Lammas thus celebrates the heat of the summer, and with it, productivity and the early harvest – as well as the returning darkness. Those in the Southern Hemisphere celebrate Imbolc at this time.
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Major Update to the Atheopagan Hymnal
It’s been a long time since updating the Atheopagan Hymnal, which is a collection of songs, poetry, invocations and benedictions for use in Atheopagan rituals and gatherings. This is a major update–I’ve added sheet music to a lot of t…
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Meeting the Meat: An Animal Initiation, by Mark Green
The Animal that, frankly, kind of scares us. It’s sweating and eating and breathing and excreting and lusting, and none of that is under our control. It’s as if our consciousness is surfing a powerful, turbulent wave of capricious, hungry, insistent flesh…except that the consciousness is the wave, too, not separate from it.
Read moreNaturalistic Animism
“Animism” has meant a lot of things over time. It was a racist slur against indigenous people; it has been claimed by panpsychists (who believe everything has consciousness). Robin Wall Kimmerer describes in her brilliant book Braiding Swee…
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Finding My People, by Susan Paterson
Lastly, while talking avidly with Julie (one of the organizers) about talismans we unintentionally create and the symbolic, psychological power they hold for us, they remarked to our small room “Now, that would make a good talk.”
Read moreThe Atheopaganism Book is Now Available As an Audiobook!
In the two weeks before I started my new job, I realized that I wasn’t going to have an extended run of days in which I could record an audiobook of ATHEOPAGANISM: An Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science–a long-planned project–for a …
Read moreMidsummer 2023—The Height of the Light
These are the long days, in the Northern Hemisphere. The days of long, languid evenings, full of song and sex and celebration. Cookouts and trips to the beach; days of sunblock and wide-brimmed hats. It’s Midsummer: the Sabbath of Leisure. I imag…
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Happy Summer Solstice! Check out these Stonehenge Livestreams!
Get ready for another wonderful Solstice gift from our Universe! Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter Saturn, Uranus and Neptune join in the Solstice celebrations this year with a planetary parade! This lineup hasn’t happened (1864) since before the first Juneteenth (1865), and won’t happen again until 2040.
Read moreAtheopagan Web Weaving 2023
It was virtual, but it felt great. 84 registered attendees. 15 presenters. 8 moderators and other volunteers. One keynote speaker. And a whole weekend of interactions, learning, socializing, fun and friendship. It’s been a couple of weeks now, bu…
Read moreDefying the Death Cult
It’s time for a frank conversation. The US Supreme Court handed down a ruling this week that will be devastating to the environment. It casts into question the government’s authority to regulate environmental destruction in general. Polluti…
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