Author Archives: Mark Green

About Mark Green

Author of ATHEOPAGANISM: An Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science, Mark Green is the initiator of the Atheopagan path and editor at the Atheopaganism blog. With co-host Yucca, he records the weekly podcast The Wonder: Science-Based Paganism, makes YouTube videos, and creates materials and resources for practicing Atheopagans. He volunteers as a staffer to the Atheopagan Council to support the growth of Atheopaganism throughout the world. In his home of Sonoma County, California, in the occupied ancestral lands of the Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok peoples, he is best known as an activist and founder of Sonoma County Conservation Action, the largest environmental activism group by membership on the North Coast of California.

Atheopagan “Saints”

Posted on 2019-11-09 by Mark Green

They are Honored Dead, at the very least. Giordano Bruno. Galileo Galilei. Copernicus. Isaac Newton. Aldo Leopold. Marie Curie. Albert Einstein. Richard Feynman. Rachel Carson. Carl Sagan. Ursula K. LeGuin. Stephen Hawking. Mary Oliver. And there will be more, when … Continue reading →

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LORE DAY: A New Holiday for the Hallows Season

Posted on 2019-10-30 by Mark Green

So, six months from now—in the Northern Hemisphere, mind—there is a two-day traditional holiday comprised of Walpurisnacht on April 30, followed by May Day. The former is a sort of mini-Hallows: ghosts and scary Visitations. Then May Day itself is … Continue reading →

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At the Mercy of the Elements

Posted on 2019-10-26 by Mark Green

So here it is again: evacuation in the face of wind-driven wildfires. Second time in two years. Climate change is real, y’all. More severe winds, higher temperatures leading to lower humidity: boom. Fire. It disturbs me how little the subject … Continue reading →

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With Both Hands in Grave Dirt

Posted on 2019-10-20 by Mark Green

‘Tis the season for we Pagany/witchy types. There is an entire aesthetic we—or most of us, anyway—enjoy that has a brief moment in the waning sun each year, and this is it. Now, as Atheopagans, we don’t believe in ghosts … Continue reading →

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Things End

Posted on 2019-10-13 by Mark Green

I’m in an odd space right now. On the one hand, excitement about The Book and the newness of all the Author Stuff like promoting it, doing interviews, etc. is really thrilling. But on the other, beloved things are coming … Continue reading →

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Hour-Long Radio Interview on Atheopaganism

Posted on 2019-10-07 by Mark Green

I was interviewed about the new book on my local public radio station. Listen to this! https://media.krcb.org/podcast/mouthful/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/mful_20191006.mp3  

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