Mark Green

SAVE THE DATE and CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: MOON MEET 2018!

Wed, Apr 04, 2018

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Events

SAVE THE DATE! The second annual Moon Meet is a congregation of Atheopagans, non-theist Pagans and others interested in our paths, held from Friday, August 24 through Sunday, August 26, on private land on a redwood-covered mountain near Healdsburg, in the beautiful wine country of Sonoma County, California. Moon…

Atheism, Paganism, and Agreeing to Disagree

Tue, Apr 03, 2018

Mark Green

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Opinion, Pagan, Politics

I’ve been thinking lately about the crossroads where Atheopaganism lives: straddling lines between atheism, Paganism, and activism. In the atheistic world, skepticism is a given. There, when you propose something—a policy, a factual claim, a strategic approach to problem solving—it is assumed that you will have both material evidence and…

Talking with Atheists Who Dismiss Your Atheopagan Practice

Mon, Apr 02, 2018

Mark Green

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Community

Existing in both the atheist world and in the Pagan, Atheopagans have the unique “good fortune” of fielding criticism from extreme elements of both. I’ve written before about Pagan fundamentalists who dismiss our religion as “not real Paganism. ” Today, we take a look at the atheist…

Sigils: Barcodes for your Brain

Mon, Apr 02, 2018

Mark Green

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Practice, Descriptions

In Atheopaganism, we understand ritual “magic” as the manipulation of consciousness according to desired outcomes: as “programming the mind”. It’s not supernatural, and it doesn’t affect things at a distance, but it does have a powerful ability to change our selves: to increase our courage, our focus,…

The Miracle of Dirt

Thu, Mar 22, 2018

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Atheology

Of all the many factors on planet Earth that enable us to live and thrive, there are two which border, in my opinion, on the miraculous*: the conversion of sunlight into sugar through photosynthesis, and the mysterious alchemy of microbes and nutrients and water that makes dirt into the life-giver…

Beyond Faith. Beyond Fundamentalism.

Mon, Mar 19, 2018

Mark Green

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Opinion, Pagan, Atheology

Let’s start by acknowledging that the definitions are fuzzy. There is no universally agreed-to definition of what a “religion” even is. “Spirituality” is just as indeterminate. So all we can do is look at religions of the world and try to identify the elements…