Defining Paganism
What *is* a pagan?
Well...one way to look at it is that it is anyone that calls themselves a pagan .
Or, if you go the dictionary route:
The word pagan, according to Mirriam-Webster arises from 14th Middle English variation of the Latin paganus, meaning civilian or country dweller or from pagus, meaning country district.
Other Views and Definitions:
Our Ongoing, Never ending and somewhat tedious Debate on the Subject
http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/dissent/defpagan.htm
What *is* a pagan?
Well...one way to look at it is that it is anyone that calls themselves a pagan .
Or, if you go the dictionary route:
The word pagan, according to Mirriam-Webster arises from 14th Middle English variation of the Latin paganus, meaning civilian or country dweller or from pagus, meaning country district.
Other Views and Definitions:
Our Ongoing, Never ending and somewhat tedious Debate on the Subject
A Pagan or NeoPagan is someone who self-identifies as a Pagan, and whose spiritual or religious practice or belief fits into one or more of the following categories:
*Honoring, revering, or worshipping a Deity or Deities found in pre-Christian, classical, aboriginal, or tribal mythology; and/or
*Practicing religion or spirituality based upon shamanism, shamanic, or magickal practices; and/or
*Creating new religion based on past Pagan religions and/or futuristic views of society, community, and/or ecology;
*Focusing religious or spiritual attention primarily on the Divine Feminine; and/or
*Practicing religion that focuses on earth based spirituality.
from http://www.paganpride.org/who/who.html
*Honoring, revering, or worshipping a Deity or Deities found in pre-Christian, classical, aboriginal, or tribal mythology; and/or
*Practicing religion or spirituality based upon shamanism, shamanic, or magickal practices; and/or
*Creating new religion based on past Pagan religions and/or futuristic views of society, community, and/or ecology;
*Focusing religious or spiritual attention primarily on the Divine Feminine; and/or
*Practicing religion that focuses on earth based spirituality.
from http://www.paganpride.org/who/who.html
http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/dissent/defpagan.htm
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