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	Against the Neo-Pagans
		One should consider, then, that "paganism" is a fundamentally tendentious and artificial concept that scarcely corresponds to the historical reality of what the pre-Christian world always was in its normal manifestations, apart from a few decadent elements and aspects that derived from the degenerate remains of older cultures.
		Moreover, the pagan way of life was absolutely not that of a mindless innocence, nor a natural abandonment to the passions, even if certain forms of it were obviously degenerate.
		Paganism is here often used as the synonym for a merely worldly and yet exclusive concept of sovereignty, which turns the relationships upside-down.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/1404/pagan.html (1720 words)

	Paganism & Neo - Paganism
		Pagans see the divine as immanent in the whole of life and the universe; in every tree, plant, animal and object, man and woman and in the dark side of life as much as in the light.
		Paganism has developed alongside mankind for thousands of years; as cultures have changed so has Paganism, yet it is grounded in deep rooted genetic memories that go back to neolithic times and before.
		Pagans are usually polytheistic (believing in more than one god), and they usually believe in immanance, or the concept of divinity residing in all things.
	www.crystalinks.com /paganism.html (1891 words)

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		Pagans, while conversion in Europe was still underway, were seen as fierce, violent, brutal, bloodthirsty, ignorant and dangerous.
		Paganism was banned in Rome in 391, which ended persecution of Christians and made Christianity compulsory in what remained of the crumbling Roman Empire.
		Eventually, the word "pagan" in English came to mean "lacking any religion", not believing in God, and indulging in the brutish, animalistic pleasures of violence and amoral sex.
	www.starfirescircle.com /neopag.txt (2033 words)

	Paganism- the religion of the 21st Century?
		Janet Farrar appealed to young Pagans, "the new face of the Old Religion", to be revolutionary, to challenge authority-and she appealed to older members of Paganism to accept this, rather than insisting that their own way, the "old" traditions, must be right.
		Pagans need to engage in serious dialogue with those of other religions, she said, but also need to defend themselves against the "right wing lunatic fringe".
		Pagans have already spoken at world religious conferences; the time may not be far off when a Pagan priest or priestess stands alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chief Rabbi and other religious leaders at major national events, with equality and mutual respect.
	www.lightwatcher.com /old_lightbytes/neo_pagans.html (887 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		They are attracted to Paganism because mainstream religion does not satisfy their need for an interactive faith, said the Rev. Susan Davis, a coven leader.
		Pagans are better educated than the average American and skew slightly female, various neo-Pagans interviewed said.
		While Pagans are all ages, teens and 20-somethings are fueling the growth, River Higginbotham said.
	www.jrn.columbia.edu /studentwork/cns/2003-05-23/syndication/Burke-Pagan.txt (960 words)

	Neopagan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These latter groups are mainly focussed on the 'atavistic' pagan religions and are generally not interested in post-pagan religions (with the possible exception of Hinduism).
		For the Pagan Alliance, for example, there would be a duality where the Goddess is continuous (eternal) while the God would be the lifeforce (living and dying) energy representing the cycle of life and death.
		Thus neo-pagans distinguish themselves from New Age groups 1-by using the term Goddess as a powerful metaphor for monism, 2- by re-enacting pagan lifestyles, 3- by being a nature based religion, and 4- by practising rituals and ceremonies.
	www.lib.monash.edu.au /databases/lau/arc-pro/contents/neopagan/nach3.htm (2133 words)

	Neo-Pagans and Self Actualization Part II
		Some were peakers already who, dissatisfied with their organized religion's premises, found paganism to be a venue in which continuing revelation and experience were valued and welcomed.
		Pagan religions will continue to be alive and vibrant only if we remain vigilant against the encroachment of dogmatism.
		Pagan religions will either continue to be systems where peakers are free to experience their personal revelations, where new forms are welcomed and individual spiritual freedom is encouraged or they will eventually become just another in a long line of dead or dying organized religions.
	www.davensjournal.com /NPaSA_PII.xhtml (1648 words)

