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| | Divine Whispers - Neopaganism |
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http://rsdforum.proboards12.com/index.cgi?board=neopaganismforums
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| | Neopaganism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Neopaganism or Neo-Paganism[1] is any of a heterogeneous group of new religious movements, particularly those influenced by ancient, primarily pre-Christian and sometimes pre-Judaic religions. | | | Most Slavic neopagans follow customs of old Slavic religion and revere Slavic gods. | | | A sect within Neopaganism is sometimes referred to as a "tradition," although this term is more properly used to define a sect within a particular Neopagan religion, such as Dianic, Alexandrian or Gardnerian Wicca, or the different subsets of cultural religions, such as Hellenismos or Religio Romana, Odinic Rite or Ásatrú, Senistrognata or Pàganachd. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopaganism
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| | Neopaganism is `religious' in the etymological sense of `re ligare', to rebind (to roots, to strengths, to the basics of things), and it deals with mythology and the realm of the `spiritual'. | | | Anti-dogmatism Neopagan religions are religions of practice, pragmatism and immediate experience. | | | First, many neopagans are philosophical agnostics or even atheists; there is a tendency to regard `the gods' as Jungian archetypes or otherwise in some sense created by and dependent on human belief, and thus naturally plural and observer-dependent. |
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/paganism.txt
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| | Adelphiasophism: Wise Women's Words on NeoPaganism |
| | NeoPaganism is a religion of experience and practice. | | | NeoPaganism is an artistic religion that encourages art and individualism, and the people who join prefer to be individuals but united in their love of living in the natural cybernetic world. | | | NeoPaganism is against traditional ideas of religion but Pagans do not worship the devil except in so far as Christians have renamed old gods as devils. |
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http://www.adelphiasophism.com/naturesrule/w011.html
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| | (What Christians Don't Understand about Neopaganism) |
| | Neopaganism is a religious system that relies more on the individual than on the Book or the Priest. | | | Neopaganism is an attitude towards worship, and either you have it or you don't. | | | Neopagans do not accept the Christian Bible as a source of truth. |
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http://www.holysmoke.org/wb/wb0224.htm
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| | Meet Your Neighborhood Neopagan |
| | Neopaganism is a loose description of modern variations on ancient beliefs from pre-Christian mystery religions. | | | Neopaganism will, I believe, be a growing challenge to the church. | | | Neopaganism is the spiritual voice of popular culture. |
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http://www.ransomfellowship.org/Article_Neopagan.html
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| | NEO-PAGAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS |
| | To them, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Taoism, and the various Neopagan religions are all forms of Satanism, or at least are led by Satan or his demons. | | | A Neopagan religion is a modern faith which has been recently reconstructed from beliefs, deities, symbols, practices and other elements of an ancient religion. | | | For example, the Druidic religion is based on the faith and practices of the ancient Celtic professional class; followers of Asatru adhere to the ancient, pre-Christian Norse religion; Wiccans also trace their roots back to the pre-Celtic era in Europe. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/neo_paga.htm
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| | Introduction to Neopaganism - ADF Neopagan Druidism |
| | Neopaganism refers to those religions created since 1960 or so which have attempted to blend what their founders perceived as the best aspects of different types of Paleo-paganism with modern 'Aquarian Age' ideals, while consciously striving to eliminate as much as possible of the traditional Western monotheism and dualism. | | | Indeed, to most Neopagans all things are divine in one way or another, and Neopagans are known to strive to accept difference and diversity, especially in areas of sexuality. | | | It represents the fact that not only do Neopagans believe in many deities (however they explain such a belief), but that humans and deities are in a social relationship, and that when one gives honor to the other that bond is strengthened. |
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http://www.adf.org/about/intro-to-neopaganism.html
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| | Witchcraft, Wicca and Neopaganism |
| | Witches and Neopagans do not usually know the true gospel; their opposition is to organized religion, which they see as an oppressive system of control and rules. | | | Witches and Neopagans may claim that theirs is an ancient religion which predates Christianity. | | | Response: Christ, being the Son of God and God the Son, is eternal, which means He has no beginning. |
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http://craom.net/wicca.htm
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| | Frequently Asked Questions on Hellenic Neopaganism |
| | Neopagan religions are modern forms of ancient Pagan religions, which may have been evolving since ancient times, or may have been recreated in modern times. | | | Neopagan religions are usually polytheistic, nature-oriented, non dogmatic, and oriented toward personal growth through direct interaction with the Gods and Goddesses. | | | Hellenism is not a "religion of the book"; it does not have a sacred text, comparable to the Torah, Bible or Koran, purporting to reveal theological truths. |
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http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/OM/GRNP-FAQ.html
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| | Sacred Texts: Wicca and Neo-Paganism |
| | Based on folk-lore, traditional spiritual practices, anthropology, and a synthesis of esoteric systems, Neopaganism does not have any sacred texts of the same vintage as other religions, although unverifiable claims have been made in a couple of cases (e.g. | | | They shouldn't be taken as illustrative of Neopaganism, but as a warning about religious tolerance and the fragile nature of justice. | | | Descriptions of contemporary Neopagan practice and beliefs can be found in the Internet Book of Shadows section of this site. |
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag
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| | Another source of neopolytheism is the neopagan revival of the religion of Wicca. | | | The neopagan religion of Wicca is just as exclusivistic as any other religion that claims to have discovered truth about reality. | | | According to neopagans, one is free to worship any gods or goddesses, ancient or modern, from the East or West. |
