On this page the following entries were made in the “February, 2009” time-frame.
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Three Branches of Modern Paganism
I have identified three major currents within modern paganism I will call branches. The division I am going to suggest is not a concrete division, where as groups within one current can easily overlap with groups in another current. I work with these divisions because I feel there are specific strands with different goals and approaches and find Modern Paganism a better general term to compare these groups. Some of these groups make great effort to distinguish them as different from NeoPaganism, and these three branches are designed to indicate those contrasts.
NeoPaganism:
The term neo-paganism is first seen in print during… Read more »
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Browning the Greens
http://www.realitysandwich.com/browning_greens
Antonio Lopez
Van Jones’s The Green Collar Economy proposes a “design for pattern” approach advocated by Wendell Berry, with the intended goal of solving two problems — economics and environment — with one solution. This method seeks to redress the common trap of designing solutions for singular problems without taking into account the broader, holistic context or source of an issue. By advocating for green tech jobs and training for traditionally underserved communities (in particular the urban poor and incarcerated youth), Jones rightly points out that many environmental programs have in the past been elitist and out of touch with the needs… Read more »
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The State of Modern Paganism
Since my re-induction into the pagan world I still maintain a distance between myself and some of the more mainstream currents of the pagan community. However, I have done some research and placed some feelers out into the ‘pagan world’ to see what has changed since my self induced exile from the larger pagan seen. There have been some improvements compared to my experience 8 to 10 years previously.
On large it appears that the actual history of modern paganism is being accepted; that there is no direct link between the paganism of pre-Christian Europe and modern paganism. Even though their… Read more »
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Animist Discipline
Animist discipline is central to the broader community of the life-place. This discipline does not require grandiose ceremonial observances, but can be practiced with actions, such as recycling what you consume, or finding reuse for it, and being mindful of what and how much you consume. To eat out less and live within one’s means is a good reminder of how much we consume and how it effects everything else. Being organic on a limited budget is not always practical, but purchasing what you can as local as you can is a big step in the right direction. Also thrift… Read more »
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Introducing Glen “Fishbowl”
The BioRegional Animist Pagan blog has gone dormant for some time. A year ago the moderatorship of the corresponding community at Tribe.net was handed over to me; However, I let the forum slip into inactivity. Now there has been a revitalized interest in connecting BioRegional Animism with the Animism of Europe which has given new life to the idea, resulting in the new name PostPaganism. In response, I have been allowed to manage the blog. All of the old material will be preserved, and I simply wish to build upon the work that has already been done.
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Spirit of Place
This is a speech I wrote and give at The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Paluse, in Moscow Idaho, on Sunday the 3rd of August 2008
When I was younger I had a deep interest in the traditions and narratives of the People of Great Britain, where the majority of my bloodline originated from. With help of a friend well versed in Celtic studies, I examined the remaining narratives of the Celtic-Britons preserved in the Mabinigion and the poems of Taliesin the bard. With a basic understanding of the older Welsh dialect which these narratives were originally written and with firm… Read more »
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Hands of my Religion (A Rant)
Hands of my Religion (A Rant)
This is going to be a blatant rant which has been boiling within me for many years since my introduction into the larger pagan community. I reluctantly use the word pagan as a self identifier, even though I do feel there is some validity in the label for land-based European animism. However, the word pagan has an unfortunate past, which has been used in many harmful ways which I do not feel the need to go into right now. What has driven me away from identifying with mainstream paganism is how ridicules the seen has… Read more »
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Paganism From Our Backyard
PostPaganism is European animism for our backyard, grown in the soil of the sacred places that surround us on a daily basis. Modern Paganism should be grounded and centered within in the very life giving places where we live. In Animism: Respecting the Living World, Graham Harvey evaluates a new theory of animism as, “the recognition that the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human.” As Modern Pagans we must discover the diversity of our life-places by working, and communicating, and communing, directly with the ecological regions where we live. Also according to Harvey, in his… Read more »
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We Shall Remain
Great mini-series coming on PBS in April called “We Shall Remain”…check listings for your area.
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Off the grid of modern technology
What do you think, is it possible, would you want to, is he doing it right?
What benefits would it have in the practice of Bioregional Animism?
How would you do it?
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