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GUEST POST: Relating to Silk Moths and Dying Stars
by Emily Ryan In the corner of my living room, in a white mesh enclosure the last of my hyalophora cecropia nears death. Tattered, her once swollen abdomen is emptied of her precious eggs and the stores of fats and lipids that nourished her is depleted. Even tattered and dying, she is heart wrenchingly beautiful. Her red and white body is furred and fluffy. Her six inch wingspan is painted with strata of orange, red, and white. She is the largest and most spectacular species of moth in North America. The small flame of her life puffs out, but the cycle continues ever on. A few feet away from where…
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Ways You Can Help
My intermittent things-you-can-do-to-help-Atheopaganism post: Your participation and help enable our community to strengthen and extend our values in the world. Thank you for your commitment to the Sacred Earth and the betterment of humanity. Updated 8/17/2023
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REGISTER NOW! SUNTREE RETREAT 2022!
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. We will repeat this event in 2024, so watch for news of our next Suntree Retreat! Join us in May 2022 for a LIVE gathering of Atheopagans at the magnificent La Foret retreat center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, May 13-16, 2022! Presented by The Atheopagan Society, this 3-day, 3-night retreat will feature workshops, rituals and lots of socializing time in beautiful spaces and around the fire. The facility includes a magnificent meeting space, the Ponderosa Lodge; a fire circle; a beautiful labyrinth and more. There will even be a full eclipse of the Moon on the Sunday night! NEW! The activities, workshops and schedule for…
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HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLP!
That’s right, we need your help! Atheopaganism is growing, and our activities are growing, too. We need some volunteers to help lighten the load. I’m so happy to report that we have teams working on an in-person gathering for Atheopagans, to be held in the Denver, Colorado, US area in 2022, and on a new, regular video posting schedule for the YouTube channel. What we need are: EVENTS TEAM. Folks willing to join the APCon (event) team and help with organizing our planned in-person gathering in 2022. Estimated time commitment: perhaps 3 hours per month (less to start). Contact atheopagan@comcast.net YOUTUBE TEAM. 4 or 5 people willing to join the…
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Deep Paganism
Thinking a lot today about deep Paganism: what it means to live in the world a fundamentally different way, in connection and relationship with and celebration of Life and reality. In wisdom, and generosity and kindness, in joy and pleasure, and in responsibility and respect. At that level, Paganism isn’t even conducting rituals. It certainly isn’t collecting ritual tools or rocks or books or echo-chambering to “belong” in the Pagan community. And it doesn’t involve gods of any scale. This is so much larger than that. I think that, steeped in the Overculture as I am, I can only see this Way in moments. A-HA kinds of moments, chorus-of-angels moments…
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The Unavoidable Bargain
In my culture, we try to pretend we don’t have to make the deal. But we do. With the passage of years, we pass from our youth. And if we are wise, we make a sound bargain for what comes in return. But in my culture, most don’t. First, they try to refuse the inevitable. They cling to youth and the appearance of youth into their 30s, 40s, 50s, with dress, with makeup, with squats and sit-ups, with various useless patent cures designed to make them continue to seem young. But the reality is, we have no choice. Unless you are going to die young, you are going to trade…
