“To my mind, ‘magic’ is the hard-to-define quality of the things that stir up mystical feelings like amazement, curiosity, imagination, and above all wonder. Magic is that which renders something beautiful in a spiritual sense. It is that which makes… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
Magic underlies the relationship between us, and the greater immensities of birth and death. Thus the experience of being in the presence of something magical is an empowering, uplifting experience. Magic, understood this way, contributes meaning to life. — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
We immerse ourselves in escapist mass entertainment, such as 'reality T.V.' programs. We support fanatical politicians and preachers. Our politicians, in turn, support dictators… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras, Plato, and Cicero, just to name a few, all lived in pagan societies. Some of the greatest political and military leaders… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
The gods, if they exist, are just the people who happen to live on the other side. — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
For those who struggle with anti-pagan prejudices and stereotypes, Humanist Paganism might be a powerful educational tool. It can show that a pagan can… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
“If one believes that God is up there in heaven, separate from the world, and is preparing a reward for you in the next life, the belief can have the result of making people accept their fate, however hard and unjust, and be less willing to change it. But for us, who find illumination in the mortal world, the situation… — Brendan Myers Copy Share
I've invented several games for use as teaching tools in my classroom: one of them, a game called 'Iron Age: Council of the Clans,'… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
It's clear to me that anyone, anywhere, can experience loneliness, isolation, solitude, and estrangement; and most people probably do encounter these things at some… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
People in minority religious communities, like Paganism, often feel isolated and even marginalized by others because of the lifestyle differences associated with their spiritual… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
There is nothing natural, inevitable, or necessary about the labyrinth of fear. We can liberate ourselves. There are better ways to live. Someone has… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
If loneliness is part of our essence, that is, our essential nature, that is only because of the way, in practical terms, we actually… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
The point of a philosophical spirit is to rely primarily upon one's own thinking. — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
