traditions – NaturalPagans

No Longer Believing Is A Trip

March 3, 2024 Rua Lupa atheism, Atheopaganism, Beliefs, Canadian Mutt, Christianity, Cultures, Facebook, Human Rights, humanity, identity, naturalism, neopagan, Nonreligious, pagan, Paganism, Political Barking, Religion, Religious Naturalism, Rua's Rambles, Seasons & Stardust, spirituality, Tradition, traditions, Worldview

This image, meme, came across my Facebook feed and unexpectedly became a prompt, having coaxed memories I nearly forgotten.

Old Ways, New Days

December 29, 2019 Mark Green Atheology, Atheopaganism, Sabbaths, traditions

It is midnight on the 29th of December. I have just returned from the Sebastopol Wassail, which is conducted annually by the Apple Tree Morris dancing team in my local area. Wassailing is an old English tradition. Poor people going from house to house begging became conflated with people going from tree to tree in … Continue reading Old Ways, New Days

Cultural Quandaries: Spring & Sex

April 12, 2017 Rua Lupa Beltane, biology, Birth, Canadian Mutt, Celebrations, Customs, Human, humanity, Lammas, Pregnancy, Religious Naturalism, Rua's Rambles, Seasons & Stardust, sex, Spring, traditions

What would we do if we were to align procreating celebration themes with how Nature normally does it – with the time frame of having your offspring in spring? This would mean human procreating themes in Late Summer not Spring.