Mark Green's Atheopaganism Blog

Living an Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science

The Overculture vs. Reciprocity, Redux

In western societies (like all societies), people have fundamental and largely unspoken assumptions about how the world is supposed to work and how we are to behave. Subscribers to these assumptions believe that they are inherently entitled to certain rights, for example, and that governance should protect these rights…

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Wisdom

It’s a word that makes some of us cringe a little: wisdom. Because pretty much anyone who claims to have it is automatically suspicious, right? It’s those who don’t claim to have it who very often do. My contention is this: if you…

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Circling Round the Suntree

A reflection on Suntree Retreat 2022 by Summer LaJoie From all directions, north, south, east and west, we came to gather in the meadow  Circling round the suntree, with open minds and open hearts we clad the limbs with treasures The sky took notice to our song and the forest…

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Reintegration

Coming down from the mountainI have seen the lofty gloryI will go again some dayBut for now, I’m coming down.–Meat Puppets There is an ache in my heart right now, a longing for the people and experiences of Suntree Retreat. It isn’t…

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Welcome to the Resistance (US)

With the leak of a draft opinion overturning the pivotal Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed all people with uteruses the right to an abortion through the first trimester of pregnancy, shock waves are rippling across the United States. It won’t stop here.

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Imagining a Brand-New, Cringe-Free Paganism

Bear with me here, because I am probably going to piss some people off. Just keep an open mind, and listen. Atheopaganism is a modern path. Created beginning in 2005, the essay describing it was first published in 2009. The online community launched in…

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