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http://www.equip.org/free/DO025.htm
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| | Defining Paganism: Paleo-, Meso-, and Neo- |
| | The core Neopagan beliefs include a multiplicity of deities of all genders, a perception of those deities as both immanent and transcendent, a commitment to environmental awareness, and a willingness to perform magical as well as spiritual rituals to help both ourselves and others. | | | Furthermore, the founders and members of Mesopagan and Neopagan groups frequently prefer to believe (or at least declare) that they are genuinely Paleopagan in beliefs and practices. | | | This “myth of continuity” is in keeping with the habits of most creators and members of new religions throughout human existence, and should not be taken too seriously. |
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http://www.neopagan.net/PaganDefs.html
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| | Neopaganism Summary - Neopaganism Information |
| | Neopaganism's historical origins lie in nineteenth-century religious movements such as Theosophy, folk practices such as tarot and astrology, studies in folklore and anthropology, the theatrical rituals of an Edwardian occult group called the Order of the Golden Dawn, and the countercultural milieu of North America in the 1960s. | | | Each Religion Guide is written by a subject expert or professional educator and is a complete resource on the topic. | | | Get the complete Neopaganism Religion Guide—12 pages in all. |
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http://www.bookrags.com/other/religion/neopaganism-eorl-10.html
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| | Winter solstice celebrations of Christianity, Judaism, Neopaganism, etc |
| | NEOPAGANISM: This is a group of religions which are attempted re-creations of ancient Pagan religions. | | | Aboriginal and Neopagan religions see time as circular and repetitive, with lunar (monthly) and solar (yearly) cycles. | | | Of these, Wicca is the most common; it is loosely based on ancient Celtic beliefs and practices. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/winter_solstice.htm
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| | Resources on Wicca and Neopaganism |
| | In particular, these new religions, which often make the claim to be a revival of the "old religion" of pre-Christian paganism, are in all points of fact completely new narratives on history. | | | Because they are so commonplace, they are often cited as proof that Neopagan religions are superior to Christianity. | | | One scholar has estimated that there are now more than 200,000 adherents of Wicca and related "neopagan" faiths in the United States, the country where neopaganism, like many formal religions, is most flourishing."... |
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http://www.michaelh.com/wicca.shtml
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| | Neopaganism in Central-Eastern Europe |
| | A neopagan group influenced by "Zadruga", "Association of Indigenous Faith", has been founded in Wroclaw by a right-wing pagan Jerzy Potrzebowski. | | | For the purpose of this study a broader definition can be proposed: neo-paganism was understood as a movement inspired by nature-based spirituality, stressing the need of return to ethnic or tribal identity, to the pre-Christian roots, to the old customs and indigenous values. | | | Throughout the article a collective term "neopagan" has been used, but this does not imply the purely religious meaning of this word. |
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http://vinland.org/heathen/pagancee
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| | Neopaganism on Encyclopedia.com |
| | NEOPAGANISM [Neopaganism] polytheistic religious movement, practiced in small groups by partisans of pre-Christian religious traditions such as Egyptian, Greek, Norse, and Celtic. | | | Neopagans fall into two broad categories, nature-oriented and magical groups, and often incorporate arcane and elaborate rituals. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/n/neopagan.asp
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| | Sabbat (neopaganism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | These include the solstices and equinoxes, and four additional festivals sometimes referred to as the "cross-quarter days". | | | In the Wiccan form of neopaganism, a Sabbat is one of the eight major seasonal festivals which make up the Wheel of the Year. | | | Many neopagans in the Northern Hemisphere recognize the following Sabbats: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbat_(neopaganism)
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| | The Neopagan Religious Archive |
| | The Book of Shadows of a US Coven | | | Currently the Neopagan Archive contains information about the following religious practices and paths: | | | The Neopagan Archive is one of the largest and most accessed parts of the Religious Archive at the Lysator site. |
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http://www.lysator.liu.se/religion/neopagan
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| | MAG-POL.TXT v2.0 Effective Date: 01 May, 1990 Page 1 of 5 Introduction to the NEOPAGANISM, |
| | 3.6 No Irrelevant Messages No message which is irrelevant to the topics of Neopaganism, Witchcraft, and Magick shall be entered into MAGICKNET or into METAPHYSICAL. | | | Neopaganism, Witchcraft & Magick (sidetrack) Many members of the original Magick echo derived great pleasure and satisfaction from being able to discuss mundane and political matters with other members of the magickal community. | | | Only messages of magazine-article quality should be posted in Metaphysical. |
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http://www.skepticfiles.org/mys3/mag-pol2.htm
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| | The Stele |
| | Neopagan and Wicca pages of the The New Age Web Works. | | | Biblioteca Arcana: A collection of material relevant to Hellenic Neopaganism by John Opsopaus and Apollonius Sophistes |
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http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/OM
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| | Isaac Bonewits' Homepage |
| | Email threatening us with divine (or demonic) wrath is trashed automatically by our email programs and we never see it, so don’t bother even writing it. | | | If you’re looking for information on Neopagan Witchcraft or “Wicca,” and/or local Neopagan groups or individuals near you, visit the world’s largest database of such matters: The Witches’ Voice. | | | Before joining any group, analyse it using the Cult Danger Evaluation Frame. |
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http://www.neopagan.net
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| | Witchcraft of Wales, Cymry Wicca and Celtic Neopaganism |
| | Revised design copyright 1999 Rebecca Morgan, Camelot Dreams | | | IF YOU GET TIRED OF WAITING FOR THIS PAGE TO LOAD, CLICK ON THE MAGICK ANKH ABOVE AND BE TAKEN TO ANOTHER INFORMATION PAGE ABOUT WELSH WITCHCRAFT!!! | | | Witchcraft of Wales, Cymry Wicca and Celtic Neopaganism |
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http://www.tylwythteg.com/index3.html
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