Mark Green's Atheopaganism Blog: Atheology

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…

The Atheopagan Principles Explored: Principle 5: Humor and Perspective

Tue, Jan 27, 2015

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Principles, Atheology

This is the fifth in a series of pieces exploring the 13 Atheopagan Principles. To see the rest of them, click on “Atheopagan Principles” in the tag cloud on the right. “I laugh a lot…including at myself.” So reads the Fifth Atheopagan Principle, and I think it is one…

The God Mask – A Ritual Technique

Sun, Jan 25, 2015

Mark Green

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Practice, Techniques, Atheology

We had a great conversation at our online video chat in the Facebook Atheopagan group today. Topics ranged, but one that stuck out for me was Glen Gordon’s discussion of his work to create a new lexicon for Pagan and ritual phenomena he feels aren’t well defined…

The Atheopagan Principles Explored: Principle 4—Humility

Tue, Jan 20, 2015

Mark Green

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Principles, Atheology

This is the fourth installment of a 13-part series exploring the Atheopagan Principles, as described in my essay “How I Became an Atheopagan”. To read the whole series, click the tag “Atheopagan Principles” in the tag cloud at right. Principle 4 of Atheopaganism is, I am humble.

The Atheopagan Principles Explored: Principle 3—Gratitude

Thu, Jan 15, 2015

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Principles, Atheology

This is the third installment of a 13-part series exploring the Atheopagan Principles, as described in my essay “How I Became an Atheopagan”. To read the whole series, click the tag “Atheopagan Principles” in the tag cloud at right. Principle 3 of Atheopaganism is, I am grateful. But…

The Atheopagan Principles Explored: Principle 2—Honoring the Earth

Wed, Jan 14, 2015

Mark Green

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Principles, Atheology

This is the second installment of what will be a 13-part exploration of the Atheopagan Principles. The derivation and listing of the Principles is found in Part II of my essay “How I Became an Atheopagan”, which you can read here. To read the whole series, click…