, 2017 HumanisticPaganism Death and Life, Emile Wayne, Gaia/Earth, Gender Issues, HP, Intellect, Latest Posts, Meaning, naturalistic pagan, Nature, Paganism, Practice, Responsibility, Science and Religion

I will soon celebrate the one-year anniversary of my cross-country trek from southern California to New Jersey, as well as my birthday. Anniversaries are good opportunities to stop and take stock of things, to imagine what could have been done…

A Clarification On My Last Post

September 7, 2017 lupa Activism, Environmentalism, Ethics, Health and Healing, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Paganism, Psychology, Rituals, Skepticism, The Green Wolf

Regarding my last post where I speak of my grief, anger, and frustration over the fires in the Columbia River Gorge, first of all I want to thank everyone who read, shared and commented on the post, helping to get that information out there…. Continue Reading

Fight Fire With Fire, Not Prayers and Rituals

September 6, 2017 lupa Activism, Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Cosmology, Death, Environmentalism, Ethics, Magic, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Rituals, Science, Skepticism, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

In case you aren’t aware, the Columbia River Gorge is on fire. Over the weekend, a group of teenagers setting off fireworks in the Eagle Creek canyon set dry brush ablaze, and as I write this over 20,000 acres are now burning, to include… Continue Reading