Quotes by John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans

Explore a curated collection of 15 quotes by John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

…stand at the foot of a mountain and you may be impressed by how much greater it is than you in degree, how alien it is — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
For the natural polytheist who finds her gods in the rivers and mountains, in the deep-rooted giants looming above the c — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
I sing to you of many more gods, gods of wind and water, gods of each mineral and the events that created them. I sing t — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
I sing to you of the deities of the Dictyostelidal slime molds, sexless and strange, at once a thousand voices and one s — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
The heron must be used to people, and yet it never lets you get too close. Draw parallel to it with the width of one of — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
the resurgence of the elder gods breaks down the wall of separation between religion and science that has partitioned We — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
An Atheopagan Prayer by Mark GreenPraise to the wide spinning world Unfolding each of all the destined tales compressed — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
We can name this river, here and now—but we cannot name the water itself. We can name our gods and we can name ourselves — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
So yes, I worship nature. I worship a blind Goddess. For me, she is the only worthy object of worship. She will never ca — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
I see the gods—the names, images, stories—as the poetic encapsulation of our human experience, our relationship with the — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
It is the distinction between transpersonal and interpersonal relationships with deities which sets naturalistic polythe — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
My gods are not tame. They do not always come when they are called.This is not a failure of ritual or a weakness of beli — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
My gods are not always like human beings. Sometimes my gods are like mountains, sometimes they are like mist. Sometimes — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
Above all, we new pagans must learn to know and honor the Many as they manifest in our own time and place. While the way — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans
Natural polytheism embraces the science of ecology as a basic metaphor for theological inquiry. In other words, natural — John Halstead, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans