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An Atheopagan Life: Celebrating Riverain, and Adapting the Wheel of the Year

Thu, Jan 29, 2015

Mark Green

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Practice, Sabbaths, Atheopagan Life, Atheology

Originally posted at HumanisticPaganism.com The eight holidays of the modern Pagan “wheel of the year” present an annual cycle of Sabbaths tracing seasonal changes, agricultural cycles, and metaphors of the cycle of life. For an Atheopagan, it’s not a bad point to start from, rooted as it is…

An Atheopagan Life: Observances for November and December

Wed, Dec 03, 2014

Mark Green

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Practice, Sabbaths, Atheopagan Life

Originally published at Humanistic Paganism. November and December certainly don’t lack for observances and holiday celebrations. In the temperate zone of the planet, pretty much every culture has had some way of celebrating the winter solstice, and the accumulation of many of those traditions lives with us today…

The Conversation: How I Talk About My Religion

Sun, Nov 30, 2014

Mark Green

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Atheopagan Life

It’s a pretty complicated topic. Let’s face it: for someone just becoming exposed to the idea of “rational religion”, there is a lot of territory to cover: the idea that religion doesn’t have to involve gods or the supernatural; the idea of Paganism itself, which is not exactly mainstream, even…

An Atheopagan Life: Observances Around the Year (Sept/Oct)

Wed, Oct 29, 2014

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Sabbaths, Atheopagan Life

Autumn on the North Coast of California is an odd time. Our climate is a Mediterranean-style cycle of winter rains and a completely dry summer, and the transitional seasons are subtle in character. In fall, we experience the hottest period of the year, as while summer mornings are characterized by…

Now Writing for the Humanistic Paganism Blog

Tue, Oct 14, 2014

Mark Green

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Atheopagan Life

I’m happy to announce that I have been asked to write a monthly column for the blog Humanistic Paganism. My column will be entitled An Atheopagan Life: Musings and Observances of an Earth-honoring Atheist. I’ll link new columns here so the core Atheopagan crowd is aware of them.