Pagan Bloggers with Naturalistic Worldviews
Attendance was poor and last-minute cancellations were frequent, in both of the place-based witch groups with which I’ve circled in recent years. We struggled to develop common ritual, probably because we lacked a shared intention in the first place. In the first of these groups, nontheists like me wanted to get outside regularly, encounter the… Continue reading Even solitaries need a tribe →
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Women’s Spirituality emerged in the 1970’s and 80’s as a major component of the “second wave” of the women’s liberation movement. On this site you will meet some of the Foremothers of that emergence, many of whom are actively continuing and evolving their work today.
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It has taken me years to experience any clarity around my religious identity. I grew up attending Catholic mass but knew from an early age that I wouldn’t continue, once I had a choice. In adulthood I’ve cycled through Protestant, atheistic, New Age, Buddhist, Unitarian Universalist, and Pagan approaches to religion, in roughly that order. A… Continue reading Exploring mystery, trying on labels →
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Autumn Equinox 2018 approaches; time for a pulse check. What’s unfolding with the living world where I am? Daylight hours are noticeably decreasing. In summer months I can see sunlight beginning to peak over the horizon when I arrive for my shifts around 6:30a, but now it’s still twilight when I walk in to the… Continue reading Approaching Autumn Equinox in Austin →
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In the Northern Hemisphere, the Fall Equinox is celebrated in less than three weeks (it is September 22nd this year in the United States, but on the 23rd in Europe) as Mabon, also called Harvest Home. (Those in the Southern Hemisphere celebrate…
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I’m not blaming Paganism for the end of the world as we know it. Well, not entirely.
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Some say bluntly that there is no afterlife. That our lives are a “one-way trip.” Easy to assert, because it’s almost certainly true. Anyone else remember those care-free slogans of the 2008 Atheist Bus Campaign? “There probably is no god. Now stop worrying. And enjoy your life.” Photo by Dan Etherington via Wikimedia Commons Ah, if… Continue reading Some stories are better than others →
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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,…
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A single, recognizable symbol for an idea, movement or spiritual path is important – both because it is a quick way to convey a lot of information, as well as because it helps group cohesion form. Of course, symbols, like…
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