	Book Review-Adler-Drawing Down the Moon
		Among the worshippers, this difference of opinions is expected when studying Pagan and Neo-Pagan practices because a basic belief of these people is that one should arrive at their own individual belief based on the influence of personal experience.
		Many Pagans and Neo-Pagans are proud of their absence of dogma and the emphasis on creativity and originality.
		The origins of Paganism are obscure and there is not always proof that the initiator was initiated "properly." (94) This does not make their position invalid.
	www.crab.rutgers.edu /~banner/adler.html (1780 words)

	Press Resources Page 3
		Paganism is a collection of diverse contemporary religions rooted in indigenous traditions or deriving inspiration from them.
		Pagan religions are characterized by a belief in the interconnection of all life, personal autonomy, and immanent divinities.
		Pagan rituals celebrate natural phenomena (such as lunar phases or solstices), cultural or ancestral events (such as marriages or ethnic holidays), or personal transitions (such as moving to a new home or starting a new career).
	www.bloomington.in.us /~pen/pressres3.html (487 words)

	Meanings of the terms Pagan and Paganism
		In this sense, "Pagan" refers to a group of religious traditions, and should be capitalized, as Christianity, Islam and Judaism are.
		Paganism is occasionally used to refer to animistic, spirits-and-essences filled belief systems.
		One condemned Christmas' practices as "merely variations of the ceremonies invented by the corrupt pagans of yesterday." It refers to the Christian concept of the Trinity as deriving from "Pagan Babylon." "The religion of pagan Babylon did not disappear...it was passed on down, to 'Mystery Babylon,'...[the] mother of abominations of the earth.
	www.religioustolerance.org /paganism.htm (2773 words)

	Introduction to Paganism
		Pagans are encouraged to question, to grow spiritually, and to assume responsibility for their own lives.
		Pagan religions are natural religions both in origin and in mode of expression as opposed to artificially created ideological religions.
		Paganism is committed, as a religious movement, to change humanities interaction with Nature, from one of fear, separation, arrogance, domination and destruction, to a relationship of mutuality, empathy, conscious evolution and respect for the ancestors of the human species.
	www.tylwythteg.com /PaganPage/intro.html (4458 words)

	PSA Standard Flyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Pagan Student Alliance is a religious-based group for Pagan and Neo-Pagan students and faculty at S.F.A.S.U. We're here to provide a community for Pagans and other interested parties on the S.F.A. campus, to act as a voice for Pagans at S.F.A., and to foster religious understanding between people of different faiths.
		A Pagan (or Neo-Pagan) is a practitioner of any of a large number of beliefs derived from ancient religions.
		Some are drawn to the nature based aspect of Paganism, feeling a strong need to "get back to the Earth." Other people simply find that Pagan beliefs fit their own worldview and their perceptions of the Universe.
	www.osa.sfasu.edu /orgs/psa2/flyer.htm (905 words)

	CAWeb - CAW Articles - Neo-Paganism and the Church of All Worlds: Some Questions and Answers
		In this sense, Paganism is religion; the foundation, ground and source of all we may term "religious" and "spiritual." And the CAW is essentially and profoundly Pagan.
		Pagan religions, unlike philosophical religions, are not exactly "created," but swell up from the hearts of a people to fulfill a need.
		Paganism is re-emerging today because natural religion is a spontaneous evocation of the spirit of Life, and will inevitably find expression in human cultures.
	www.caw.org /articles/cawquest.html (2173 words)

	Grand Rapids, MI Pagan Pride Day 2001: Resources: Neo-Paganism - The Divine In All Creation
		Silhouetted against the Full Moon, a group of robes figures chants while a Priestess raises her arms in the candlelight to welcome the Goddess, the ancient Mother in her many names and forms, to their ceremony.
		Neo-Paganism is a broad term covering contemporary practice of many nature-based spiritual paths that honor the Divine as immanent in creation.
		What they all share, the common thread within the multicolored tapestry of modern Neo-Paganism, is a reverence for Nature's ever-returning cycles, a spirit of community among individual diversity, and a search for personal truth, found not within another's revelation, but engraved on the spirit of the individual.
	www.angelfire.com /home/grpaganpride/resources/neopaganism.html (879 words)

