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”

• 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 ...
  6 hours ago

• 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 ...
  7 hours ago

• 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 ...
  8 hours ago

• Who is mystery Babylon?

  
  EndrTimes — Authority: 444
  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 ...
  12 hours ago

• New Moon, Noumenia, and Me.

  
  Chrysalis — Authority: 121
  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.   ...
  1 day ago

• 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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• apparently you cant be a black man if you are against healthcare

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  According to the Phil Hellmuth of playing race cards, Rev. Jackson. Quote: “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.” http://thehill.com/homenews/house/68...lf-a-black-man
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• Commenter on Wiccan Blog Posts Mincing Death Threat Against Me for Defending Sarah Palin, Diaspora Religion, and Conservatives

  
  Red Alerts — Authority: 570
  Slow day here? You betcha! I’m putting the finishing touches on a book review and decided to engage on some Internet dialog with my fellow Pagans who lean left on this hit piece on Jason Pitzl-Waters’ blog The Wild Hunt . I hesitate to bring this up because Jason thinks I dislike him on a personal level which ...
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• Casting off our First Faith in America

  
  Watchman Magazine a WIBR/WARN News site — Authority: 119
  By The Watchman Dana G Smith A Special Message “on the outside, America seems like a pagan nation, but it is not such. It has like a dog who has returned to its own vomit, casting off the Son of God and is proceeding down the road to destruction. But in spite of all the shaking in America and the world, this will ...
  2 days ago

• Sky Earth Sea: Better Than Coffee!! (and other bits of interest)

  
  Meadowsweet & Myrrh — Authority: 408
  Hey there, dear readers! Shameless plug to follow, for those of you looking for some new high-quality reading material on Druidry and Paganism... Check out the latest issue of Sky Earth Sea: A Journal of Practical Spirituality . Not just for Druids and Pagans, this journal has something for anyone and everyone ...
  2 days ago

• Yule Celebrations

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  How do you celebrate Yule in your house? Do you have any traditions or activities?
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• US can dismantle too big to fail firms

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/...5lbHVzY2FuZGk-
  3 days ago

• Listing Vetted: Bellica — solid

  
  Web Fiction Guide — Authority: 129
  Bellica Yarrow is faced with a tough choice: obey the laws of the nation laid down by her sister, the Empreena, keeping safe those she loves, or fight against the corruption that holds the Sceptre and risk losing it all.  Yarrow has never been one to shrink from a good fight, but the looming battle [...]
  3 days ago

• Obama vows Afghan exit

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  Quote: U.S. President Barack Obama aims to bring the Afghan war to an end before he leaves office, he said on Wednesday, the eve of a swearing-in ceremony Western officials hope can help salvage Hamid Karzais tattered reputation. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/...us_afghanistan
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• Wives claim husbands are heroes, not criminals

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/18/arm...ves/index.html Quote: Earlier this year, Leahy, Hatley and Mayo were convicted of premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder in the killings of the four Iraqi detainees in March 2007... "They served their country, and theyve been through ...
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• Seven Letters to Seven Churches: Pergamum

  
  May He Increase — Authority: 121
  This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Seven Letters to Seven Churches The martyred church of Smyrna was the last letter we studied . Like Ephesus , Smyrna was one of the better churches. Smyrna, however, did not receive any word of condemnation. Jesus only had positive words to speak to Smyrna. We will now ...
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• The Democrat War on the Christian God

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  “Christian God?”  You mean there are other Gods? Of course not, unless we include the multiple pagan gods, the god of Mammon, the god of Hollywood, Michael Jackson, et al. We could say the Democratic Party is at war with the Judeo-Christian God, which is the same God, but that construct wouldn’t be ...
  3 days ago

• How Hitler and the Nazis tried to rob Christ from Christmas

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  London, Nov 18 (ANI): Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party made every effort to remove Christ from Christmas by paganising carols, producing glittering swastika, iron cross and toy grenade baubles for the fir tree, a study for a new exhibition revealed. Many of the changes made under Hitler, put in place to remove the ...
  3 days ago

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