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March 2022

March 10, 2022

Finding Compassion for Others through Self Compassion and Loving Kindness

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

March 03, 2022

Heroic Mindfulness

By Thomas Schenk Providing a means of salvation is a central value of many religions....

March 03, 2022

Timelessness?

by Thomas Schenk If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness,...

February 2022

February 24, 2022

How far do we go in practice?

by DT Strain Often in SNS articles we are discussing our spirituality as a practice. Spiritual Naturalism...

February 24, 2022

Can One Be Both a Naturalist and Postmodernist?

by Gregory Gronbacher With this article, I’m hoping to start a conversation with readers here...

February 18, 2022

The Spider as a Spiritual Symbol

by Thomas Schenk Spiders give many people the creeps. Yet with their ability to construct...

February 18, 2022

Manifestation for Naturalists

by Daniel Shkolnik There’s an idea in various metaphysical traditions that “thought is causative.” That is,...

February 11, 2022

Technology and Spirituality

by Eric Steinhart Science Spirituality Angel Binary Monitor Spirituality and technology have an uneasy relationship. ...

February 11, 2022

An Epicurean Perspective of Holiness

Athena, Goddess of Wisdom (Article is by guest writer Hiram Crespo. See bio below. Hiram...

February 03, 2022

Hindus Seek Detachment. Have Plants and Animals Already Found It?

by Brock Haussamen Here in suburbia, next to a glassy corporate office, sits a Hindu temple,...

February 03, 2022

Sun Over Water

by Thomas Schenk Watching the sun rise over a large body of water – the...

January 2022

January 27, 2022

Bodhidharma and Shen-kuang

by Daniel Scharpenburg Shen-kuang was a man who was obsessed with knowledge. He read the classics...

January 27, 2022

Atheistic Gods and Goddesses

by Eric Steinhart Truth Leading the Sciences To say that atheism is the denial of all...

January 20, 2022

The All-Inclusive (What Naturalism Means to Me)

by Thomas Schenk There is no agreement about a precise definition of the word “naturalism,”...

January 20, 2022

Defending the Light

by Jeff Worthy Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and...

January 14, 2022

How to Pray as a Naturalist

Credit to: (This article is written by guest author Rob Wheeler. Information about the...

January 14, 2022

Getting Comfortable with the Vastness of Time

by Thomas Schenk If you’ve ever visited the Grand Canyon, while gazing over its depths,...

January 07, 2022

Epiphanies

(Article is by guest writer James Jarrett. See bio below.) After the twelve days of...

January 02, 2022

Thinking Through My Altruism

by Dennis Oliver A Philosophy dissertation by a young friend, Roger Thisdell, has challenged me to...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

Literature’s Wrath: How Classics Can Move Us To Action

by Jeff Worthy I work as a high school literature and composition teacher. Every summer, I...

December 28, 2021

The Rapprochement of Science and Religion in the Post Secular World

by Gregory Gronbacher Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. – John Paul...

December 23, 2021

Nature’s Creativity

by Thomas Schenk Western philosophy has provided two main metaphors for the nature of the...

December 16, 2021

Where the Rubber Meets the Road

by DT Strain At the Spiritual Naturalist Society, one of the things we write, talk, and...

December 16, 2021

The Realm of Hungry Ghosts

by Daniel Shkolnik I’m constantly amazed how certain religious myths map onto human psychology. Psychologist...

December 09, 2021

Developing Spiritual Naturalism

by Eric Steinhart It’s often hard to define spiritual naturalism. Movements like Stoicism or Westernized Buddhism...

December 09, 2021

The Soul of the Matter

by Thomas Schenk Naturalism suggests that our soul* is material. To accept this notion, not just...

December 09, 2021

Safe

by SNS Guest (Article is by guest writer Brock Haussamen. For a brief bio, see below.)...

December 03, 2021

Humboldt’s Vision of Nature

by Brock Haussamen Our ecological imagination—our sense of nature as a global, interconnected and sacred whole—has roots...

December 03, 2021

Witchcraft

by Eric Steinhart I’ve become fascinated by the rise in witchcraft in the United States. The...

November 2021

November 25, 2021

Mindfulness and Environment

by Thomas Schenk In his book, Nothing Holy About It, Tim Burkett lists the four foundations...

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