Whether you celebrate in the path of totality, far from it, or at some other time, may your celebrations be blessed.
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The Summer Solstice is just two weeks away, Plus 7 online Celebrations!
“As I stand here on this celebration of Litha, the sacred wheel of the year continues to turn. As my ancestors did in times before and my descendants may do in times to come, I honour the old ways. This is the time of the Summer Solstice……:
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Announcing SUNTREE RETREAT 2022!
Join us in May 2022 for a LIVE gathering of Atheopagans at the magnificent La Foret retreat center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, May 13-16, 2022! This 3-day, 3-night retreat will feature workshops, rituals and lots of socializing time in beautiful spaces and around the fire. Ticket includes meals (Friday dinner through Monday lunch), and …
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New Edition of Nature Spirituality From the Ground Up Now Available!
I’m pleased to announce that the new, updated and annotated edition of Nature Spirituality From the Ground Up is now available as a paperback and ebook at https://thegreenwolf.com/books/nature-spirituality-from-the-ground-up/! Originally published in 2016 by Llewellyn, it went out of print earlier this year and I received the rights back. So I made a new, self-published edition … Continue reading New Edition of Nature Spirituality From the Ground Up Now Available!
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Native American Boarding School Online Remembrance Ceremony, June 4th, 10 AM – 12
One small part of the ways to support Native Americans can be attending memorials to the boarding school tragedy. These are often far flung and it’s easy to be unaware of each of them – but this year, at least, the one which I’ve been attending is online and open to everyone! It’s this coming Friday, June 4th – don’t miss it!
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HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLP!
That’s right, we need your help! Atheopaganism is growing, and our activities are growing, too. We need some volunteers to help lighten the load. I’m so happy to report that we have teams working on an in-person gathering for Atheopagans, to be held in the Denver, Colorado, US area in 2022, and on a new, …
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Read moreMay Day 2021: Embodiment
Was it weird to celebrate May Day this close to Summer Solstice? A little, yeah. But it still felt like a celebration of the energy that May Day represents: that burst of creative and generative energy, the speeding up of plant and animal growth and activity, the return of heat and fire, even to our chilly northern climes. For me, as long as I feel climatologically and atmospherically appropriate celebrating what a Sabbat represents, then I’m going to go ahead and do it.
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Deep Paganism
Thinking a lot today about deep Paganism: what it means to live in the world a fundamentally different way, in connection and relationship with and celebration of Life and reality. In wisdom, and generosity and kindness, in joy and pleasure, and in responsibility and respect. At that level, Paganism isn’t even conducting rituals. It certainly …
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The Unavoidable Bargain
In my culture, we try to pretend we don’t have to make the deal. But we do. With the passage of years, we pass from our youth. And if we are wise, we make a sound bargain for what comes in return. But in my culture, most don’t. First, they try to refuse the inevitable. …
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from the CCL Earth-based Spirituality Action Team: Conference and Video!
You might remember from 2019, when the founding of the Earth Based Spirituality Action Team (a chapter of the Climate Change Lobby – CCL) was announced here on the Naturalistic Paganism blog. Both CCL and our Earth-based chapter are going…
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