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What If We Are Screwed?

August 28, 2018 Mark Green Activism, Atheopagan community, Atheopaganism, John Halstead, Science

John Halstead very eloquently and thoroughly puts the question to us in his post “’Everything is Going According to Plan’”: Being an Activist in the Anthropocene”. Take time to read the whole thing. It’s well worth it. So really: what if it’s simply too late for any kind of peaceful transition to a sustainable post-disastrous civilization, and … Continue reading What If We Are Screwed?

The Moon Steps Aside to give us the Perseid Meteor Shower! by Starstuff, Contemplating

August 11, 2018 HumanisticPaganism ancestors, Ancient and Modern Paganism, atheist pagan, Earth religion, Gaia/Earth, HP, Intellect, Jon Cleland Host, Latest Posts, naturalistic pagan, naturalistic paganism, Nature, nature religion, pantheism, Practice, Religious Naturalism, Science, science and god, science and myth, Science and Religion, Seasonal, Spiritual Naturalism, spirituality, Starstuff, Contemplating, wonder

She thought she could now actually feel the Earth turn–not just imagine it in her head, but really feel it in the pit of her stomach. It was like descending in a fast elevator. She craned her neck back further,…

Mysterious Impulses

July 1, 2018 Mark Green Atheopaganism, Personal Reflection, Science

It’s a big subject, what it means to be human. We ask it in science, and in art, in literature. We get some answers. Neuroscience and anthropology have identified many facts about our species. But I’ve been thinking a lot about the mysteries of human nature lately. Like: what’s up with music? Why do we … Continue reading Mysterious Impulses

Does Truth Matter?

May 22, 2018 Mark Green Atheology, Atheopaganism, Opinion, Pagan Community, Science

Eppur si muove. —Galileo Galilei Recently. a friend posted to the Atheopaganism Facebook group, describing a conversation she was having elsewhere in which accusations of “classism” and “colonialism” were being leveled at those who express what is almost certainly the truth: that gods and magic do not exist, except as ideas. And you know? … Continue reading Does Truth Matter?

The Miracle of Dirt

March 22, 2018 Mark Green Atheology, Atheopaganism, Science

Of all the many factors on planet Earth that enable us to live and thrive, there are two which border, in my opinion, on the miraculous*: the conversion of sunlight into sugar through photosynthesis, and the mysterious alchemy of microbes and nutrients and water that makes dirt into the life-giver to us all. Yet we … Continue reading The Miracle of Dirt

On this day in 1809, Charles Darwin was born. 50 years later, he would publish “On the Origin of Species”, which pretty well blew the doors off the scientific world, outraged the contemporary religious culture, and established the key scientific foundation of the field of biology for all time. Darwin knew what he was doing. … Continue reading Unpopular Ideas

The Vulture Culture 101 IndieGoGo Campaign is Live!

February 6, 2018 lupa Books, Creativity, Crowdfunding, My Books, Nature, Nature Writing, Science, Skin Spirits, The Green Wolf, Vulture Culture, Way of the Scavenger, Writing

The Vulture Culture 101 IndieGoGo Campaign is officially live at http://igg.me/at/vultureculture101! What compels me and many other people to fill our homes with the preserved remains of animals, and how can you join in the fun? Vulture Culture 101: A Book For People Who… Continue Reading

Another Opportunity to bring Joy to Kids, with “Stardust Explores the Solar System”!

January 30, 2018 HumanisticPaganism Book Review, Community, Cosmos, Emotion, experience, Families, HP, Latest Posts, Meaning, naturalism, naturalistic pagan, Pantheism and Cosmology, Practice, Responsibility, Science, spirituality, wonder

Now we have another opportunity. The success of “My Name is Stardust”, including radio shows and worldwide recognition has led to a second edition, “Stardust Explores the Solar System”, which has a kickstarter campaign being launched today!

Paganism, Food, and the Element of Terroir

January 2, 2018 lupa Activism, Environmentalism, Food, gardening, Naturalist Paganism, Nature Spirituality, Paganism, Plants, Science, Seasons, Sustainability, The Green Wolf

In case you didn’t know it, I am a minor-level foodie. I haven’t run around to every single pricey restaurant in Portland, but I am an unabashed locavore who loves to cook. And as an environmentalist I’m keenly aware of where my food comes… Continue Reading

“The Dead Can Dance: The Mythic Ecology of Ancestry” by Mathieu Thiem

November 13, 2017 HumanisticPaganism ancestors, Ancient and Modern Paganism, Animals, Cosmos, Ecology, evolution, HP, instinct, Latest Posts, Mathieu Thiem, naturalistic pagan, Practice, Science, story

The second in a 4-part series, originally published at The Woven Song. III. The Mythic Ecology of Ancestry (Water) “There was a time, the myths tell us, when the link between animals, humans and the land was fluid, magical. The…