Pagan

The term pagan comes from the Latin word paganus, meaning country dweller. It is a rather recent word, formed in the pre-Christian Europe by Christians to describe those who weren't Christians. The pagans lived most often on the countryside, while the first Christians lived in cities; hence the expression pagan.

The word pagan has varied meanings, and it is most often used by believers in monotheistic religions, namely Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This definition includes most practitioners of polytheistic and indigenous religions, and also neo-paganism.

Nowadays the word pagan is no longer considered a pejorative term, and people are actually proud to call themselves pagans. The blogosphere is saturated with pagan content: Find out about becoming an Egyptian pagan, check out the goddess of the week, or learn more on totems, funerals or pagan architecture.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Pagan”

• Watch The Pagan Queen

  
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  Genre: Drama Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it. IMDB Review Release: year 2009
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• Obama to announce extra 34,000 troops for Afghanistan before end of November

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  Link Quote: After a seventh meeting with senior advisers on the thorny issue of reinforcements, officials said he favoured the middle of three options presented by Gen Stanley McChrystal, the Nato and US commander in Afghanistan. At the meetings - totalling 20 hours - Gen McChrystal had presented ...
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• Not enough about him? Barack Obama skips Berlin Wall ceremonies

  
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  Link Quote: There was one world leader absent for today’s commemorations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Surprisingly enough, it’s President Barack Obama, who found time last year to give a campaign speech there last year, which Der Spiegel summed up as “People of ...
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• Expert Says Number of Childrens Books About Obama Is Astounding

  
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  Link Quote: Newswise — Given the media blitz surrounding the last U.S. presidential campaign and that book authors are often inspired by the world around them, its no wonder the market for childrens literature has seen its share of books about the new president, according to a Kansas State ...
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• Obama Promise To End The War, 2007 - "You Can Take That To The Bank"

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LsSp...layer_embedded What do you Obamaniacs have to say about your savior now?
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• Waldschein - Verborgene Pfade (2009)

  
  Lestat-Metal Union — Authority: 144
  Genre : Pagan Black Metal Country : Germany 1. Verborgene Pfade (1:59) 2. Nebelweiten (7:31) 3. Waldschein (7:03) 4. Schwingen des Waldes (6:01) 5. Agonie eines Volkes (6:05) 6. Die ewige Eiche (4:10) 7. Vor den Toren des weissen Wolfes (4:11) 8. Kurnous Geist (4:56)
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• Polytheism and Monism

  
  A Pagan's Blog — Authority: 421
  One of the nicest things about Pagans is that ingeneral we do not get into hot arguments about theology.   What unites our smaller communities arecommon practices, not common beliefs.   We are little worried if others are not Wiccans or Heathens or CelticReconstructionists or devotees to Orishas or whatever, ...
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• A Nightmarish Scenario

  
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  Did some of you catch Adam Rubin’s column this morning in the Daily News ? Well I did, and it made me feel quite woozy afterward. Adam revealed a potential Mets backup option if they were to fail to get either Matt Holliday or Jason Bay. Meet Plan C? That’s Jose Guillen, currently of the Kansas City ...
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• AD: I write books and make ritual tools :)

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  Since Im making the rounds here after being gone for quite some time, thought Id post a reminder that I sell stuff :) Books: I write stuff. Especially, though not exclusively, about animal magic, and primarily for intermediate to advanced practitioners, though apparently even beginners have been able to use my work. ...
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  SelwynDuke.com — Authority: 125
  The GAPs Relativistic "Holiday Commercial" While many wouldnt classify this GAP commercial as an "attack" upon Christmas, it certainly is an example of the demotion of it. It begins and ends with relativistic sentiments (using relativism is a more clever way of diminishing faith than overt attacks are) and lends ...
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• “Wiccan Priest” And Author Stanley J. A. Modrzyk Threatens to Start Online Libel Campaign Aganist Me!

  
  Red Alerts — Authority: 571
  A man named Stanley J. A. Modrzyk is upset with me because of the appearance of a friend of his on Wikisposure and Absolute Zero , which I then reported on . Modrzyk claims that the appearance of Jerry Douglas Ray on Wikisposure is all a case of “mistaken identity” and since he was Ray’s priest at one ...
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• “Altitude Marketing Secrets top internet marketing gurus Doesnt Know About”

  
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  Free E-book visit: howtohaveyourbestyearever.weebly.com Google me: Charleston Silvestre tweet me : twitter.com MYSPACE www.myspace.com FACEBOOK www.facebook.com www.youtube.com — Don’t Forget To *SUBSCRIBE* To My YouTube Channel — (Simply click on the yellow ‘SUBSCRIBE’ button above) If you have any ...
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• Magical Limitions

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  Something I was considering over 15 years of occult study and research. Why do we do the things we do? I tend to make do with what I feel at the time of casting. I dont do circles and stars and all that dramatic stuff. If a caster is that type of person, GO for it! I personally am not. My attention wanders after ...
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• Harvest Supper at church

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  Ugh... tomorrow is the "harvest supper" at my mother-in-laws church. I really dont want to go because I know people will be asking me "so why dont you come to church anymore?" (I attended there on Sundays while my husband was deployed... just to give me something to do.) No one at the church knows I am Pagan and Im ...
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• The Crucifix - a Christian or pagan symbol?

  
  The Plain Truth — Authority: 556
  The Crucifix - a Christian or pagan symbol? By Wyatt Ciesielka Sabbath , November 21, 2009 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has sparked a heated debate with the Greek Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and Italian mayors over the role of the crucifix in Italian society ( Christian ...
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• Who is mystery Babylon?

  
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  The Identity of Mystery Babylon Who is mystery Babylon? Revelation 17:5 reads, “And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” Just from analysing scriptures alone from the Book of Revelation a consistent theme can be seen of an ...
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• New Moon, Noumenia, and Me.

  
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  Dear Friends and Pagani,A stick of incense burns upon my altar.  An offering unto the Theoi on the Noumenia.In ancient times the Noumenia honored Selene, Apollon Noumenios, and The  Household Gods; including Hestia, Zeus, Hermes, Hecate, Appolon Ageieus, the familial Agathos Diamons, and ones honored Ancestors.   ...
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• Oregon/Washington?

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  Im just beginning to consider letting my brother talk me into moving West. Hes currently in the Seattle/Everett area but may be moving to Oregon. Im considering the Portland area because it rates well in terms of jobs and affordability. Seattle rates better for jobs, but affordability is an issue to. Bill has ...
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• Obama admits that he will not close GTMO on time

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/us/19gitmo.html?_r=1 Not like anyone here called this as soon as he announced the deadline
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• Obama nominates yet another tax cheat

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  For a Treasury department job...I need to stop paying taxes so I can get a cushy government job. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...lhn8AD9C28F3G0
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