Part 1: Concept
What if we could speak the unspeakable, shameful secrets, just for one day?
...An Atheopagan Path: Journeys in the Sacred World
Musings, values and practices in non-theistic Paganism
Mark Green
Mark Green is an activist, writer and nonprofit professional with a background in environmental public policy and electoral campaigns. He is the author of "Atheopaganism: an Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science", published in 2019. A Pagan since 1987, he presents at Pantheacon and has been published in Green Egg and the anthology "Godless Paganism" (for which he wrote the foreword). His Pagan writing appears here, at the Humanistic Paganism website (humanisticpaganism.com), at the Naturalist Pagan site (naturalpagans.com) and at the Atheopaganism blog.
We’re a subgroup of a subculture. Of a couple of them, actually: atheism and Paganism.
So it’s not a surprise that though there are many of us collectively, we are spread thinly and may live far away from anyone else who identifies as practicing the path of Atheopaganism. Thus, this post, about practicing as a solitary.
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I am thrilled to announce tha Atheopaganism: An Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science is available for order in print and e-book formats!
Atheopaganism is a handy guide to the path: the science background, the values, the Principles, the Sabbaths, crafting rituals, building a Focus, etc.
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Thank you so much, Mark. I have been waiting for this book! -
You're so welcome!
I am excited to announce that on October 1, Atheopaganism: An Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science will be published! The book will be available in both print and e-book formats and will be available through the usual channels.
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It’s not dressing as if you’re at a Renaissance Faire.
Nor goth/BDSM aesthetic, all black and “witchy”.
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Hooray, hooray, the first of May
Outdoor sex begins today!
—old saw
So, Atheopaganism is a pleasure-positive path. That’s Atheopagan Principle #10: so long as others and the Sacred Earth are respected, we believe that joy and fun and feeling good are our birthrights as humans.
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It’s definite now: the light is stronger, the days are longer. Here in the northern hemisphere, winter is passing, and spring is coming on.
Where I live, in coastal Northern California, the very first wildflowers are the milk maids, and they are already gone now, faded to buttercups and hounds’ tongues and shooting stars: the survivals of what once was a landscape carpeted with flowers in the spring. European grasses have forcibly taken over our hills, but the native flowers yet persist.
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Of course! https://atheopaganism.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/an-atheopagan-rosary/
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So glad you found a new path of employment, though I envy you your relationship with spring. Here in the upper Midwest we are stil
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Mark, happy to hear about your new job! And reading your column made me want to add that the first wildflowers here on the "centra
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Thank you! Yes, mustard is an early arrival here, too, but I was sticking to the native Californian wildflowers--should have menti
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Good luck! I hope you get it.
