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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.”

Books Books Books

April 19, 2016 Editor B Bart Everson, Books & Reading, Goddess, Neo-Pagan, Self-Aggrandizement, Writing

Suddenly my personal bibliography has quadrupled. I’m honored to have essays in two new collections. As if that’s not enough, I’m also thrilled to announce the publication of my own book at long last. Finding the Masculine in Goddess’ Spiral, edited by Erick DuPree, came out from Megalithica Books in February. Godless Paganism, edited by …

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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.

A Pagan Community Statement on the Planetary Ecosystem

April 22, 2015 Editor B Bart Everson, Earth, Ecology, Holy Daze, Neo-Pagan, Politix, Theology

Today is International Mother Earth Day. Yes, that’s the official name as designated by the United Nations. And isn’t that a more interesting, more compelling, juicier name? I wonder if it will ever catch on in these United States. I’ve heard it’s the largest secular holiday in the world, but many of us experience the …

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