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Raising the Flame Stone: Stones Rising, Four Quarters Interfaith Ceremony, Part 1 by Moine Michelle

October 14, 2017 HumanisticPaganism ancestors, Ancient and Modern Paganism, Community, experience, HP, Latest Posts, Moine Michelle, naturalistic pagan, Paganism, Practice

The enormous “Flame Stone,” a 4-ton and 22-foot slab of red, brown, and gray sand stone, is the 53rd stone to be raised at Four Quarters. Set in the North, the Flame Stone is the first stone of a larger interior circle that will take another ten years to build.

These Things Aren’t True: Five Falsehoods in the Pagan Community

October 11, 2017 John Halstead atheism, Community, corporatism, critical thought, ego-centrism, groupthink, individualism, Natural Pagans, Paganism, The Allergic Pagan, wishful thinking

I’m no stranger to conflict in Pagan circles. Over the years, I have noticed similar themes arise when I come into conflict with other Pagans. These themes can be summarized as five lies that Pagans tell themselves.

Escaping the Otherworld: The Reenchantment of Paganism

October 2, 2017 John Halstead capitalism, disenchantment, enchantment, escapism, Natural Pagans, Paganism, reenchantment, Religion, Science, The Allergic Pagan, Transcendentalism

The real danger to Paganism is not so much that our religion will be outlawed, but that there will be no reason to outlaw it. The danger is not that guardians of the overculture will go to war with Pagans in a second “Burning Times”, but that they will have no reason to go to war with Paganism, because any difference between the two will have become merely superficial. The danger is not that we will forced to consume some counterfeit experience for the genuine re-enchantment, but that we will no longer be able to tell the difference.

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

When You Steal a Book From an Author

August 10, 2017 lupa Books, Business, Ethics, My Books, Nature Writing, Paganism, The Green Wolf, Writing

So yet another admin of a Facebook group has decided that copyright doesn’t apply to them; a particular group has over 2000 pdfs of pagan books, including a LOT that are still under copyright. I mean, for pity’s sake, some of them even have… 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

Lughna-say-what? What to Call This Pagan Holiday

July 29, 2017 John Halstead First Fruits, Lammas, Lughnasadh, Mid-Summer, Midsummer, Natural Pagans, Neo-Paganism, pagan, Paganism, summer, The Allergic Pagan, Wheel of the Year

The problem with the Pagan Wheel of the Year is that we are starting with a name, then working out what the day should mean from its etymology and history, and then trying to associate it with the season—which is completely backwards! We need to look at the season, work out what the holy day should mean, and then come up with an appropriate name. The year should turn the Wheel, not the other way around.