❝Nudity is a problem for Americans.❞
Swimming
❝Nudity is not sex. Sex is not love. Love is not nudity. Your desire does not control another's choice.❞
Nudity, sex, love
“Human beings are as much a part of nature as trees or birds, and the unclothed body expresses this belongingness directly and powerfully.”Read More...
Part of nature
Habitual nakedness
“Complete nudity in itself is not erotic. It becomes so only when preceeded by or contrasted to a state of dress. In this limited context then, all clothes become somewhat immoral, if we define immorality as inciting sexual interest. Habitual nakedness may indeed be capable of elevating man to a higher mental plane.”
❝Even when we are nude, we hide our bodies in shame.❞
Genitals
“The simple fact is that genitals are no more sexual than any other part of the body--until we use them for sex.”— Is Nudity Inherently Immoral? from Family Skinnydippers
Journal - Friday, 09Nov2018
Anything in the Gallery or albums has to have grabbed my attention. That usually means it has to be unusual.
Read More...NeoNote — Nudes on Technopagan Yearnings
“I love being naked. I do everything in the nude, even the gardening! We're Cuban, and it's a hot island. Why not go nude?”
Alienates us
“The demand that we always wear clothing while in society causes at least four kinds of alienation: it alienates us from ourselves, from others, from nature, and from the Divine.”
❝What boys really need are real bodies.❞
“Modesty died when clothes were born.”
❝We're Cuban, and it's a hot island.❞
“I think onstage nudity is disgusting, shameful, and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience.”
Hypocrisy and insecurity
“The main hangup in the world today is hypocrisy and insecurity. If people can't face up to the fact of other people being naked, or whatever they want to do, then we're never going to get anywhere. People have got to become aware that it's none of their business and that being nude is not obscene. Being ourselves is what's important. If everyone practised being themselves instead of pretending to be what they aren't, there would be peace.”
❝Modesty died when clothes were born.❞
“Modesty died when clothes were born.”
❝But if I were 22 with a great body…❞
“I think onstage nudity is disgusting, shameful, and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience.”
❝Being natural and matter-of-fact about nudity…❞
Casual nudity
Godmask
I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.
Standing at the river
“Far more erasure is happening at the hands of our own people than the old Christian fundamentalist crowd could ever hope to do.”Read More...— Kenneth Goze, comments from Column: the Mainstreaming of Pride
The river knows
“Nothing supernatural exists.”probably inspired by a Star Trek film“Zeus and Antiope”
❝I think it's vital to have friends outside your faith and outside your work. It helps you to balance. We need people we don't agree with but still trust to keep us out of the ego traps. We need other outlets for our passion just to keep ourselves fresh.❞What about you?
Monday, 07Aug2017  Filed in: GalleryLady with torches
Wednesday, 09Aug2017  Filed in: GalleryGaia returns
Wednesday, 19Jul2017  Filed in: GalleryAnother Gaia picture.
These are some of my favorites. And of course I really like the subject matter. Messy, very sexy, and Female.
Paganism is always about earthiness.I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.
The hat sells it
Monday, 17Jul2017  Filed in: GalleryDaylight ring dance
Wednesday, 12Jul2017  Filed in: GalleryFrom the hairstyle of the brunette lady on the right, I'm guessing that it happened in the late 1960s.
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Monday, 10Jul2017  Filed in: GalleryI was coming off a long time of being militantly solitary and I relished the fellowship I finally allowed myself.
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Wednesday, 28Jun2017  Filed in: Gallery⭐︎ rite & ritual“All Women are Goddess and deserve to be Cherished, unless they prove otherwise.”— NeoWayland“All Men are God and deserve to be Adored, unless they prove otherwise.”— JuliakiForest god
Like most American males born in the last half of the 20th Century, I was raised to be uncomfortable around homosexuality or anything that might imply homoeroticism. The thought of any man admiring the male form was Unacceptable. The thought of any man aroused and erect in the presence of other men was Taboo, except maybe for mutual masturbation sessions. And even then, only if it were Real Men™ leering at sexy women.
