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My new book, Round We Dance: Creating Meaning Through Seasonal Rituals is published and launched!

I had a lovely book launch party yesterday in Oakland, California. It was great to see friends, read some passages and sell and sign some books.

It has been about a year and a half since I su...

Sat, Apr 13, 2024 Mark Green Opinion , Atheology 1 Comment

So, we were talking about “origin myths” in one of the Atheopagan community Zoom mixers the other day. And Mícheál, who is a member of the Atheopagan Society Council, suggested–somewhat facetiously–something like this for much of mainstream Paganism:

Long ago, people lived in peaceful, egali...

Sat, Mar 30, 2024 Mark Green Personal Reflection 1 Comment

Monday, April 8 will be a day that a lot of people will remember as the Solar Eclipse of 2024. With the path of totality passing over a region housing more than 31 million, it will be a shared experience that many will hold for the rest of their lives.

I with I could be one of them. We’ll hav...

I got some galley proof copies of ROUND WE DANCE: Creating Meaning Through Seasonal Rituals, and it looks and feels great! It is always a real thrill to hold a first copy of one of my books in my hands, and this is no exception.

ROUND WE DANCE releases on April 8–the same day as the impending...

Sun, Feb 04, 2024 Mark Green Sabbaths No comments

Today is the midpoint between what I term Midwinter (the winter solstice) and High Spring (the vernal equinox): thus, Brightening. Or Imbolc. Or Brighid. Or–my choice–Riverain, the Festival of Water. Depending on where you live, you might have different names or associations with this point in ...

Thu, Feb 01, 2024 Mark Green Atheology No comments

In Atheopaganism, we don’t believe in gods, and as a result we don’t have revered beings that embody the Sacred feminine, masculine or other genders. Rather than gendering the Sacred (or, as we see it, the Sacred Universe), we understand it as unconscious and without gender. Insofar as we can te...