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Church of the Larger Fellowship
Announce list series #3
Seeking Truth on Many Paths: Earth Centered Spirituality
April 14, 2003

In the UU movement today, the phrase "Earth centered spirituality" covers a wide range of beliefs and practices. The most visible UU organization for Earth centered spirituality is the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans. CUUPS was formed in 1985 for the purposes of:

• enabling networking among Pagan-identified Unitarian Universalists;
• providing outreach of Unitarian Universalism to the broader Pagan
  Community;
• providing educational materials on Paganism for UU congregations and
  the general public;
• promoting Pagan and Jewish/Christian dialogue;
• encouraging the development of theo/alogical and liturgical materials
  based on earth- and nature-centered religious and spiritual perspectives;
• encouraging greater use of music, dance, visual arts, poetry, story,
  and creative ritual in Unitarian Universalist worship and celebration;
• providing support for Pagan-identified UU religious professionals and
  ministerial students;
• and fostering healing relationships with our mother the Earth and all
  her children.

Visit the CUUPS website at
http://www.cuups.org/

Through the unofficial CUUPS website (WHUUPS) comes this lay sermon that includes much basic information on UU Paganism. http://www.notelrac.com/whuups.dir/uuism.dir/ws_sermon.html

Also on WHUUPS, this service for early spring that demonstrates UU Paganism in practice. The service and the meditation, "Walking between the Worlds" is by Jerrie Hildebrand. http://www.notelrac.com/whuups.dir/uuism.dir/salem_service.html#sermon

A nature centered doxology by Kathy Huff from the Worship Web: http://www.uua.org/worshipweb/affirmations/huffka-dox01.html

Two selections from the CLF Library: for information on borrowing these books, contact Giovanna Espadaro in the CLF office: gspadaro@uua.org

Circle Round
Starhawk, Diane Baker, Anne Hill
This book presents new ways to spend meaningful time as a family--togetherness is fostered by celebrations that honor the sacredness of life and our Mother Earth. The Goddress tradition embraces the wheel of life, and each turn is represented in "Circle Round."

Drawing Down The Moon
Margot Adler
A detailed history of a little known and widely misunderstood movement--"neo-paganism." The author attended rituals and interviewed people across the United States who find inspiration in ancient dieties, nature, myth and science fiction. She found religious groups that are nonauthoritarian in spirit and share the belief that there is no one path to divinity.

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