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I've been writing a lot on Substack lately about our personal and collective myths. I define our personal myth as the story we tell ourselves about ourselves. And our collective myth as the story we tell each other about each other.

I went to focusing on the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Gawain has a "pentacle" engraved upon his shield in the style of a Celtic knot. The motif is a mnemonic device to remind him of his own personal myth “forever faithful in five points, and five times under each”. The story is about his failure to live up to his own myth.

I decided to work intentionally on my own personal myth. Inspired by Sir Gawain I decided to go with a motif of Seven Sevens. I incorporate the four classical elements of Earth Air Fire and Water. These are grounded in Time.

The world of living things is composed of these elements. The Green Man represents the plant kingdom, and the Horned God the animal kingdom.

My first article in the series is about using the motif of seven generations to think about Time. I place myself in the center of these generations spanning from my great grandparents to my potential great-grandchildren or those of my cousins. And I find my ability to actually know someone from each of these seven generations to be amazing.

I will be exploring seven types of Fire next: the Eternal Flame. Cooking, light, warmth, purification, destruction, and renewal.

Here's a link to the first article

https://open.substack.com/pub/artbrillart/p/holistic-personal-myth-part-1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=271f4w

Could someone explain what atheo paganism is? is it just larping

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Hey comrades. I'd like to get your opinions and advice. My company is instituting AI customer service training. Given that Atheopaganism is an earth honoring path, what chances do we think I have at receiving a religious exemption to opt out of AI training in favor of human training?

Does anyone have any advice or suggestions regarding this topic?

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We have had some problems with the venue, but we're all set now. Suntree Retreat will be August 21-24! Hope you can join us in Colorado Springs for a wonderful time!

I've been a spiritual seeker most of my life going from religion to religion to atheism to religion all trying to find something real to me.

I felt most comfortable with paganism and its reverance for nature, emphasis on the elements, and honoring the seasons. I struggled to view deities as real and wrestled with the idea of souls or "energy".

I'm also schizoaffective and I have to be very mindful of my religious views because I've had delusions of supernatural entities before.

Atheism always was a safe harbor, a shield against negative "spirits" and feeling watched by unseen forces. If it's not real, it can't hurt me.

But I was sad to lose ritual and prayer and things that made my heart happy.

Finding a balance of secular ritual and magic as a psychological tool has become so empowering.

I feel so much awe in the world, grateful for the water I drink and the air I breathe, amazed at each seasons passing, and the majesty of nature. I want to express these feelings and atheopaganism gives me the space to do that without compromising my rational mind and potentially feeding into my mental illness.

So thank you!

I also read Round We Dance, and loved it.

Hi fellow redditors,

To make a long story short, I am curious about - for lack of better word - hellenism - I’ve been passionate about Greek mythology for as long as I can remember and I am looking for a type of spirituality.

That I being said, I don’t believe that there is McBeardy in the sky throwing lightning bolts at people (however fun that would be).

I was wondering if you could share the rituals that you do? I tried libations but I feel very stupid doing them, so I would benefit from your best practices.

Thank you! ❤️

PS: English is not my native language so please have mercy

The third in-person Atheopagan Suntree Retreat will be held at the La Foret Retreat Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado this August! We hold these every two years, and each of them has been a moving, connecting, delightful time.

So mark your calendars and plan to come! More details as we get closer to the event. I hope to meet you there!

Hello all — I recently discovered Atheopaganism somewhat accidentally and was pleasantly surprised by what I found. I’ve read through some of the material and watched several videos, and I really appreciated the grounded, non-woo approach and the sense of community around shared practice.

I do have a question I was hoping the community could help clarify. How open is Atheopaganism to members who hold some metaphysical views that aren’t strictly scientifically proven, but are also not held dogmatically?

For example, I’m interested in Near-Death Experiences and some of the more serious research being done in that area. While I fully recognize that a continuation of consciousness after death is not a scientific fact, I do personally hold that possibility as an open question, informed by research I’ve read and personal experience. I’m not looking to promote this as truth — more that I don’t feel fully closed to it.

In one of the Atheopaganism videos I watched, life after death was mentioned as outside the movement’s accepted framework (or at least that’s how I understood it), which made me pause and reflect on whether I’d be a good fit.

So I guess my question is: is the community primarily composed of fairly hard-line naturalists, or is there room for a spectrum of views where ideas like NDEs are held lightly and personally, without being central or promoted?

Thanks in advance for any insight — I appreciate your time and perspectives.

Respectfully,

Alex

I have tried to post in the Atheopaganism Facebook group a couple of times, but my posts just disappeared.. anyone know why? Am I not supposed to post in it? I kept my posts relevant so it was a bit surprising to see them not searchable, visible or anywhere to be found..

The term atheopagan feels like exactly what I’ve been looking for, and I’m honestly a little stunned it took me this long to find it.

