Mark Green

Paganism, Gothic Aesthetic, and the Sensibility of Darkness: An Observation

Thu, Oct 11, 2018

Mark Green

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Opinion, Pagan, Personal Reflection

‘Tis the season, so let’s talk about it: it’s a thing, among us Pagans. Cemeteries, bones, skulls, ravens. Vampires and absinthe and Ye Olde Occulte Symboles. Dark. Spooky. Sexy. It scares some people. Particularly non-Pagan, white-light-obsessed Christians and New Age folks. At this time of year, the Pagan community leaps…

A Gift from the Dying

Sun, Oct 07, 2018

Mark Green

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Sabbaths, Death

I’ll cut to the chase: we’re all dying. It’s the only guaranteed fact of our lives: we die. Atheopaganism doesn’t promise an afterlife. There really isn’t compelling evidence to support the idea of one, and so we conclude (tentatively, at least) that it is unlikely that there…

And So We Fight On

Sat, Oct 06, 2018

Mark Green

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Politics, Personal Reflection

We believe in a better world We believe in justice We believe in a better world We believe in peace We believe in a better world We can heal our planet We won’t bow down. We won’t bow down. …

Talking to Kids about the Cycle of Seasons

Sat, Oct 06, 2018

Mark Green

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Atheopagan

A guest post by Editor B. This past equinox marks the seventh year running that I’ve come in to my daughter’s school to talk to her class about the cycle of seasons. I started in 2012, when my daughter was in Pre-K. She and most of her classmates were four…

Starting Fresh: Imagining a New Paganism

Tue, Oct 02, 2018

Mark Green

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Atheology, Personal Reflection

What if we were starting today? If, here, 18 years into the 21st century CE, we were to invent a new, Earth-loving, progressive, reality-based religion? Imagine a practice, a cosmology, a set of values rooted in what we now know about the Cosmos, about Nature, about ourselves. If we were…

Themes for Atheopagan “Welcoming” Gatherings

Mon, Sep 24, 2018

Mark Green

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Sabbaths, Atheopagan

This past weekend, a handful of us threw a successful Atheopagan gathering for the Harvest Sabbath. Not everyone there was an Atheopagan. Not everyone there had even heard of Atheopaganism. But we ate and drank and socialized and circled together, and a good time was had by all. And…