Sad to learn of the recent passing of Steve Aydt, a longtime fixture, mover and shaker in the Texan counterculture scene and founder of the Eulessyinian Hot Tub Mystery Religion. I interviewed Steve on that subject in late 2024, and that interview is part of the second volume of the anthology Poetic Faiths: New Religions … Read moreIn Memoriam: Steve Aydt (1963-2026)
Click here to listen to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Soul Search interview with Prof. Carole Cusack on the subject of invented religions.
The ISM.co website offers quick-n-eezy ordination in any or all of nearly 50 unusual Ministries, encompassing everything from Saganism (based upon the scientific worldview espoused by Carl Sagan) to Festivism (celebrating the nontheistic “Festivus for the rest of us” famously introduced via an episode of Seinfeld). According to the site: For centuries, religions have operated … Read moreISM – Independent Social Ministries
A gallery of images from El Paso artist Ho Baron’s 2022-23 exhibition, Gods for Future Religions. According to Baron’s 2012 book on the same theme: The existing religions of the world will one day evolve into others or possibly disappear as people grow disillusioned, bored and tired of their same old myths. Lacking imagination, the … Read more“Gods for Future Religions”
Elder Brett Larsen of the Church of Gnome offers positive commentary on Dudeism.
Justified and Ancient was written and produced by the British music/performance art/culture-jamming group The KLF, who were inspired by the mock-conspiracy-theory, quasi-occult, “high weirdness” movement more-or-less started by the underground classic novel The Illuminatus Trilogy. Basically, they thought it would be hilarious to have country legend Tammy Wynette star in a pop-music video based on … Read more“Justified and Ancient” – the KLF and Tammy Wynette (1991)
From the official Church of Gnome website: Here at the Church of Gnome, we take spirituality seriously—but not too seriously. Co-led by me and my trusted dog, Phantom (aka the Grand Paw of the Church), this is a space where paths converge, beliefs are celebrated, and joy is a cornerstone. Whether you’re here for deep … Read moreThe Church of Gnome
The unveiling of the world’s first public Pastafarian shrine is scheduled for Saturday, September 27 at 3 p.m. The sculpture was created by artist Bartosz Banasik of the Słaboszów commune, who said: I love spirituality in its broadest sense. I’ve created many religious objects, primarily for Christian denominations. When a representative of the Flying Monster … Read moreFirst Public Shrine to the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Solec-Zdrój, Poland)