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August 2024

August 29, 2024

Objective Value and Natural Morality

by Eric Steinhart Our universe began with an explosion of energy; from this explosion, some...

August 22, 2024

The 12 Steps as Myth-transcending Technology

by SNS Guest (Article is by guest writer James Jarrett. See bio below.) I can...

August 14, 2024

The Naturalistic Equivalent of God

by Thomas Schenk In recent posts here, I’ve been developing the idea of a naturalistic...

August 01, 2024

Naturalism and Human Dignity

by Gregory Gronbacher Many adherents of supernatural forms of religion assert that human beings have...

July 2024

July 25, 2024

On Interconnectedness

by SNS Guest (Article is by guest writer, and former contributing writer, Brock Haussamen. See...

July 18, 2024

Creational Nature

by Thomas Schenk Photo by Susan Bolke A tablet, dated from the fourth century B.C., was...

July 11, 2024

The Surprising Spirituality of Richard Dawkins

by Eric Steinhart If we naturalists ever want to escape from irrationality and superstition, especially as...

June 2024

June 27, 2024

Notes on Poetic Faith

by SNS Guest Source: Wikimedia Commons Artist: Piet Mondrian (Today’s article is by guest writer Tony...

June 26, 2024

Embracing Reality: A Parable

by SNS Guest (Article is by guest writer James Jarrett. See bio below.) The following is...

June 15, 2024

Religious Ritual from a Spiritual Naturalist Perspective

by Gregory Gronbacher The sociologist of religion, Mircea Eliade, observed that religious ritual is a...

June 15, 2024

You Already Have It

by James Jarrett Source: Wikimedia Commons “The less I seek my source for some definitive,...

May 2024

May 22, 2024

Einstein’s Religion

by SNS Guest (Article is by guest writer, and new contributing writer, Daniel Lev Shkolnik. See bio below.)...

May 16, 2024

Transubstantiation

by Thomas Schenk “Sunrise” by FotoArt MB is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 For many young...

May 02, 2024

Art of Sharmon Davidson

by SNS Guest (Today’s presentation is by guest artist Sharmon Davidson. See bio below.) Artist Statement...

May 01, 2024

Cosmology and Meaning

by SNS Guest Source: Stockvault (Today’s article is by guest writer Dwayne Schulz. For a brief bio,...

April 2024

April 21, 2024

Reflections on Awareness of Who Am I?

by SNS Guest Credit: rawpixel.com (Today’s article is by guest writer Herman Matthews. For a...

April 21, 2024

Paradox and a Practice

by James Jarrett Credit: fran_kie. Adobe Stock One of the most valuable invitations I have received...

April 07, 2024

Keep Your Mind In The Boat

by SNS Guest (Today’s article is by guest writer KaZ Akers. For a brief bio, see...

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 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

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 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 05, 2024

Become What You Are?

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

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