Mark Green

GUEST RITUAL: Annual Lascaux Cave Rediscovery Celebration

Sat, Oct 17, 2020

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Practice, Descriptions

This ritual was proposed by Michael Halloran of the Atheopagan Facebook group and perfected through input of other members of the group. Perform this ritual every September 12 to commemorate the accidental finding of this French cave in 1940. Objective: Celebrate the rediscovery of this impressive prehistoric cathedral as…

An Underworld Focus

Sat, Oct 10, 2020

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Practice, Death

At this time of year, I pay a lot of attention to one part of my Focus*. As altar-y spaces go, it is unquestionably the “witchiest” part of mine: bones, skulls, fossils of extinct species, a mummified bat, images of prehistoric cave paintings, megalithic spiral carvings…

PLEASE VOTE! Atheopaganism book nominated for a “Witchie” Award!

Fri, Oct 09, 2020

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Politics

I am so excited to announce that some wonderful person/people nominated my book, Atheopaganism: An Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science for a Witchie award! The Witchies are kind of like the “Pagan Oscars”, and include categories like Best Book, Best New Author, Best Vlog, etc. Atheopaganism has been nominated in…

A Deeper Look into Atheopagan Moon Observances

Sun, Sep 27, 2020

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Practice, Sabbaths

Not long ago, I posted about a wonderful idea that arose during the weekly Saturday Atheopagan Zoom mixer: to corollate the 13 Moon cycles of the year with the 13 Atheopagan Principles. This enables us to have “themes” for each Moon cycle of the…

GUEST POST: An Atheist’s Spirituality, by Gwendolyn

Wed, Sep 23, 2020

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(Please note that this article will use terms like “true” and “untrue” surrounding religion and various religious beliefs. I typically try to avoid words like those, but doing so is not an honest description of my experience, and I want to be perfectly honest here.) I’m an atheist, a materialist,…

In Memoriam: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sat, Sep 19, 2020

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Personal Reflection

I was stunned and appalled to learn last night of the death of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg was a giant of the law, and a shero of women’s rights. For a much more in-depth profile of her than I can research or write, visit…