Mark Green's Atheopaganism Blog: Atheology

Storytelling and the Mythic Landscape

Sat, Aug 20, 2016

Mark Green

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Mythology

Throughout human history, religions have communicated their values and moral codes through storytelling. Both oral traditions and literate societies passed their metaphorical teaching stories from generation to generation. These stories illustrated the values of their cultures, gave explanations for how they had come to exist as distinct groups, and often populated…

Accountability: a Pagan Missing Piece?

Sat, Aug 13, 2016

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Opinion, Sabbaths, Atheology

There’s been some discussion of the concept of “sin” in the Pagan blogosphere lately: here, and here, and my own contribution some time ago, here. Now, I should say: that’s a freighted word for many people, but not so much for…

The Sacred Body

Tue, Aug 02, 2016

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Practice, Atheology

We are unique manifestations of the Universe. Each of us is a roll of a billion dice, a singular event in the history of the Cosmos that has never been before, nor will be again. And what we comprise—all that we are, insofar as the available information would indicate—is of…

Values and Self-Development in a World without Gods

Fri, Jul 01, 2016

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Principles, Atheology

Atheopagans don’t believe in gods. We don’t believe there is a Cosmic Plan beyond the simple unfolding of the Cosmos according to physical laws. We don’t believe in an afterlife. We believe that science tells us all that can reliably be known about the nature of the Universe. Many who do believe…

Building Atheopagan Community

Tue, Jun 28, 2016

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Pagan, Practice, Atheopagan Life

As I referenced earlier, Atheopaganism as a named path is new. That means that those of us who are a part of it are rare, and far-flung (the Facebook group has members from across the globe). That said, Atheopaganism has something precious to offer both atheists and Pagans,…

Encountering Your Personal Atheopaganism

Mon, Jun 27, 2016

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Principles, Atheology

Through my essay and on this site, I have laid out Atheopagan Principles and values that work for me. They may work for you, too—I think of them as relatively universal ideals of a life well lived. But your mileage may vary; maybe you…