stages of faith – NaturalPagans

5 Ways Paganism Needs to Grow Up

November 21, 2017 John Halstead Community, criticism, egocentrism, egotism, Ethics, interconnectedness, Natural Pagans, Paganism, Rede, self expression, spiritual development, stages of faith, The Allergic Pagan

It’s time for Paganism as a whole to grow up. If we don’t, as a community, mature beyond the first stage of spiritual development, then we will continue to only attract people who are in the first stage of spiritual development, and we will only keep them for as long as they are in that first stage. When they make the transition to the second stage, they will leave Paganism.

10 Books that Shaped My Spiritual Journey (Paganism and Beyond)

July 8, 2017 John Halstead Anode Judith, bios, Carl Jung, David Abram, David Tacey, Easter Body Western Mind, James Fowler, James Hollis, John Dourley, Jules Cashford, Mary Oliver, Natural Pagans, Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, Ronald Hutton, Spell of the Sensuous, stages of faith, The Allergic Pagan, Triumph of the Moon, Vivianne Crowley, zoe

I love books. I probably feel more at home bookstores and libraries than I do in my own house. Books have had a profound influence on my spiritual evolution. In fact, I can mark certain spiritual transitions by the books I was reading.