Pagan & Diverse Spiritualities Affirming Resources

Finding Affirming Mental Health Care

• PATH - Pagan Affirming Therapy & Healthcare - The PATH Provider List

  • • We're proud to be founding members of PATH — the first searchable directory of pagan-affirming mental health and healthcare providers. Because finding a therapist or doctor who won't pathologize your beliefs, dismiss your practice, or quietly try to steer you back toward dominant religious frameworks shouldn't be this hard. PATH exists so it doesn't have to be. Search the directory for free to find affirming providers in your area, or across the country. Healthcare and associated professionals can also register to be listed. 

• Spiritual Competency Resource Center

  • • Training and resources for mental health professionals working with spiritual and religious diversity. If you want to know whether your therapist has been exposed to this thinking, this is worth sharing with them.

• Open Path Collective — Spiritually Sensitive Therapists

  • • When filtering therapist profiles, you can search by specialty including spiritual and religious issues — useful for finding providers who won't pathologize non-mainstream beliefs.

Pagan & Earth-Based Traditions

• The Pagan Federation International

  • • One of the oldest international pagan organizations, with resources, events, and community across a wide range of earth-based traditions. A good starting point for people who are exploring and want connection to a larger community.

• Cherry Hill Seminary

  • • A pagan seminary offering accredited academic study, pastoral training, and community support. Their pastoral care courses explore the intersection of spiritual and psychological wellbeing.

• Covenant of the Goddess (CoG)

  • • A nonprofit organization of Wiccan and Pagan practitioners, with a coven locator, clergy listings, and advocacy for pagan religious freedom.

• The Wild Hunt — Pagan News & Culture

  • • The go-to news and commentary source for pagan communities. Well-reported, community-centered, and thoughtful about the intersection of spirituality and public life.

• The Earth Path by Starhawk

  • • From the author of The Spiral Dance — weaving earth-based spirituality and ecology. Starhawk's work spans spirituality, feminism, and social justice.

Podcasts

• New World Witchery

  • • Explores folk magic, witchcraft, and American occult traditions with warmth and scholarship. A great starting point for those curious about the cultural history of earth-based practices.

• That Witch Life

  • • Accessible, community-oriented conversations about modern witchcraft and pagan spirituality. Inclusive of a wide range of traditions and identities.

Sufism & Islamic Mysticism

The following resources are shared with gratitude from our colleague Dr. Rabia Subhani, whose practice is rooted in Sufi tradition.

• Threshold Society — Shaikh Kabir Helminski

  • • A Sufi order in the Mevlevi tradition (the tradition of Rumi), offering teachings, retreats, and community rooted in the practice of the heart. Kabir Helminski is a beloved teacher and prolific translator of Rumi's work.

• The Golden Sufi Center — Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

  • • Teachings and writings from Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, a Sufi teacher whose work weaves together Sufism, depth psychology, and ecology.

• Inayati Order

  • • A lineage of Universal Sufism emphasizing the unity of spiritual ideals and the development of the heart. Welcoming to people from all religious backgrounds.