Category Archives: Pagan

Forging Paths of Integrity (with Minor Update)

Posted on 2018-11-16 by Mark Green

There has been a lot of talk online lately about the Pagan (or neopagan, if you prefer) community* and integrity, or lack thereof. Stuff about “fakelore” traditions and lineages: pretense of ancient roots that aren’t, and people using this pretense … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the FFRF Conference 2018

Posted on 2018-11-08 by Mark Green

So…the Freedom From Religion Foundation conference was…interesting. It’s a great organization. Lobbying and legal work to prevent religious incursion into governmental and public spaces. Very important stuff. I got the sense that most of the attendees felt a deep relief … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 2018-10-11 by Mark Green

‘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. … Continue reading →

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Presenting Ourselves to the World

Posted on 2018-09-20 by Mark Green

It is not a surprise that as it was being founded, Neopaganism looked to an imagined pastoral and pre-industrial way of life as an inspiration. Modern Paganism’s inaugural moment in the United States, about 50 years ago in the late … Continue reading →

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Naturalism, Monism, and the Philosophy of Atheopaganism

Posted on 2018-08-22 by Mark Green

Atheopaganism is a naturalistic religion: that is, we believe that all that exists is a part of the natural, material Universe, and is subject to its laws. We revere this material Universe—the Cosmos—as Sacred and magnificent. As naturalistic Pagans, we do … Continue reading →

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Innovation Versus Tradition in Paganism

Posted on 2018-07-23 by Mark Green

The mainstream current of modern Paganism has made much of celebrating “Ancient Ways” and “Old Gods”. This creates an inherent tension between old (or putatively old) practices and beliefs and the innovations and achievements of modernity. Elements of the broad … Continue reading →

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