Success! We did it! A Celebration of the Discovery of the Big Bang is coming on April 20! Can you be there? [Starstuff, Contemplating]

The celebrations on April 20th at the site of the Horn in Holmdel NJ begins with a ribbon cutting at 10 am, which will include Robert Wilson, who was one of the original discoverers of the Big Bang in 1964 (!).  Following that is the celebration of the discovery of the Big Bang by the Deeptime Network (preregistration is required for that as attendance is limited – register here before it fills up), with the rest of the day following.  If it works for you, this could be a great Naturalistic Pagan Pilgrimage.  

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News Flash! The bright star Betelgeuse will be occulted (eclipsed) by an Asteroid Tomorrow Night (December 11-12) – only visible in a narrow band, or online

For many of our Ancestors, eclipses were times of terror and dread.  Now we can forecast them with precision down to a fraction of a second, and understand well what is going on.  Plus, we can even predict events with a narrower path of view – like the once in a lifetime “eclipse” of Betelgeuse (the bright red star of Orion’s left hand) by an asteroid!

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Yule (the Winter Solstice) is coming up fast, + a bunch of Online Rituals!

The longer nights around Winter Solstice give more dark skies for the Northern lights – with increasing chances as Solar Cycle 25 ramps up! For many of us, this is a big Sabbat, which takes a more preparation (and if you are buying gifts, the Naturalistic Pagan Gift List here might help).  

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Solstice Gift Ideas for Naturalistic Pagans, 2023

Need a gift for a Naturalistic Pagan? Here’s a bunch of ideas! While we should declutter our lives and avoid gifts/things which we don’t need, many of these are essential to celebrating our Earth and especially for helping grow both critical thinking and the joy of our real world in both this and the next generation. Enjoy!

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