Rua’s Rambles – Page 3

You Can Be Pagan, Or You Can Be Atheist, But You Can’t Be Both – Or So I’m Told

August 18, 2016 Rua Lupa atheism, deities, druid, Magic, pagan, Religious Naturalism, Rua's Rambles, Seasons & Stardust, spiritual

Pagan is a label that simply has claimed me, I’m just through trying to push away from it and have accepted it.

Pagan, But Not What You’re Assuming

August 10, 2016 Rua Lupa atheism, culture, Ehoah, naturalism, neopagan, pagan, Paganism, Religious Naturalism, ritual, Rua's Rambles, Saegoah, Science, Seasons & Stardust, Shinto, spirituality

Many continue the conversation assuming that I believe in supernatural beings, like spirits in the rocks, air, rivers, etc. and deities; that the Earth, Moon, Sun, Stars, are beings that care about you; that I follow the Celtic ‘Wheel of the Year’; practice magic/majick; read tarot/divination cards; and perform ceremonies that involve enchanting a circle, the elements in specific directions, and going clockwise. Mistaken on all accounts…

My Favorite Solar-Earth Event and Why…

August 8, 2016 Rua Lupa Celebrations, Customs, holidays, Nox, Religious Naturalism, Rua's Rambles, Seasons & Stardust, Winter Solstice, Yule

Here at Patheos we were asked a Summer Series Question, this time “What’s your favorite sabbat/holiday, and why?” But how do you choose a favorite holiday when you only really celebrate one?

Camping Season Is Upon Us – Rua’s SCA Camping List

July 5, 2016 Rua Lupa Ealdormere, Historical Recreation, List, Living History, Religious Naturalism, Rua's Rambles, SCA, The Cairn

take the opportunity this summer to participate in the SCA to learn the Arts & Sciences we could use, that are there and waiting to be learned, provided by people enthusiastic to share it. Its an opportunity just sitting there, it would be a shame to waste it.

A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment – Audio Reading Now Live

April 24, 2016 Rua Lupa Audio, Earth Day, Environment, Pagan Community Statment, Political Barking, Religious Naturalism, Rua's Rambles, Seasons & Stardust, Statement

Rua Lupa shares the vocal recording of A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment, of which they are one voice in.

Solitary Saegoah Ritual Outline – With Alternative Wording (Great For Earth Day)

April 19, 2016 Rua Lupa atheism, Ceremony, Ehoah, meditation, naturalism, neopagan, Personal, Religious Naturalism, ritual, Rua's Rambles, Saegoah, Science, Seasons & Stardust, Solitary, World

“…From Stardust, our Planet. From its Oceans, a long lineage of Life. Life that became us. This is our Home.”

How Cultures Form, Cultural Conflicts, And Our Shared Humanity

March 30, 2016 Rua Lupa Black Lives Matter, culture, Environment, First Nation, Funnies, history, Human Rights, humanity, Indigenous Rights, IS, Islamic State, Political Barking, Religious Naturalism, Romani, Rua's Rambles, Seasons & Stardust, Syria, The Cairn, World, Worldview

Throughout history, there has been no single culture that has stayed “pure” nor will there ever be such a culture, and it is willful ignorance to believe so. So it is counter productive to try to prevent cultural mixing. … To ignore the various cultures around us is to ignore our humanity. And to the greatest extent – it causes wars.

Nature Based Holidays, Rituals & History

February 4, 2016 Rua Lupa Celebrations, Ceremonies, culture, Customs, DIY, Ehoah, Festivities, holidays, Religious Naturalism, ritual, Rua's Rambles, Saegoah, Seasons & Stardust

All things Paths Through The Forests’ has written on Nature Based Holidays, Rituals and History – organized by time of year it is related to.

A Saegoah Ceremony – Similar To, But Unlike Others

February 1, 2016 Rua Lupa Cardinal Directions, Ceremony, elements, Guideline, Religious Naturalism, Rua's Rambles, Science, Seasons & Stardust

I found the directions for the elements in typical Pagan ceremonies confusing – Why was earth positioned north toward the pole? Air toward the East and Water West? South for Fire I could understand – as we view the sun along the south horizon through the day, but that doesn’t make any sense if you were to live in the southern hemisphere – reflecting how they were developed in the northern hemisphere and didn’t have the southern hemisphere in mind when made. The directions for a circle was also something that didn’t jive with me – being based on a perspective of the sun circling the earth, when I knew full well that it was the earth’s spin that caused our view of the sun.