I am a Cleric of “The Church of Spiritual Humanism” with background studies of the mystic arts, global religion, ancient societies, natural healing, psychology and metaphysical sciences.

I am available in the New England area to perform the following ceremonies by appointment by calling and leaving a message on (206) 203-2042:

A religion based on the ability of human beings to solve the problems of society using logic and science.

Most people need a religion to help guide them through life's challenges and difficult moral decisions. Recognizing how the power of religious rituals, methods, and communication can impact human behavior, Spiritual Humanism fuses traditional religious behaviors onto the foundation of scientific humanist inquiry.

While it is impossible to remove age old traditions from human culture, we can redirect them by redefining their underlying significance and meanings. Spiritual Humanism is natural, not supernatural. By using a method of scientific inquiry we can define the inspirational, singular spark inherent in all living creatures.

Spiritual Humanism

Spiritual Humanism claims to be a return to the original concept of humanism as fulfilling all of the functions of revealed religion. The Spiritual Humanism movement is a response to the perceived failure of the original humanist organizations to recruit new membership and address these spiritual needs. Many people feel the need for a religion to help guide them through life's challenges and difficult moral decisions. Recognizing how religious rituals, methods, and communication can impact human behavior, Spiritual Humanism is an attempt to fuse traditional religious behaviors onto the foundation of scientific humanist inquiry.

Spiritual Humanist Manifesto


FIRST: Spiritual humanists regard the universe as self-existing and not created, but it is a space of great wonder and spirituality.

SECOND: Humanism believes that man is a part and equal with nature, and that he has emerged as a result of a continuous process.

THIRD: Holding an organic view of life, spiritual humanists believe that all living things are created equal and have an equal value in the universe.

FOURTH: Spiritual humanism recognizes that man's religious culture and civilization, as clearly depicted by anthropology and history, are the product of a gradual development due to his interaction with his natural environment and with his social heritage. The individual born into a particular culture is largely molded by that culture.

FIFTH: Spiritual humanism asserts that the nature of the universe depicted by modern science makes questionable any supernatural or cosmic guarantees of human values. Obviously humanism does not deny the possibility of realities as yet undiscovered, but it does think that one way to determine the existence and value of any and all realities is by means of intelligent inquiry and by the assessment of their relations to human needs. Religion should consider formulating its hopes and plans in the light of the scientific spirit and method.

SIXTH: We believe that the time has passed for theism, deism, modernism, and the several varieties of "new thought", including secular humanism.

SEVENTH: Religion consists of those actions, purposes, and experiences which are humanly significant. Nothing human is alien to the religious. It includes labor, art, science, philosophy, love, friendship, recreation -- all that is in its degree expressive of intelligently satisfying human living. The distinction between the sacred and humanity can no longer be maintained.

EIGHTH: Spiritual Humanism considers the complete realization of human personality to be the main part of man's life and seeks its development and fulfillment in the here and now. This is the explanation of the humanist's social passion.

NINTH: In the place of the old attitudes involved in worship and prayer the spiritual humanist finds his religious emotions expressed in a heightened sense of personal life and in a cooperative effort to promote social well-being and of course spread love where ever he can.

TENTH: Everybody has a right to their own phylosophies and beliefs (except of course: theism, deism, modernism, and the several varieties of "new thought", including secular humanism; see the SIXTH tenet above). A person's beliefs, or lack of, are equally as important to them as yours are to you.

ELEVENTH: Man will learn to face the crises of life in terms of his knowledge of their naturalness and probability. Reasonable and manly attitudes will be fostered by education and supported by custom. We assume that spiritual humanism will take the path of social and mental hygiene along with the power of love.

TWELFTH: Believing that religion must work increasingly for joy in living, spiritual humanists aim to foster the creative in man and to encourage achievements that add to the satisfactions of life.

THIRTEENTH: Spiritual humanism maintains that all associations and institutions exist for the fulfillment of human life. The intelligent evaluation, transformation, control, and direction of such associations and institutions with a view to the enhancement of human life is the purpose and program of humanism. Certainly religious institutions, their ritualistic forms, ecclesiastical methods, and communal activities should be reconstituted as experience allows, in order to function effectively in the modern world.

FOURTEENTH: The humanists are firmly convinced that existing acquisitive and profit-motivated society has shown itself to be inadequate and that a radical change in methods, controls, and motives must be instituted. A socialized and cooperative economic order must be established to the end that the equitable distri- bution of the means of life be possible. The goal of humanism is a free and universal society in which people voluntarily and intelligently cooperate for the common good. Humanists demand a shared life in a shared world.

FIFTEENTH: Spiritual Humanism believes that love is the greatest and most import thing in life. They believe that love can heal all things and bring piece to a troubled world. Love is the greatest and most important spirituality there is.

SIXTEENTH: We assert that humanism will:

1. affirm life rather than deny it;
2. seek to elicit the possibilities of life, not flee from them;
3. endeavor to establish the conditions of a satisfactory life for all, not merely for the few.

By this positive morale and intention humanism will be guided, and from this perspective and alignment the techniques and efforts of humanism will flow.

So stand the theses of spiritual humanism. Though we consider the religious forms and ideas of our fathers no longer adequate, the quest for the good life is still the central task for mankind. Man is at last becoming aware that he alone is responsible for the realization of the world of his dreams, that he has within himself the power for its achievement. He must set intelligence and will to the task, and he must love all others that share this great universe with him.

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