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'''The Paradise Project''' is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 that is "dedicated to celebrating and connecting diverse independent free thinkers who are deeply spiritual about science and nature."<ref>{{cite web|last=Pierre|first=J|title=Pantheism|date=28 February 2014|url=https://nondualmedia.org/pantheism//|publisher=Not Two|accessdate=21 June 2017|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321225243/https://nondualmedia.org/pantheism/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=blog|date=August 2021}}
 
The organization hosts pantheism.com and aims to spread awareness about [[pantheism]] through social media, meetings, meditation gatherings, and book borrowing programs.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rod|first=Perry|title=About the Paradise Project|url=https://pantheism.com/about/pantheismcom/|publisher=The Paradise Project|accessdate=21 June 2017|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801035022/https://pantheism.com/about/pantheismcom/|url-status=live}}</ref> It hosts a Facebook fan page about pantheism with over 300,000 fans and group pages with over 15,000 members.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rod|first=Perry|title=About the Paradise Project|url=http://www.theparadiseproject.org/network.html|publisher=The Paradise Project|accessdate=21 June 2017|archive-date=21 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621150123/http://www.theparadiseproject.org/network.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Wood, Harold, "New Online Pantheism Community Seeks Common Ground", ''Vol 34, No 2: Pantheist Vision, Summer 2017'', pg 5</ref>
[[File:LuminariesofPantheism.jpg|thumb|480px|[[Levi Ponce]]'s "Luminaries of Pantheism" in Venice, California at The Paradise Project headquarters]]
'''The Paradise Project''' is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 that is, "dedicated to celebrating and connecting diverse independent free thinkers who are deeply spiritual about science and nature."<ref>{{cite web|last=Pierre|first=J|title=Pantheism|url=https://nondualmedia.org/pantheism//|publisher=Not Two|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> The organization hosts pantheism.com and aims to spread awareness about [[pantheism]] through social media, meetings, meditation gatherings, and book borrowing programs.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rod|first=Perry|title=About the Paradise Project|url=https://pantheism.com/about/pantheismcom/|publisher=The Paradise Project|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> It hosts a Facebook fan page about pantheism with over 300,000 fans and group pages with over 15,000 members.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rod|first=Perry|title=About the Paradise Project|url=http://www.theparadiseproject.org/network.html|publisher=The Paradise Project|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>
 
In 2015, Los Angeles muralist [[Levi Ponce]] was commissioned by the Project to paint the 75-foot long mural ''[[Luminaries of Pantheism]]'' for its headquarters in [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice, California]].
In addition, the organization works to create artistic displays and spiritual centers for free thinking non-dogmatic individuals. In 2015, notable Los Angeles muralist [[Levi Ponce]] was commissioned by The Paradise Project to paint "Luminaries of Pantheism" for its headquarters on Ocean Front Walk in [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice, California]], which receives millions of visitors every year. The mural was conceived by The Paradise Project's founder, Perry Rod, and designed by graphic designer Peter Moriarty. The painting depicts [[Albert Einstein]], [[Alan Watts]], [[Baruch Spinoza]], [[Terence McKenna]], [[Carl Jung]], [[Carl Sagan]], [[Emily Dickinson]], [[Nikola Tesla]], [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], [[W.E.B. Du Bois]], [[Henry David Thoreau]], [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], [[Rumi]], [[Adi Shankara]], and [[Lao Tzu]].<ref>{{cite web| title=New mural in Venice! "Luminaries of Pantheism"| publisher=Venice Paparazzi| date=14 January 2015 | url= http://www.venicepaparazzi.com/events/new-mural-in-venice-inspiration-of-pantheism/| accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Pantheism in Full View| publisher=Travel With Intent| date=11 January 2016 | url= https://travelwithintent.com/2016/01/11/pantheism-in-full-view/| accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=These Latino Street Artists Are Transforming Los Angeles' Walls Into Meaningful Street Art| publisher=Mic| date=13 November 2015 | url= https://mic.com/articles/128455/latino-street-artists-levi-ponce-kristy-sandoval-and-hoodsisters-lead-los-angeles-mural-renaissance#.Fm0CDYFcZ| accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.pantheism.com/ Pantheism.community (pantheism.com)]
*[http://www.theparadiseproject.org The Paradise Project]
 
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