Bart Everson's Blog

Wednesday morning, I was asked to lead a centering meditation to open our meeting of the Greater New Orleans Interfaith Climate Coalition. The meditation draws upon the image of a tropical cyclone which had a certain relevance for us.

Our founder knew about the meditation I’d developed because of an essay published on Gaianism.org earlier this week. I never thought I’d see the day when a minister from the tradition to which I was raised, the doctrinally-conservative Lutheran Church-Missouri Syn...

I’m beyond excited to report I got an article published in The Wild Hunt.

Hearing Gaia’s Call

This is, in fact, the long-delayed fruition of an essay which branched off from “Awakening to Gaia” some five years ago and developed a life of its own. Maybe someday I’ll get around to part three, “Singing Gaia’s Song.”

The American people will re-elect Donald Trump president this year.

I don’t want it to happen, but it will go down like this: Joe Biden gets the nomination of the Democrats. We’ve heard a lot about supposed Russian interference in our democratic process, but the Democratic party authorities themselves will pull out all stops to assure the “right” candidate gets the nod, in the name of beating Trump. There will be some decent third-party candidates, but they will be shut out of the media...

If you’re reading this at all, chances are you’re seeing this blog at a new web address. I maintained this blog at b.rox.com for 15 years, since its inception in March of 2004. Back then, I didn’t have any better place to put it. But now I do, and thus the move to blog.barteverson.com. Master of my own subdomain! It seems to make more sense here.

In honor of this stupendous occasion, I thought about embedding some music from the infamous Krokus album, Change of Address, but frankly I wouldn’t...

Dionysus by Dead Can DanceLamentations by Half PaganMagnets by MotorhomePersephone by Wendy Rule (technically not scheduled for release till February 2019, but I got an advance copy!) The Sound of Music by LaibachStruggle with Glory by Harry James AngusTrench by Twenty One PilotsAnd of course, let’s not forget The Unnaturals Face the Dreaded Kimono Dragon

Summer solstice is coming up, and you know what that means. My band, Half Pagan, will be playing a show on the 21st of June. We’ll take the stage at Banks Street Bar at 7pm sharp. We’ll play a fairly short set, so come early and don’t blink or you’ll miss us entirely.

We’ll be rocking a few new jams and a few old favorites back at the Banks Street Bar. Join us in celebration of the longest day. I’m happy to report that for the first time our duo we’ll be joined onstage by some friends for a...

For Earth Day, we offer up this humble gift as a free download.

Hymn to Gaia/Children of Gaia by Half Pagan

We are mere vessels, for the opening hymn comes from ancient Greece, in a new translation by Dr. Homan which aims to be faithful to the original text. The song that follows was originally written by Dark Sermon, an extremely heavy band from Tampa, Florida, and was released on their seminal 2015 album, The Oracle.

Please consider signing “A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment...

I now have 17,525 photos on Flickr, but by the time you read this that number will likely have changed. That’s because I’ve gotten serious about catching up with my photo backlog lately.

I was about a year and a half behind for quite some while, but I’ve knuckled down and I’m making progress, at the rate of about one month per week.

On this pace, I expect to catch up to the present by September of this year.

As I continue this effort, I continuously ask myself why. That is, why do I bother?...

The vernal equinox approaches. Time to step into the light!

SECULAR SPIRITUALITY: Author Bart Everson will participate in a discussion with the theme “Can we derive a secular spirituality from the seasons?” from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Jefferson Parish Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. The discussion will be moderated by Charlotte Klasson, board president of the New Orleans Secular Humanist Association. Everson will draw on ideas outlined in his book “Spinning...

I’d like to present a pertinent letter from an old friend of mine.

Six Questions for the NRA on Scribd

Note: I met Jeff Moebus back in pre-Katrina New Orleans through the Green Party.