Relationships do not happen in abstraction. They need a place; they need a centre, even a home. Brendan Myers abstractioncentrehappen Change image and share on social
I do not bow. I do not obey. I do not 'worship.' Brendan Myers bowobeyworship Change image and share on social
At the risk of sounding like a spoilsport, I'd say that pagans have about the same experience of otherness and isolation as anyone else. We're not special in that regard. But this is because the problem of loneliness is almost universal - and that, to my mind, makes it much more serious. Brendan Myers experienceisolationloneliness share on social
The sacred, I shall say, is that which acts as your partner in the search for the highest and deepest things: the real, the true, the good, and the beautiful. The name I'd like to give to the kind of relationship that gives us a chance to find such things is a 'circle of meaning.' Brendan Myers actbeautifulchance share on social
The gods, if they exist, are just the people who happen to live on the other side. Brendan Myers existgodhappen Change image and share on social
If loneliness is part of our essence, that is, our essential nature, that is only because of the way, in practical terms, we actually exist; that is, the way we move and work and live in the world. Brendan Myers essenceessentialexist Change image and share on social
Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras, Plato, and Cicero, just to name a few, all lived in pagan societies. Some of the greatest political and military leaders of all time, such as Alexander the Great, Pericles of Athens, Hannibal of Carthage, and Julius Caesar of Rome, were all pagans, or else living in a pagan society. Brendan Myers alexanderathenscaesar share on social
Call it a case of observer bias on my part, but Humanist Paganism seems to be an emerging option for those who want to be part of the Pagan community, but who want to be a little more intellectual about their practices, and they really don't care about the 'woo' anymore. Brendan Myers anymorebiascall share on social
No one is served or benefitted by believing in false or faulty ideas. Brendan Myers believebenefitfalse Change image and share on social
People in minority religious communities, like Paganism, often feel isolated and even marginalized by others because of the lifestyle differences associated with their spiritual path. Brendan Myers communitydifferencefeel Change image and share on social