poetry – NaturalPagans

A Mood

November 11, 2020 Mark Green Atheopagan community, Atheopaganism, poetry

I have been thinking… No. I have been feeling about this community of people, the nontheist Pagan community. I have been feeling because sometimes such appreciation, such gratitude wells up in me to be with you all. So a wrote a thing. THIS Community We’re having none of the bullshit, thank you. We’ve seen the … Continue reading A Mood

Homily

July 18, 2020 Mark Green Atheopaganism, poetry

Sisters and brothersAnd genderqueer others, beloveds:Let us not bow our heads. No, let us not bow our heads. Instead,Let us fling them back, arms stretchedWide to the world, mouths gaping in awe For there–THERE–is the sky. The simple,Miraculous sky, blue or gray by dayDark by night, pale scrim of air That is breath that is … Continue reading Homily

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

Requiem and Invocation

June 19, 2018 Mark Green Atheopaganism, poetry, Politics, Practices & Rituals

Friends and Allies, let us grieve. Let us grieve that an era of progress and forward thinking appears to be drowning in a sea of ignorance, hatred and fear. Let us grieve that reason has been swamped by credulity, and science by superstition and willful ignorance. Let us grieve. Let us tear the words from … Continue reading Requiem and Invocation

Summer

May 19, 2018 Mark Green Atheopaganism, Liturgy, Midsummer, poetry

Though weather varies widely across the planet, of course, the traditional meaning of May Day in Europe was “the beginning of Summer”. Thus, the summer solstice was termed “Midsummer”, et cetera. Here in the U.S. the unofficial beginning of summer is a little later, with the passage of Memorial Day at the end of May. … Continue reading Summer

On the Other Hand…(A Love Letter)

February 4, 2018 Mark Green Atheopaganism, Liturgy, Opinion, Pagan Community, poetry

So, I’ve been a little hard on the Pagan community lately. I’ve decried abuses and hierarchies, lack of political engagement, and the leftovers of the sexual culture of the 1960s that still thrive in many corners of it. Those things are true, in my opinion, and I stand by them. So why, one might ask, do I continue … Continue reading On the Other Hand…(A Love Letter)

A Dawn Prayer

June 4, 2017 Mark Green Atheopaganism, Midsummer, poetry

Whose warm love flows across the land each day Stirring Life, the world’s magic, arms yearning up, Turning each green leaf to follow. Whose generous balm Upon the skin is love’s touch, ahhhhhh heated fingers soothing, Whose roar boils water from ocean to sky Drawing sweet from salt, becoming rain, snow, river, lake; Whose fervid … Continue reading A Dawn Prayer

May Morning

May 1, 2017 Mark Green Atheopaganism, Liturgy, May Day, poetry

With love for all of you, on this the eve of May Day… May Morning Fresh as the day the world was made, This morning: dew-spattered through feather fans Of foxtail and wild rye. Mars is low on the horizon, for once. Still As a caught breath, the day, hushed, Holds for a slow-golding time, … Continue reading May Morning

“An Interview on Naturalistic Paganism with B. T. Newberg” by DT Strain, Jay Forrest, and B. T. Newberg

April 12, 2017 B. T. Newberg B. T. Newberg, Emotion, HP, Latest Posts, Magic, naturalistic pagan, poetry, Rotting Silver

I was grateful to have the opportunity to share a bit about our path with the wider naturalistic community. Spiritual Naturalism Today is a podcast about all forms of Spiritual Naturalism, including Naturalistic Paganism.