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Wedding Training | Performing a Modern Wedding
https://www.themonastery.org/training/weddings/performing-a-modern-wedding · Universal Life Church | Universal Life Church Everywhere one looks these days there is something to do with marriage, a bride and or a wedding. From giant billboards advertising everything from perfume to vacations to television shows capitalizing on the drama and emotions of...
Universal Life Church
https://www.themonastery.org/aboutUs · Universal Life Church | Universal Life Church The Universal Life Church Monastery (ULC) is a non-denominational, non-profit religious organization famous worldwide for its provision of free, legal ordinations to its vast membership over the internet. The ULC, recognizing the importance of maintaining open hearts...
Druid Magic: The Practice of Celtic Wisdom
https://www.themonastery.org/catalog/druid-magic · Product | Druid Magic The Practice of Celtic Wisdom Ancient Celtic myths and legends still hold tremendous influence over many peoples lives. Some, particularly those descended from individuals who resided in Celtic homelands, feel that these legends transcend their mythical status and...
Summer Solstice
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/summer-solstice · Blog Post | Summer Solstice June 21, 2009 - This year Summer Solstice brought together more than 35,000 Pagans, partiers, tourists and curious event goers to one of Earth's most prehistoric monuments for the annual Summer Solstice; a mid point of summer and...
Christians Voice Support for Cornwall's Pagan Curriculum
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/christians-voice-support-for-cornwalls-pagan-curriculum · Blog Post | Christians Voice Support for Cornwall's Pagan Curriculum In Britain, there's no such thing as formal separation of church and state, and schools are required to teach religious education (RE) classes. To avoid religious bias, the country has tried to include...
Church of England to Build “Pagan Church”
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/church-of-england-to-build-pagan-church · Blog Post | Church of England to Build “Pagan Church” What would it be like to worship the Goddess inside a Christian cathedral, or to hold a Christian sermon inside a prehistoric stone circle? The Church of England (CoE) has announced plans to...
Britain Recognizes Druidry as a Religion
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/britain-recognizes-druidry-as-a-religion · Blog Post | Britain Recognizes Druidry as a Religion Good news has arrived for British heathens. At least one pagan religion regained its status within Christendom recently when the United Kingdom announced that it had formally recognized Druidry as an official religion. Hopefully...
Does Prayer Really Work?
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/does-prayer-really-work · Blog Post | Does Prayer Really Work? With the recent spate of studies on the science behind intercessory prayer, a growing number of people have come to question whether seeking the aid of a divine power or concentrating intention on the healing of...
Pagan Camp Sparks Religious Furor in Dixie
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/pagan-camp-sparks-religious-furor-in-dixie · Blog Post | Pagan Camp Sparks Religious Furor in Dixie News stories on religious attitudes have been cropping up a lot in the media lately; among those that the Universal Life Church Monastery blog has covered are the imprisonment of an atheist for...
Pagans Hail Rare Solstice-Eclipse Overlap
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/pagans-hail-rare-solstice-eclipse-overlap · Blog Post | Pagans Hail Rare Solstice-Eclipse Overlap The last time it happened was 1554, the year Lady Jane Grey was decapitated for treason, Princess Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and Mary of Guise, mother of Mary, Queen of Scots,...
A Minister's Perspective on Nature-Based Faith
https://www.themonastery.org/training/sermons/a-ministers-perspective-on-nature-based-faith · Sermon | Nature-based faith is a term used to describe beliefs that revolve around the environment. Those who value nature for all it is seek not to harness its power and bounty, but to sustain its worth and beauty. Those who value...
Neopaganism
https://www.themonastery.org/guide-to-divinity/neopaganism · Universal Life Church | Universal Life Church Neopaganism is a revivalist movement powered by an amalgamation of primal traditions from various geographical areas and eras. An uncodified faith system with no central authority, it does not have many adherents or a set of canonical...
Agnosticism Atheism Non-Religion
https://www.themonastery.org/guide-to-divinity/agnosticism-atheism · Universal Life Church | Universal Life Church Agnosticism is the faith system associated with material science (physics) and strict mathematical logic. It is a non-exclusive faith system in that it can be paired with any other number of religious beliefs at the user’s discretion....
Uniting Traditions with the “Menorah Tree”
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/uniting-traditions-with-the-menorah-tree · Blog Post | Uniting Traditions with the “Menorah Tree” You have probably heard people say that the benefit of having divorced parents is that you get twice as many Christmas presents. It might also be said that the benefit of having both Jewish...
Mother Sues School District over Bible Lessons
https://www.themonastery.org/blog/mother-sues-school-district-over-bible-lessons · Blog Post | Mother Sues School District over Bible Lessons If it seems as though the ULC Monastery blog has been discussing the use of Bibles in government-run institutions lately, it is because the practice has been surprisingly ubiquitous. Not only has the...