	Anti-Neo-Pagan Apologetics (This Rock: May-June 2003)
		Many neo-pagans advance the claim that there should not be a single world religion with a single deity or set of deities to be worshiped by all mankind, but rather each group should worship the gods of their ancestors or of their preference.
		For example, in Greek and Roman paganism, the kings of the gods (Zeus and Jupiter) are in control of thunder, but the thunder god in Germanic paganism is Thor, who is not the king of the gods (that would be Odin).
		Similarly, in Indo-European paganisms, the sky god tends to be masculine and the earth goddess feminine, but this is reversed in Egyptian mythology.
	www.catholic.com /thisrock/2003/0305bt.asp (1678 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| World Latest \| Appeals Court Tosses Judge's Wiccan Order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The judge's order followed a routine court report that said both parents are pagans who send their son, who is now 10 years old, to a Catholic school.
		Wiccans consider themselves witches, pagans or neo-pagans, and say their religion is based on respect for the earth, nature and the cycle of the seasons.
		The parents' appeal said there were about 1 million pagans worldwide in 2002, more than the numbers who practice Sikhism, Taoism and other established religions in the United States.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uslatest/story/0,1282,-5217138,00.html (276 words)

	Joy's Essay
		More than just a religion in the common understanding of the word, it is a way of life which revives and recreates the tribal practices and traditions of ancient and indigenous peoples who derive their worship from the world around them.
		For most Pagans, this means that one has the freedom to do whatever one wishes, as long as it harms nothing, including the self.
		It must be understood that the God who controlled was not the healthy God, the Horned One, Cernunos, Herne or the Green Man. This was, essentially, the immature aspect of the God which is clearly seen in the Old Testament as capricious, grasping and jealous.
	www.dancinghummingbird.com /joyw/essay3.html (2214 words)

	Neo-Pagan Unity
		This mysterious "Paganism (the Pagan religion)" is portrayed in such a manner that it seems as harmless and "normal" as possible.
		In addition, the number of duotheistic Pagans may be relatively large due to the popularity of Wicca, but there are too few duotheistic religions for this concept of deity to be considered an integral definition of Neo-Pagan beliefs.
		However, a large number of Pagans do actually strive towards balance between deities of both sexes and their personal emphasis towards one or the other depends on their own relationships with different deities, not from their religious beliefs and practices being a reflection on the surrounding culture.
	www.kaaos.org /faerie/neopagan.html (3746 words)

	An Ye Harm Nonet by Shelley TSivia Rabinovitch and Meredith Macdonald
		There is a myriad of statements imbedded in pagan statements: a world where magic is a real force; where the environment is important as it is "our mother"; where spirit is imbedded in all living things; where all life in the world is equal and not on some hierarchical pyramid structure.
		For those who are poor pagans, they need to respect the fact that their choices might not be the best for the environment but they are the best ones FOR THEM at this time.
		I believe there will also be some sort of pagan gathering around November of this year in Ottawa which I will be at, and I'll be at Gaia Gathering (Edmonton, Alberta) this mid-May giving a paper on paganism from the academic angle as well as selling and signing copies of the books.
	www.twpt.com /anyeharmnone.htm (2022 words)

	The SeaPagan List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The SeaPagan list is for the discussion of issues and items of interest to pagans living in Seattle in particular and Western Washington State in general.
		We welcome all who self-identify themselves as "pagans" or "neo-pagans" as well as those interested in neo-paganism and neo-pagan religions.
		Topics relating to paganism in all its forms, especially those of a local regional focus, are the focus of the list.
	www.seapagan.org (161 words)

	Druids go 'public' \| Arizona Daily Star ®
		Druids are part of a faith called neo-paganism - a broad term that typically applies to a person who celebrates nature, usually someone who practices a form of worship that descends from the various religions that preceded Christianity.
		"A lot of disaffected Christians turn to paganism," Greene explains after invoking the nature deities during a recent Saturday morning worship service with the local Sonoran Sunrise Grove of Druids, which has about 30 members and is attracting a growing number of curious spectators to its eight yearly festivals.
		Greene describes Druids as the "high Episco- pagans" of pre-Christianity because of their thirst for theological study, though unlike Christians they do not rely on a specific text like the Bible.
	www.azstarnet.com /dailystar/printDS/21583.php (836 words)

