Pagan Bloggers with Naturalistic Worldviews
I submit to awe of Earth, Sun, Moon, Storm, Sea, Wind, Stone, Fire, Rain, and Forest. I practice the old magics of hospitality, reciprocity, story, and sympathy. I choose to belong to myself. I frame my choices around the ethics of care and… Continue reading A Witch’s Creed →
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Originally posted on Humanistic Paganism:
I love bookstores and libraries. Honestly, I feel more at home surrounded by books than I do surrounded by people. But since becoming a Naturalistic Pagan, my trips to the bookstore have become a lot more complicated. Every time I go into a bookstore, I visit the Paganism section, or…
(Winter Solstice/Yule for those in the Southern Hemisphere) Our Universe (which we are part of), gives us unique gifts for each of our 8 Sabbats (and other days as we choose). This time, ramping up for Summer Solstice 2018, it’s…
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In You may have already read the reports about John “Bearheart” Bennett, a British druid who was stabbed and beaten by his neighbours for making too much noise during a full moon ritual. Bournemouth Crown Court heard that next door neighbours Mark and…
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A few months ago, I wrote about outgrowing atheism, an admission which frankly made me uneasy. I’ve intentionally avoided the word “belief” in recent years, preferring to center my spiritual identity around practice. After all, as Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh says, “My actions are my only true belongings.” Furthermore I’m a naturalist and an evidentialist… Continue reading Choosing to Believe in the Star Goddess →
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Celebrations Life! We celebrate life today, especially life’s growth and evolutionary diversification (and which Brock just pointed out in the previous post). Just in time for Beltane, this research combined both the evolution and sexual habits of blue whales over…
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Even though there’s no official slot for it on the Pagan Wheel of the Year, Earth Day, which began on April 22, 1970, when millions of people across the U.S. demonstrated for peace and environmental protection, feels like one of the holiest days of my year, right up there with Samhain. To celebrate Earth Day, I… Continue reading Practice Well-Being for Earth Day →
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The Vernal Equitherm (Beltane) is coming! It is the midpoint between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, spring is well and truly coming and summer is around the corner. Flora is bursting to life even in…
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A number of recent posts in the Pagan blogosphere, including Lisa Wagoner’s first post in her new Patheos blog Witch, Indeed? and John Halstead’s recent post on why people may have good reason to make fun of Wiccans and witches, have me thinking about the labels that I put around my spiritual practice. I plan… Continue reading On Being Witch: How, Why, Where, When, and with Whom? →
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I have a long history with dewberry plants, since my dad used to grow them along the back fence of our home, when I was a child. He got his canes from my grandparents, who got theirs from my Texas German great-grandparents, who used to turn the berries into wonderful pies, jelly, and wine. Most… Continue reading March Blue Moon Tea: Dewberry →
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