A Spell plus Action is a Great Spiritual Practice. Your Action can Save Lives as the Senate Considers making Medical Scams (Homeopathy) Easier

Bart Everson, Emotion, experience, Health, HP, John Halstead, Latest Posts, Mental Health, natural-remedies, naturalistic pagan, Politics, Practice, Science, Seasonal, spirituality, wellness

It might be unexpected, at first, to find that those who support a Christian theocracy for the United States also often support allowing medical grifters to victimize some of the most vulnerable among us. Why? what could be the connection? And what is going on right now in the United States Senate to make medical scams easier?

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How can you Escape from an Abusive Religion, such as many types of Christianity? Part 1 – John Beckett’s Steps

Emotion, experience, HP, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, Practice, Science, Starstuff, Contemplating

For many of us, escaping a toxic religion has left scars that require a lot of healing, but we now have a richer, more honest life than before. But plenty of people are still trapped. Hopefully, the resources in this series of three blog posts can help them own their own lives.

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Pagan Conferences are Great! Are These Near You?

Emotion, experience, HP, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, Practice, Starstuff, Contemplating

Throughout all of this, It’s been wonderful to connect with other Pagans in the wider Pagan community, and join in many different rituals and celebrations. It can be a tricky balance at times between my own hard-nosed naturalism/atheism and the prevalence of pseudoscience/woo in the wider Pagan community. I sometimes have to remind myself to consider if a supernatural belief is very harmful or not, but overall it’s been great to simply enjoy a ritual with others, even if we personally think of the language used differently – such as if many others see a deity as literal and I see a metaphor. After all, no one thinks anyone is going to hell for being a heretic.

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