I got over some of that as an adult, and more as a pagan. Sometimes there is still a touch of shame, my upbringing left me that. I don't think sexuality is “carved in stone,” but I'm not willing to experiment right now either. Men check each other out, there's no doubt. We just don't admit that. Most of us can't help wondering sometimes what it would be like to be better endowed. Run an image search for pagan god phallus and see what you get. It's not an accident that gay males are over depicted in pagan art.
I ran across this one in another web search, probably for pagan phallus or some such thing. Men may not like to admit it, but we are fascinated by other guy's packages. Especially when our own brings such pleasure. This Forest God is definitely a Man's Man, and it brings thoughts of Iron John and a man's place in the world. I don't want to have sex with a man who has a member like that, but a part of me wonders what it would be like if that thing were mine.I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.
“Daphnis and Chloe” by Victor Borisov-Musatov
Wednesday, 21Jun2017  Filed in: Gallery“Boy With A Dog” by Victor Borisov-Musatov
Monday, 19Jun2017  Filed in: Gallery“Three Graces in a Cactus Garden” by Lotan Lotan
Monday, 05Jun2017  Filed in: Gallery“To divide anything into what should be and what is, is the most deceptive way of dealing with life.”— Jiddu KrishnamurtiVintage archery
Monday, 08May2017  Filed in: GallerySex magick
“Pagan temples are timeworn forests, secluded gardens, sun-kissed seashores and emerald pastures.”— Amelia DashwoodA selection of bolines
Wednesday, 03May2017  Filed in: Gallery⭐︎ rite & ritual
Bolines can be fancy, but I think they sum up what can be wrong with today's paganism. It's about the flair rather than the practicallity.
This pocket knife is very similar to the one I carry. It's simple, inexpensive, and doubles as an athamé and a boline. It blends in and raises no questions. I can carry it easily in my pocket as I hike or tramp.
You don't always have to work with the fancy stuff. The best symbol of a thing is the thing.What's wrong with nudity?
In a little while I am going to go plant my tree. I can't get away this weekend so I am starting Summergate a little early.
Read More...Another Sheela na gig
This is not the Earth Day I celebrate.
My entry on Earth Day and politics.NeoNotes — “J'accuse ...!” - updated
❝I make it a practice to never call it history until a year and a day after the event.❞— NeoWaylandJuicy sexy messy
Tuesday, 18Apr2017  Filed in: Gallery⭐︎ modern adult pagans❝Let me tell you about who is the ultimate model of strong women in my family.❞Read More...Life is good
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”— Stephen KingTaproot: Taboo
You're thinking of magick as cheat codes that let you get around universal rules.
Read More...Collecting pelts
Tuesday, 16Feb2016  Filed in: thinking by blogging⭐︎ sex⭐︎ modern adult pagans⭐︎ beliefs⭐︎ practicals⭐︎ GalleryMom ended up with a broken clavicle, a punctured lung, massive bruising, and some confusion.
Read More...Hearthside
Tuesday, 10Nov2015  Filed in: simple⭐︎ rite & ritualBend the brains
❝I have on occasion wandered in where I was not wanted and gave truthful answers. Sometimes I even did it deliberately. A little disruption now to prevent disaster later.❞Read More...— NeoWaylandGaia
I mentioned some of my concerns, but their future is full of utopia and collective effort.
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Synchronicity, coincidence, perception, and perspectiveSunday, 28Jan2007  Filed in: beliefs
Love on the rocksFriday, 30Nov2007  Filed in: modern adult pagans⭐︎ sex
Pardon me while I blink in the winter sunlight and get my bearingsWednesday, 17Nov2010  Filed in: thinking by blogging⭐︎ quotes & thinkumsIt's true! It's true! The crown has made it clear.
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The climate must be perfect all the year.
A law was made a distant moon ago here:
July and August cannot be too hot.
And there's a legal limit to the snow here
In Camelot.
The winter is forbidden till December
And exits March the second on the dot.
By order, summer lingers through September
In Camelot.
NeoNote — Skyclad"all of that sunshine,
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all of that sweet golden sunshine,
that thrills me and fills me and…"
Sex & the Modern PaganSunday, 21Dec2008  Filed in: modern adult pagans⭐︎ sexI took a couple of days off and went to the Kaibab for some retreat and renewal
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