If this is your first time here, let me welcome you to our community! When SNS was founded, there was practically no organized effort around naturalistic spirituality, contemplative practice, or religion. Since that time, we have worked to build an organization that raises awareness of Spiritual and Religious Naturalism, educates on naturalistic practices and traditions, and helps to foster Spiritual Naturalist community. We have been fortunate to have the support of some of the leading thinkers, writers, teachers, scientists, and philosophers as advisors and content contributors.
Here are some introductory items that may be helpful to you…
About Spiritual Naturalism
You can read What is Spiritual Naturalism? as a starter. Some other important articles and pages include:
Embracing a Natural Life
Top 10 Signs of Good Spirituality
Our Spirituality
What is Spiritual Transformation?
Compassion as Foundation
Sacred Tongue
Beyond Meditation
A Naturalist Approach to Personal Gods
Then you may wish to delve deeper into our articles, the rest of the educational materials on this site, our podcast, or books.
About our Organization
You can read our mission and other information about us. You can also see our Vision Statement, which gives an idea of what we aim to accomplish and how. Other pages describe our Advisory Board, Council & Volunteers, and Contributing Writers.
How to Get Involved!
The first thing to do is become a Member – free or supporting, your choice. This will let you be included on community announcements, the newsletter, article notices, and more. You can also see our other discussion forums You might also wish to be a part of our monthly online video chat groups (see Events). If you are in need of a caring ear, feel free to contact our Chaplain. Lastly, all of what we do is made possible by people just like you, spending a little of their free time to help out. You can volunteer with us and be a part of our team – we need help!
Tell Others
If you know of other individuals or groups that would be interested in naturalistic forms of spiritual or contemplative practices and ideas, please tell them about us! Share our links on your social media pages, blog, email, etc.
Thank you for your interested in what we are doing, and feel free to browse some more – there is a lot more than can be described here!