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May 2022

May 05, 2022

A Power Within?

by Thomas Schenk I feel it now: there’s a power in me to grasp and give...

April 2022

April 28, 2022

Opus 50: The One and the Many

by Thomas Schenk (I was looking back over the articles I’ve published on SNS during the...

April 28, 2022

Spiritual Naturalism – As Its Own Tradition?

by Gregory Gronbacher An Independent Tradition? At the top of this page you’ll see in the...

April 24, 2022

Sacred Work

by Daniel Shkolnik Do we choose our purpose? Or does our purpose choose us? In...

April 14, 2022

Naturalizing the Pagan Deities

by Eric Steinhart Ancient Greek and Roman mythology portrayed the Olympic deities as super-human animals. ...

April 14, 2022

The Empathy Deficit

by SNS Guest (Article is by Edward Kelly Jr. For brief bio, see below.) In my...

April 07, 2022

Our Actual “Eve”

by Brock Haussamen She lived about 150,000 years ago in southern Africa. Today she is...

April 07, 2022

Mindless Musings on Mindfulness (or Mindful Musings on Mindlessness)

by Thomas Schenk I have been re-reading the book Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki, a...

March 2022

March 31, 2022

Calming the Waters

by Daniel Scharpenburg “Waves roughen the sea and windmill turn because of the wind. Take...

March 31, 2022

Response to “Can One Be Both A Naturalist and Postmodern?”

by SNS Guest (Today’s article is by guest writer Jon Cleland. There is a short bio...

March 25, 2022

Imagine That

by Thomas Schenk What is real? It is common sense to distinguish the real from the...

March 25, 2022

Does Magic Work?

By Eric Steinhart Does magic work? I mean: does it work objectively, not merely psychologically....

March 17, 2022

Half Sick of Shadows

by Jeff Worthy I am continually amazed how truly timeless literature can appeal to us in...

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....

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...

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