by skepticalseeker | Jul 24, 2018 | Atheism
The churches I grew up in didn’t talk much about ritual. When I heard discussion among the grownups (or maybe in Sunday School talking about other religions, I don’t remember for sure) the more ritualized religions were talked about as if they were all...
by skepticalseeker | Jul 11, 2018 | Feminism, Paganism, personal growth, Spirituality
One of the ideas that originally got me interested in pagan practice was the Goddess, aka the sacred feminine. A feminine conception of the divine is one of those things I didn’t even know I was hungry for, but now that I’ve had a taste I realize I’m...
by skepticalseeker | Jun 15, 2018 | Paganism, personal growth, Spirituality
If I were to say I believe in the Goddess, I wouldn’t mean the same thing that I once meant when I said I believed in God. I believe in the ideals and powers that the Goddess represents. I am also strongly drawn to a female idea of divinity. Maybe that is a...
by skepticalseeker | Jun 11, 2018 | Feminism, personal growth
When I think about the ways women have been held down in the past, and how women are still held down today (when we should be past that) I feel a barely suppressible rage. And it’s hard for me to say that, because in my upbringing being angry was cause to have...
by skepticalseeker | Jun 1, 2018 | Paganism, Skepticism, Spirituality
As a quick search though my blog entries will show, I’ve long been committed to the scientific rationalistic view of the world. While that has not changed, I have been exploring some ideas that I once would just have poo-pooed as ridiculous. Namely, tarot cards...
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