Science – Page 6 – NaturalPagans

The Invitation of Wild Geese

January 21, 2019 lupa Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Cosmology, Death, Environmentalism, Ethics, Gratitude, Health and Healing, Meaning, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Paganism, Psychology, Rites of Passage, Rituals, Science, The Green Wolf, Wonder and Awe

I feel like not enough people knew of Mary Oliver, who passed away on Friday at the age of 83. I myself, not being a huge fan of poetry, never heard of her work until just a few years ago. Somehow in my enjoyment… Continue Reading

The Invitation of Wild Geese

Spirits in the Kitchen: Honoring the Remains of Our Food

January 10, 2019 lupa Activism, Animals, Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Cosmology, Death, Environmentalism, Food, Fungi, gardening, Gratitude, Magic, Meaning, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Nature Writing, Paganism, Plants, Rituals, Science, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf, Way of the Scavenger

[Main photo: rice and cheese stuffed crimini mushrooms, roasted acorn squash and red onion, and sauteed vegetables and mushrooms] The older I get, the more important food has become to me. For the first quarter century of my life, I couldn’t have cared less… Continue Reading

7 Minutes of Terror, November 26th, 2018! [Starstuff, Contemplating]

November 25, 2018 HumanisticPaganism Emotion, experience, HP, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, Practice, Science, Starstuff, Contemplating

Thank you for doing your part – and I hope we all see a successful landing! I don’t have a ritual written out, but I have performed a short ritual which brought this up and called to both our Ancestors and future generations. Even though my little ritual won’t make a successful landing any more likely, it does great things for me. Blessed be.

Talking to Kids about the Cycle of Seasons

October 6, 2018 Mark Green Atheopaganism, Children and Families, Science

A guest post by Editor B. This past equinox marks the seventh year running that I’ve come in to my daughter’s school to talk to her class about the cycle of seasons. I started in 2012, when my daughter was in Pre-K. She and most of her classmates were four years old then. I’ve come … Continue reading Talking to Kids about the Cycle of Seasons

Why Pagans Need Field Guides

October 3, 2018 lupa Animals, Anthropocentrism, Bioregion, Books, Environmentalism, Fungi, Naturalist Paganism, Nature, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Plants, Science, The Green Wolf

I was talking to someone on Facebook today about how I’m a field guide nerd. I have an ever-growing collection of identification books on the fauna, flora and fungi of the Pacific Northwest, as well as its complicated geology, climate, and other natural features…. Continue Reading

What If We Are Screwed?

August 28, 2018 Mark Green Activism, Atheopagan community, Atheopaganism, John Halstead, Science

John Halstead very eloquently and thoroughly puts the question to us in his post “’Everything is Going According to Plan’”: Being an Activist in the Anthropocene”. Take time to read the whole thing. It’s well worth it. So really: what if it’s simply too late for any kind of peaceful transition to a sustainable post-disastrous civilization, and … Continue reading What If We Are Screwed?

The Moon Steps Aside to give us the Perseid Meteor Shower! by Starstuff, Contemplating

August 11, 2018 HumanisticPaganism ancestors, Ancient and Modern Paganism, atheist pagan, Earth religion, Gaia/Earth, HP, Intellect, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, naturalistic paganism, Nature, nature religion, pantheism, Practice, Religious Naturalism, Science, science and god, science and myth, Science and Religion, Seasonal, Spiritual Naturalism, spirituality, Starstuff, Contemplating, wonder

She thought she could now actually feel the Earth turn–not just imagine it in her head, but really feel it in the pit of her stomach. It was like descending in a fast elevator. She craned her neck back further,…

Mysterious Impulses

July 1, 2018 Mark Green Atheopaganism, Personal Reflection, Science

It’s a big subject, what it means to be human. We ask it in science, and in art, in literature. We get some answers. Neuroscience and anthropology have identified many facts about our species. But I’ve been thinking a lot about the mysteries of human nature lately. Like: what’s up with music? Why do we … Continue reading Mysterious Impulses

Does Truth Matter?

May 22, 2018 Mark Green Atheology, Atheopaganism, Opinion, Pagan Community, Science

Eppur si muove. —Galileo Galilei Recently. a friend posted to the Atheopaganism Facebook group, describing a conversation she was having elsewhere in which accusations of “classism” and “colonialism” were being leveled at those who express what is almost certainly the truth: that gods and magic do not exist, except as ideas. And you know? … Continue reading Does Truth Matter?