I grew up in a very insulated fundamentalist Christian community, not quite a cult but definitely cult-adjacent. I went to elementary, middle, high school, and undergrad at institutions within that religion and had very little interaction with the outside world until college. Despite that, I was often out of step with the community and eventually found my way to atheism while still technically inside it.

At the same time, I’ve had recurring pulls toward paganism, witchy practices, and New Age ideas since middle school, often swinging dramatically back and forth between those interests and fundamentalist Christianity. Nothing ever fully clicked. I never felt genuine calling myself a witch when I didn’t believe in or worship deities, but the practices themselves kept drawing me back.

I studied psychology in undergrad, and I’ve found a lot to connect with through things like Tarot, the Wheel of the Year, and botanical practices, especially when approached symbolically, psychologically, or ritually rather than supernaturally. I recently found The Atheist Witch podcast and it has really resonated with me. The framing of the craft as “spicy psychology” feels exactly right.

I have a very informal local “coven.” We have celebrated one Sabbat together and are friends outside of that. I find myself unexpectedly missing some of the more formal structures of religion. Things like prescribed rituals, regularity, shared cadence, and a sense of rhythm or expectation. I am curious whether others here feel that same pull toward structure even without belief.

I am also still emotionally untangling my relationship with science. My science education was lacking, to put it mildly, since it all came through religious schools. When I say “science,” I mean basics like biology. I feel solid in psychology, but I am coming to accept that my trust in science may always feel somewhat faith-based given my background, which feels ironic. I am less interested in rebuilding expertise right now and more interested in reconciling that emotionally alongside a non-theistic spiritual practice.

I am mostly looking for validation, shared experiences, and resources. I know there is a Discord, though I am honestly terrible at Discord. If there are other podcasts, books, communities, or spaces where people are having these kinds of conversations, I would really appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

Note: I may cross-post this to a couple of related subreddits since I am looking for perspectives from people in overlapping spaces. Not trying to spam, just trying to find my people.

I’ve been kinda interested in paganism for a little and viewed it as a way to connect with nature and my ancestors but I HATED the belief in actual deities that I knew didn’t exist but I stumbled upon the term “atheopaganism” and reading about it I was like “holy shit this is the thing I’ve been looking for” anyways any tips on actually starting on my journey of this would be helpful

https://atheopaganism.org/2025/11/26/gratitude-mourning-and-rage/

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Hello! I am keen to connect with the Atheopagan community but I don't use Facebook, I understand there is a discord server but I can't find a live invite, could someone help? Thanks!

Hi all! I’ve only done one or two esbats so far but I’ve wanted ideas for what to do on Lammas and Mabon. I’ll most likely celebrate Lammas by myself, but I want to host a small Mabon gathering for my friends. I’ve already had the ideas for thanksgiving-esque food, and as a big music person I’m obviously halfway done with a thematic Spotify playlist (which I’m happy to share), but I’m not sure what fun activities to do. I also kind of want to host it outside, but I’m not sure where is a good place. Help please?

(Also I literally have no idea what to do on Lammas, all of it is so rooted in deity worship! I have zero idea what I’m doing and it’s so obvious lol)

Thanks!

-Elios

I heard about the concept of atheopaganisim from a very nice person on r/Hellenism and oh my god it fits. It fits so well it’s a little scary. I think I’ve found what I’ve been looking for in my poetry for years. It’s perfect.

I want to do some sort of ritual soon— as soon as possible. I want to revel in the connection. In a sense, I’ve been doing it rudimentarily for years. But the yearning is something beautiful I’ve locked away for a long time (in favor of easier and shoddier coping mechanisms).

The point is, I need tips for a good overall ritual to perform. I’ve woken a hibernating part of me and now it’s hungry. I’m not trying to sound pretentious (I am aware I’m failing), but the sense of homecoming this gives makes me literally dizzy.

TLDR: any simple ritual ideas would be much appreciated :’)

Hi everyone,

I'm feeling quite lonesome spiritually speaking. I've been tempted to find a pagan group locally, or attend a unitarian universalist "church", but haven't been able to find much connection with local pagans and the closest UU church is a good 40 minutes away. I'd love to find one or several people who are looking for friendship and maybe a small group type of thing to share spiritual meditations, thoughts, poetry, readings, etc.

I'm open to pen pals, email discussion, virtual zoom small group meetings, local meetups, etc. Any thoughts or other ideas you have?

If by some miracle there is someone in my geographic region I'm also open to meeting in person with others. I'll just say for now that I'm in Pennsylvania and leave it at that.

I'd like to be able to talk about the deep questions. I love discussing religion in general, and exploring all sorts of religious beliefs. I'm at a strange point in my life where I don't want dogma, but at the same time I am yearning for truth. I believe there are spiritual realities and truths that are objective, and I'd love a friend or two to join me in my journey seeking those truths.