What is ritual to Naturalistic Pagans? Find out!
Read moreThe Atheopagan Principles, Reopening, The Solstice, Herbs, and more! Recent Episodes of THE WONDER podcast, by Mark Green
The concept behind THE WONDER—named, of course, for the awe and reverence we feel as we contemplate the magnificent Universe—is that it will be an ongoing resource for non-theist Pagans to inform and inspire our practices and stimulate our thinking.
Read moreCanada Flag Showing Truth
The time for words is over, now is the time to act on those words. Otherwise those words are empty and worthless, and the Flag displayed here is a truer representation of Canada, a Canada that is okay with these atrocities.
Read moreSummer Solstice 2021: Reverence
We desire to know, to sort into boxes labeled “house sparrow,” “creeping bellflower,” “altocumulus.” This desire is ancient within us, hearkening back to when we owed our wellbeing to knowing whether an animal was friend or foe, whether a plant was food or poison, whether a cloud signaled drought or flood. Even without that necessity, sometimes it’s just cool to know what other lives I share my space with: what bird makes that mournful cry in the evenings? what’s that plant suddenly thriving in the shaded corner where nothing else would grow?
Read moreHappy Summer Solstice!
Get ready for a wonderful gift from our Universe! Our Sun, Moon and Earth join in the Solstice celebrations this year with a solar eclipse! Though many of us won’t be able to see it in the sky (it’s directly visible mainly in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa), we can see it online, along with the Stonehenge Summer Solstice Sunrise online! This could be your first online celebration of a Sabbat! Solstice Sunrise at 3:52 AM GMT, on Sunday June 21 is 11:52 PM *Saturday June 20* for those of us in the Eastern United States time zone.
Read moreGUEST POST: Relating to Silk Moths and Dying Stars
by Emily Ryan In the corner of my living room, in a white mesh enclosure the last of my hyalophora cecropia nears death. Tattered, her once swollen abdomen is emptied of her precious eggs and the stores of fats and lipids that nourished her is depleted. Even tattered and dying, she is heart wrenchingly beautiful. …
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Read morePagan Event! Check out our Naturalistic Pagan Panel at Free Spirit Gathering Online, June 18-20, 2021! + Pagan Spirit Gathering June 25-27
For some time now, folks online and in the Zoom chats have referred now and again to “APCon”, an imagined in-person gathering where we can meet, discuss our path, socialize, and share community. Real hugs (with consent, of course)!
Read moreWays You Can Help
My intermittent things-you-can-do-to-help-Atheopaganism post: Follow our social media on Twitter (@atheopaganism) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-weMipO8r3HUQzsaOQlSg). Become a Patron of The Atheopagan Society by donating at https://theapsocietyorg.wordpress.com/patrons-2/ Listen to THE WONDER podcast at thewonderpodcast.podbean.comhttps://thewonderpodcast.podbean.com Participate in our Goodreads shelf at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/158696-atheopaganism Join my (Mark’s) Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/atheopaganism to support my continued work to create resources, writing, thought, …
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Read moreA Solar Eclipse Thursday Morning (though many of us can’t see it)! But anyone can hold a ritual for it! [Stardust, Contemplating]
Whether you celebrate in the path of totality, far from it, or at some other time, may your celebrations be blessed.
Read moreThe Summer Solstice is just two weeks away, Plus 7 online Celebrations!
“As I stand here on this celebration of Litha, the sacred wheel of the year continues to turn. As my ancestors did in times before and my descendants may do in times to come, I honour the old ways. This is the time of the Summer Solstice……:
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