Mark Green

Atheopaganism and the Broader Pagan Community

Sat, Apr 18, 2015

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Opinion, Pagan

It’s never going to be a completely comfortable fit. Just as the suggestion of religious ritual and other symbolic, poetic, metaphorical practices will always be dismissed by some in the atheist community, Atheopaganism is always going to be viewed by some in the Pagan community as not rightfully belonging. Let me stop…

A Subtle Art, the Medium of Which is Emotion

Fri, Apr 10, 2015

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Practice, Personal Reflection

She was lifting the curtain, looking down from the window in her Civil War blouse, jacket and hoop skirt. Outside, a wagon bearing a flag-draped casket was drawn forward by black horses, flanked with erect soldiers. Suddenly, it was 1865. I was 6, and touring the Custis-Lee Mansion at Arlington National Cemetery with my…

“But I’m Lonely!” Finding Fellow Atheopagans

Mon, Apr 06, 2015

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Practice, Atheopagan

Atheopaganism is a new religious path. The essay in which I laid out its principles is only five years old, and it has been visible on the web for only a year. This inevitably means that practitioners seeking to find people to circle with are going to be a little…

Atheopaganism and the Mystical Experience

Wed, Apr 01, 2015

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Atheology

It was night, nearly pitch black, and I had no idea how many steps extended before me, down into the darkness. Down to the Underworld. I was in a cave in Pinnacles National Park (then Monument) in California. And I was in Greece some 2,500 years ago. I was a…

Okay, So You’re an Atheist. Now What?

Mon, Mar 30, 2015

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Community

In my experience, many of those who arrive at atheism from another set of religious beliefs go through a “refractory period” during which their impulse is to celebrate their new perspective and, often, to do a bit of gloating about how much more reasonable they feel they have become than those credulous…

Eggs and Sprouts

Sat, Mar 28, 2015

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Personal Reflection

Reflecting here, on a mild day shortly after High Spring, on the currents of newness that have come to and through my life in the past few months. Feeling grateful. For better or worse, my life will change significantly in the next few months. I hope it is for the…