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”

• Detroit as the Liberal Model?

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 164
  So, watch the video, which has an admittedly very right wing message... and share your thoughts on what YOU think about this reports point of view. As someone who used to live very near to the city of Detroit, I found the video to be honest in a lot of the earnest opinions. Looking at some of the other major cities ...
  15 hours ago

• Fae

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 164
  What are your experiences with fae? Theyve come to visit in a friends house, and Id like to know if I should be concerned for her. She wants them there, but she also doesnt believe that they could do "bad" things. From what Ive read, its not that theyre good/evil, but that they merely just do whatever makes them ...
  18 hours ago

• Gaias Gate?

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 164
  Has anyone heard of anything in mythology called Gaias Gate?
  20 hours ago

• SPLM delegation visits Cairo to discuss CPA

  
  Sudan Watch — Authority: 509
  SPLM Delegation Spends Weekend In Cairo To Discuss CPA Report from SRS - Sudan Radio Service, 22 December 2009: (Cairo) – The SPLM and the Egyptian government discussed the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and other issues in Cairo on Saturday. The SPLM delegation, headed by GONU Minister of ...
  1 day ago

• Some Atheists Love Christmas Traditions!

  
  Proud Atheists — Authority: 423
  FFreeThinker tells us a little background about the origins of the symbolism and practices regarding the Christian holiday, Christmas. Many traditions and aspects of the modern Christmas celebration were taken from the Pagans, Mithraic and even Magi. Christmas is an annual holiday, celebrated on December ...
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• The fake War against Christmas

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 460
  This incisive commentary by Isaac Bailey of the Myrtle Beach Sun exposes the pseudo-rhetoric around the unnecessary defense of Christmas. Every year, one by one, the evangelists stir up the emotions of their more easily confused followers by claiming that non-Christians and other heathens are trying to destroy ...
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• Happy Yule

  
  Wilson's Blogmanac — Authority: 129
  Yule is one of the eight solar holidays, or sabbats, of Neopaganism. Of course, it is a far older tradition than that, as it was the Winter Solstice celebration of Scandinavian Norse mythology and Germanic pagans. It is celebrated on the solstice, in the Northern Hemisphere, circa December 21 and in the Southern ...
  2 days ago

• Preparing for the Sun’s return at Yule

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 432
  A cardinal perches on a holly branch. Image courtesy Irritated Vowel, http://www.irritatedvowel.com. Yule is a celebration of the rebirth of the sun, light, and hope–but the Solstice Day itself is the shortest of the year. I have been thinking a great deal more about the dark and quiet than about the coming ...
  2 days ago

• Summers Scent

  
  http://vanillaimpaired.com — Authority: 125
  Fireflies and summer sun in circles round we become as one. Singing songs at magick’s hour we bring the winds and timeless powers. Turning inward, hand in hand we dance the hearth to heal the land. Standing silent, beneath the sky we catch the fire from out Pan’s eye. Swaying breathless, beside the sea we call the ...
  2 days ago

• Why do You Celebrate Your Winter Holiday of Choice?

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 164
  Ive seen the threads on how we celebrate, but what I want to know is why you celebrate whatever it is you celebrate.
  2 days ago

• ROME

  
  EndrTimes — Authority: 150
  Eternal City, Perpetual Fire Fig.6a. Map of Rome, the city on seven hills. And now we arrive in Rome, both the empire, the fourth and final beast of world history according to the prophet Daniel, and also the city at its center. This is the source of the myth of Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars (Nimrod), ...
  2 days ago

• Hugo Chavez orders military to shoot at US aircraft

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 164
  Link Quote: Speaking during his weekly television and radio program, Mr Chavez said the aircraft overflew a Venezuelan military base in the western state of Zulia after taking off from neighbouring Colombia. He did not elaborate, but suggested the plane was being used for espionage. "These are the ...
  2 days ago

• Landmines: Obamas ultimate betrayal

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 164
  Link Quote: My personal breaking point, after months of jaw-dropping astonishment at Obamas betrayals, was his refusal almost alone of the worlds leaders to ban child-killing landmines and cluster bombs. His state department announced this shameful policy on Thanksgiving eve, as if to hide it from ...
  2 days ago

• Diversity, Tolerance and the Perils of Ego

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  The Ugandan parliament recently introduced a bill that would make it illegal to be homosexual or advocate in any way same-sex relationship. Fast on the heels of this legislation is a similar bill that stands before the Rwandan parliament. What this positionality roundly, and sadly, suggests is that the only traits ...
  2 days ago

• Winter Solstice

  
  Changing Places — Authority: 416
  “Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle … a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream.” - Barbara Winkler “Have you ever noticed a tree standing naked against the sky, How beautiful it is? All its ...
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• Winter Solstice

  
  Hard Light: Steve Walton's Outdoor Blog — Authority: 106
  Today is the winter solstice which marks the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.  I went down the lane to Thornton Reservoir this evening to take a few images as the sun went down on the shortest day of the year. The winter solstice is a pagan festival which has been celebrated for thousands of years, ...
  2 days ago

• Winter Solstice 2009

  
  A Pagan's Blog — Authority: 125
  Last night wecelebrated the Winter Solstice in Berkeley.   Old friends and newer gathered together to invoke, dance, sing,and burn the boughs of last years celebrations in a brilliantconflagration.   I hope the Yule Fires enthusiastic flames will prove an omen for the coming year, as the meager andfitful fire of ...
  2 days ago

• Happy Winter Solstice!!!

  
  Otterwise — Authority: 129
  At 12:47 P.M. (Eastern) today, the Sun comes back!
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• Little Kitten – Atheists Love Christmas Too

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 134
  By FFreeThinker : “I LOVE Christmas” by zombiechaddy. Ever wonder where we get our Christmas traditions? This video explains where the most popular Christmas traditions come from. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_s9NWchEo8 ShareThis
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• Happy Solstice, Everyone!

  
  Cheryl's Mewsings — Authority: 133
  For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the days are now getting longer again. Photo by gorbulas sandybanks from Flickr , used under a Creative Commons license.
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