	The Pagan's Path ~ Awareness
		The Burning Times are attributed to Saint Augustine who said that pagans, Jews and heretics would burn forever in eternal fire with the Devil unless saved by the Catholic Church.
		These organizations have decided that any sites on the internet which relate to paganism or witchcraft are not suitable for family viewing.
		Most of these are geared toward the United States, so I would like to invite any of you to email us and let us know of other organizations around the world who focus their work on other countries.
	www.paganspath.com /aware.htm (1355 words)

	Pagan
		In our effort to increase awareness of Pagan and Neo-Pagan issues and foster a more accurate world-view of the beliefs and practices of Paganism and Neo-Paganism, New Age Web Works has created this area as an open platform to present and explore these issues from every prospective.
		Pagans practice a variety of positive life affirming faiths that are dedicated to healing the people of the Earth as well as the Earth herself. As such, we do not advocate or condone any acts that victimize others, including those proscribed by law.
		We have simply created this Web platform to provide you with what we believe to be our truth in the hopes that it will correct some of the erroneous misperceptions about our type of religion. We encourage you to search these pages and possibly it will help you validate your own path.
	www.newageinfo.com /Pagan.htm (1154 words)

	Russia, Paganism, Neo-Paganism
		In his concluding essay, Viktor Shnirelman fills in the gaps by examining neo-pagan movements in Ukraine, Lithuania, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan, as well as the pagan revival among various peoples of the Middle Volga (Mari, Chuvash, Mordva, Tatars), the Far North (Komi), the North Caucasus (Ossets), and Siberia (the Altai Territory).
		Many aim to restore the old gods -- whether it be Perun, Svarog, and the other members of the ancient Slavic pantheon or Tengri, sun-god of the Turkic peoples before they adopted Islam -- in all their pristine glory.
		Others strive to construct a synthesis of pagan and Christian elements, such as the doctrine of the Ancient-Russian Ingling Church of Orthodox Old Believers, founded in 1992 in Omsk by the occultist "Father" Alexander Khinevich.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/6022-3.cfm (380 words)

	The Gathering - Pagan & Wiccan Culture
		At the bottom of the page you will find links taking you to further resources, such as our Pagan - Christian discussion list, further writings from The Gathering, and general information about who we are.
		This is an attempt to reach in both directions: 1) To communicate to the Pagan community, that we understand and love you, and 2) To educate the Christian community on modern Pagans, and Witches in a real, and compassionate manner.
		The theology of the Pagan, the laws of the Pagan, the rituals of the Pagan, and the organization of Pagan religion in America will be discussed.
	www.gathering4square.com /Gathering_Web/NewPages/pagan_study_intro.html (950 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Others thought the meaning of the word paganus is closer to “civilian”, which ties in with the idea that Pagans were not part of the Christian army of God.
		In other words, a Pagan was someone who preferred the old local religions as opposed to the new religion of Christianity.
		Regardless of the actual derivation, today the word “Paganism” is often used to refer to the group of Pre-Christian European religions and, more generally, to the indigenous religions of the world.
	www.calstatela.edu /orgs/pagancircle/pagan.html (477 words)

	Paganism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Anyone practicing paganism is usually known as a pagan.
		Gradually a pagan referred to anyone not being a Christian; and paganism came to mean a non-Christian belief or religion.
		Present day pagans or Neo-pagans, as some refer to themselves, find a unison with the ecstatic and mysticism of the pre-Christian religions which they find missing in the mainstream Western religion.
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/p/paganism.html (222 words)

	Owldaughter - Reviews: Voices From the Pagan Census
		This "Pagan Census", conducted via national survey between 1993 and 1995, compares Neo-Pagans with American society at large by contrasting the responses gathered from the Pagan survey with the results tabulated from the United States General Social Survey (an average of data calculated from national surveys made over the past twenty years).
		The information contained in Voices from the Pagan Census needs to be re-presented in an accessible format for the Pagan community itself to digest the findings.
		This information would be wonderful to disseminate to the Pagan community, but in its current form it will not reach them, no matter how advanced their education.
	www.owldaughter.org /reviews/voicescensus.html (338 words)

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