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Category: High Spring

Happy High Spring!

March 20, 2019 Mark Green Atheopaganism, High Spring, Sabbaths

The vernal equinox is upon us, as of 2:58 pm PDT today! The days will be longer than the nights, and we will steadily grow in daytime through to the summer solstice on June 20. A happy holiday to all of you! For tips on how to celebrate, visit this post from last year. May your celebration … Continue reading Happy High Spring!

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Shadow and Light

March 16, 2019 Mark Green Atheopaganism, High Spring, poetry, Sabbaths

The equinox, which I name High Spring, is upon us. To me, this is a happy time of innocence and play. A time for bright colors and candy and finally—finally—having light in the evenings and a sun warm enough to feel on my skin. But today, I am so sad. So disturbed. The white supremacist murder … Continue reading Shadow and Light

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The Sabbath of Innocence

March 11, 2019 Mark Green Atheopaganism, High Spring, Sabbaths

On March 20, we will come around again to the vernal equinox, which in my Wheel of the Year I name High Spring. In the metaphorical arc of the year, High Spring is the time of youth–of childhood. As it happens, I don’t have children in my life very much. I have none of my … Continue reading The Sabbath of Innocence

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Burgeoning

February 27, 2019 Mark Green Atheopaganism, High Spring, Personal Reflection, Sabbaths

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 … Continue reading Burgeoning

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High Spring: Themes, Resources and Ideas

March 8, 2018 Mark Green Atheopaganism, High Spring, Sabbaths

As the vernal equinox (which in my version of the Wheel of the Year I term High Spring) approaches, Pagans everywhere prepare to celebrate this important Sabbath. As the “Spring festival” (whether you consider it the beginning of Spring or, as I do, the height of it), themes of High Spring include new life, youth. … Continue reading High Spring: Themes, Resources and Ideas

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