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April 2024

April 07, 2024

The Quest to Belong

by Jeff Worthy Do people need to belong? Is it possible to navigate through our...

March 2024

March 28, 2024

Make Your Own Bible

by SNS Guest (Article is by guest writer Rob Wheeler. See bio below.) “Make your own Bible....

March 26, 2024

The Difference Between Stillness and Silence in Meditation

by Leigh Anderson In the quiet of dawn or the stillness of night, have you ever...

March 20, 2024

Preference and Principle

by Thomas Schenk Creator: Ralph Credit: Gratis Graphics We all make choices, usually several a day....

March 20, 2024

Art Work by VOHL

by SNS Guest (Today’s post features art work by British artist VOHL. A brief bio is...

March 01, 2024

Spiritual Naturalism and Sikhism

by SNS Guest Symbol of Sikhism (This article is by guest writer Jasmine Morris. For...

February 2024

February 23, 2024

Religious Myth in Spiritual Naturalism

by Gregory Gronbacher Myth is not primitive protoscience. It is a qualitatively different phenomenon. Science...

February 23, 2024

Naturalistic Poems by James Ph. Kotsybar

by SNS Guest (Today’s post features poetry by guest writer James Ph. Kotsybar, whose poems have...

February 08, 2024

Rediscovering the Emerald in Me

by Jeff Worthy “Where could it be?” I asked myself as I tore my bedroom apart...

February 08, 2024

The Shadows of Fear & Desire

by DT Strain Many people suffer from anxiety or worry. Others from anger, hate, bitterness, regret,...

February 08, 2024

Reflecting on Aldous Huxley’s “Island”

by James Jarrett Creator: Kristie Gianopulos From: Flickr (Spoiler alert.) “Eternity… Believe it or not,...

February 01, 2024

Why Ancient Traditions?

by Thomas Schenk Writers for the Spiritual Naturalist Society, including myself, often refer to the...

January 2024

January 25, 2024

Meditation That Doesn’t Feel Like Meditation At All

by SNS Guest Author: Larry1732, From WikiCommons (Today’s article is by guest writer KaZ. A brief...

January 24, 2024

Urban Paganism

by Eric Steinhart Pagans have lived in cities, and loved living in cities, since the...

January 18, 2024

The Sunnier Side of Doubt

(Article is by guest writer Ed Kelly Jr. See bio below.) For nothing worthy proving...

January 18, 2024

The Spirituality of Symbolism

by Jeff Worthy Created by Harmen Steenwijck *ca 1650. In public domain. Ever since I was...

January 12, 2024

Right Speech May Be More Important Now Than Ever

by DT Strain At first when I set out to write about Right Speech, I thought...

January 12, 2024

Natural Soundscapes and Meditation

by Leigh Anderson I love to take a walk in nature with the purpose of spending...

January 05, 2024

Become What You Are?

by Thomas Schenk There is a German expression, werder was du bist, which roughly means “become what...

January 05, 2024

Wholeness

by Thomas Schenk In his recent article “Okay, Not Okay,” James Jarrett writes: “For many of...

December 2023

December 28, 2023

Walking To Find Wisdom

by SNS Guest (This article is by guest writer Leigh Anderson. For a short bio, see...

December 28, 2023

Theological Reasoning from a Naturalist Perspective

by SNS Guest (This article is by guest writer Gregory Gronbacher. For a short bio, see...

December 21, 2023

Okay Not Okay

by James Jarrett Photo by Elizabeth Makes Photos “I’m Not All-Right, and You’re Not All-Right, But...

December 20, 2023

Integrated Spiritual Practice

by DT Strain Last month, in “Is A Spiritual Practice Too Much?“, I talked about notions...

December 14, 2023

Book Review: For Small Creatures Such as We

(This article is by guest writer Buck Marchinton. For a short bio, see below.) Rituals...

December 07, 2023

How Spiritual Naturalism Shines in Dark Times

by Eric Steinhart As we struggle through the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic, it will...

December 07, 2023

Subjective Materialism?

by Thomas Schenk I was reading an article on Ralph Waldo Emerson the other day that...

December 03, 2023

Falling Flower: a Simple Memorial Ritual

(Today’s article is by guest writer Tony Wolf. For a brief bio, see below.) Oh,...

December 03, 2023

Spiritual Naturalist Society Call for Writers & Artists

by Gregory Gronbacher Photo by Drew Coffman, on Flickr The Spiritual Naturalist community is looking...

November 2023

November 24, 2023

Is A Spiritual Practice Too Much?

by DT Strain There are a lot of things that could be a part of a...

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