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Escaping fundamentalism
A few years ago, John Becket wrote a couple of really useful articles on escaping fundamentalism, which I recommend reading if you are an ex-evangelical or an ex-fundamentalist. I also made a video on this topic, entitled Recovering from Fundamentalism.
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Metaphors for religion
It can be helpful to look at religion metaphorically, because that gives us a different perspective on it than one that is merely focused on beliefs, or even values. Useful metaphors for religions include software, cookery, dancing, music, radio receivers, ex-partners, color schemes, trees, landscapes, river systems, underground root systems or rhizomes, and cities.
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Repost: A Druid’s Journey
A lovely post about a journey into Druidry from A Wise Fool. New Moon ♌️ It strikes me that I’ve been practising and learning my Druidry for 12 years this year. It was all the way back in 2010 when I came … Been a Druid for 12 years and all I got was this…
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About the book
Are you entering Paganism, leaving Paganism, or changing traditions within it? How do you explain your new path to friends, family, former co-religionists, and yourself? How do you extricate yourself from your previous tradition and its associated ideas? How do you unpack your complex feelings about your path, and why you are changing direction? If…
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