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SPIRITUAL NATURISM

Natural Meditation On this site Nudedunewalker offers a free downloadable book on his approach to Spiritual Naturism, which includes discussion of the chakras, relating to the world of nature, and meditation exercises.
http://www.naturalmeditation.co.uk

Naked Spirit http://members.tripod.com/~nakedspirit/

The Journal of Spiritual Nudity http://www.spiritualnudity.com

Gymnosophy An on-line resource for academic and philosophical aspects of nudism and naturism.
http://www.gymnosophy.org/

Although some Christian groups oppose Naturism and actively campaign to shut down clothing-optional beaches, other Christians believe that since 'Man was made in God's image', it is offensive to suggest that this image is obscene or should be hidden from view. Some of these Christians have formed their own Naturist groups: Christian Naturists:

http://www.naturistlife.com offers an excellent site.

On Humanistic Naturism http://www.mbay.net/~cgd/naturism/humnat.htm

On the relationship between Naturism and Nature http://www.mbay.net/~cgd/naturism/nudity19.htm

On Gandhi and Naturism http://www.personal.u-net.com/~tedder/nats/mahatma.htm

POLITICAL NATURISM

The site of the Freedom to Be Yourself campaign The purpose of this campaign is to legalise non-sexual public nakedness via an 'Act of Parliament for the protection of naked people'. http://www.geocities.com/thehumanmind
A site about the power of the body to advocate freedoms plus other interesting material http://www.bodyfreedom.org
Sites that campaign for peace creating often beautiful crop-circle-like mandalas of naked people to draw attention to political issues: http://www.baringwitness.org
http://www.barewitness.org and for PEACE http://www.barewitness.org/photoalbum/photoalbum3.htm
A site to help defend woman who wish to go topless: http://www.topfree.ca

SOCIAL NATURISM

The International Naturist Federation is the body to which most national organizations are affiliated. For general information about naturism worldwide, visit their web site http://www.inf-fni.org, or write: INF-FNI, General Secretariat, St Hubertusstraat 5, B-2600 Antwerp, Belgium. To learn about naturism in a particular country, contact the national naturist organization or a site listed below:

If you want to see what a good naturist club/resort looks like, for the UK see:http://www.spielplatzoasis.co.uk/index.php
If you want to see what a good naturist club/resort looks like, for the US see:http://lupin.com

PRIVATE NATURISM

If you like meditating, communing with Nature and sunbathing on your own, a comprohensive and funny site well worth visiting is The Secret Naturist Society http://www.secretnaturistsociety.com

NATIONAL NATURIST ORGANISATIONS

These organisations often publish their own magazines, and offer national directories of sites. They are worth joining, not only for their publications, but also because they often lobby for clothes-free beaches, or defend ones that are under threat of closure, and organise events such as naturist evenings at local swimming pools.

AUSTRALIA
The Australian Nudist Federation http://www.aus-nude.org.au

CANADA
The Federation of Canadian Naturists http://www.fcn.ca

NEW ZEALAND
The New Zealand Naturist Federation http://www.nznaturally.org.nz

UNITED KINGDOM
As is so often the case with any grouping of humans, there are factions and schisms, so for example in the UK there is the Central Council for British Naturism (CCBN), and a group that disagrees with the Central Council's way of promoting naturism. Both sites are worth looking at.

THE CCBN site is http://www.british-naturism.org.uk/

The group that has a different approach is Coast and Country Naturists http://www.naturist.org.uk

UNITED STATES
In the USA the three main groups are:

American Association for Nude Recreation http://www.aanr.com/
The Naturist Society http://www.naturistsociety.com
The International Naturists Association http://www.ClothesFree.com
To see a comprehensive list of other national organisations go to
http://www.netnude.com/main/organiz.html
http://www.dbphoto.co.nz/natdir.htm

UMBRELLA SITES

There are a number of sites that offer a vast range of facilities for naturists, such as dedicated search engines, links to resorts, clubs and hotels, shops, news reports, articles, discussion groups, etc.

NETNUDE http://www.netnude.com

THE NATURISM HOME PAGE http://www.dbphoto.co.nz/indexb.htm

CHEEF'S NUDIST PLACE http://cheef.com

NUDIST EXPLORER http://www.NudistExplorer.com

E-NATURIST.COM http://www.enaturist.com

BEING & NAKEDNESS http://www.mbay.net/~cgd/naturism/bnhome.htm

NUDE PLACES.COM http://www.nudeplaces.com

CYBERNUDE.COM http://www.cybernude.com/

MISCELLANEOUS

A site about health, fitness and body-acceptance with Naturism http://www.trendsguide.com/naturism.html

Nudists for World Domination who have invented a Declothesifying machine - a movie demonstration of the machine is given on the site, turning clothes into harmless water vapour and liberating their occupants. http://www.nuwd.org

Nude Quotations http://www.cybernude.com/quotes.htm

An Interesting viewpoint http://www.personal.u-net.com/~tedder/nats/denial.htm "Every year I bump into folk who are enjoying life without clothes. They may be nudists but they are not meeting one when they see me. I am not a nudist, and, similarly, neither am I a motorist, artist, genealogist, archaeologist, or any other sort of -ist. An -ist is one who follows a pattern or scheme. Someone who adopts the conventions of the particular system. A nudist is one who engages a lifestyle involving 'nudeness'. For me to regard myself as a nudist, I would also have to be a breathist, walkist, eatist, blue-eyesist for while a motorist is someone who does driving, being without clothes is not something I do. It is my supposed natural state. So I am not a nudist. I do not do taking clothes off. Putting on clothes is what I do. If anything I am a clothesist."