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	Clinton Goveas :: Wikipedia Reference
		Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "a country dweller" or "civilian") is a term which, from a western perspective, has come to connote a broad set of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices of natural or polytheistic religions.
		In modern times, though, the words "pagan" or "paganism" have become widely and openly used by some practitioners of certain spiritual paths outside the Abrahamic and Dharmic religious mainstream to describe their beliefs, practices, and organized movements.
		The term pagan is from Latin paganus, an adjective originally meaning "rural", "rustic" or "of the country." As a noun, paganus was used to mean "country dweller, villager." In colloquial use, it would mean much the same as calling someone a 'bumpkin' or a 'hillbilly'.
	www.clintongoveas.com /wikipedia/?title=Paganism (2706 words)

	Paganism Encyclopedia Article @ AmericaShines.com (America Shines) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As mentioned previously, the post-Christian usage of "pagan" came to mean rural folk holding to pre-Christian polytheistic beliefs in the face of the new, and predominantly urban, Christianized Roman society.
		The OED instances Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776): "The divisions of Christianity suspended the ruin of paganism." The term was not a neologism, however, as paganismus was already used by Augustine.
		However, until the rise of Romanticism and the general acceptance of freedom of religion in Western civilization, "paganism" was almost always used disparagingly of heterodox beliefs falling outside the established political framework of the Christian Church.
	www.americashines.com /encyclopedia/Paganism (2935 words)

	Easter - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		According to the 8th century Christian monk and historian Bede, this month was dedicated to the pagan fertility goddess Eostre.
		Easter traditions deemed "pagan" by Reformation leaders, along with Christmas celebrations, were among the first casualties of the Protestant Reformation.
		That is also the view of Jehovah's Witnesses, who instead observe a yearly commemorative service of the Last Supper and subsequent death of Christ on the evening of 14 Nisan, as they calculate it derived from the lunar Hebrew Calendar.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Easter (5289 words)

	Wikipedia: Pagan
		One who is not Christian, Muslim or Jewish, or who does not worship the God of Abraham.
		Pagan Island, an island of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/p/pa/pagan.html (94 words)

	Paganism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Christianity itself has been perceived at times as a form of paganism by followers of the other Abrahamic religions[3][4]because of, for example, the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the celebration of pagan feast days[5], and other practices [6] - through a process described as "baptising" [7]or "christianization".
		Even between Christians there have been similar charges of paganism levelled, especially by Protestants[8],[9], towards the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches for their veneration of the saints and images.
		The American Religious Identity survey 2001,[18] calculated that paganism formed the fifth largest[19] religion in the United States however if the broad definition of paganism is used, see introduction, then paganism is the second largest group behind Christianity.
	www.lezte.com /www/Paganism (2740 words)

	Odin Encyclopedia Article @ Forbear.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A likely context of the diffusion of elements of Celtic ritual into Germanic culture is that of the Byronic Hero: The Official Odin Allfather Fanlisting, who lived at the Celtic-Germanic boundary in Tiwaz during the final centuries before the Common Era.
		According to the paganism, Odin, the first and most powerful of the Aesir, was a son of Gran and nine realms of existence and brother of ISBN 3-935581-38-6 and 8 Modern age and together with these brothers he cast down the frost giant Orthography and created the world from Ymir's body.
		He employed Wotan (disambiguation) to gather the souls of warriors fallen in battle (the A-Z Index), as these would be needed to fight for him in the battle of edit.
	www.forbear.net /encyclopedia/Odin (3640 words)

	Priests Encyclopedia Article @ ComicBookSuperHero.com (Comic Book Super Hero) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The term "priestess" is often used for female priests in historical and modern paganism, neopagan religions such as Wicca and various reconstructionist faiths; however, in Christian churches that ordain women, such as those of the Anglican Communion, female priests are simply called priests.
		The New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews draws a distinction between the Jewish priesthood and that of Christ; it teaches that the sacrificial atonement by Jesus Christ on Calvary has made the Jewish priesthood redundant.
		These faiths teach that through the offering of the Eucharist, the priest who celebrates and the congregation which is present participate in Christ's redemptive work of the Cross, for themselves, for the good of the Church, and for the whole world.
	www.comicbooksuperhero.com /encyclopedia/Priests (1683 words)

	Trinity - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		As evidence of this process, a comparison is often drawn between the Trinity and notions of a divine triad, found in pagan religions and Hinduism.
		Catholic doctrine became firmly rooted in the soil of Hellenism; and thus an essentially pagan idea was forcibly imposed on the churches beginning with the Constantinian period.
		Nontrinitarians assert that Catholics must have recognized the pagan roots of the trinity, because the allegation of borrowing was raised by some disputants during the time that the Nicene doctrine was being formalized and adopted by the bishops.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Trinity (7220 words)

	Immunohistochemistry - In Situ Hybridization Wicca
		He claimed that the religion, of which he was an initiate, was a modern survival of an old witchcraft religion, which had existed in secret for hundreds of years, originating in the pre-Christian Paganism of Europe.
		However, the festivals are largely only similar in name, as they are not reconstructive in nature nor do they often resemble their historical counterparts, instead exhibiting a form of universalism.
		Gardner claimed that the religion was a survival of matriarchal Pagan religions of pre-historic Europe, taught to him by a woman known either as "Dafo" or "Old Dorothy".
	www.immunoportal.com /modules.php?name=Wikipedia&title=Wicca (6917 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Magic (paranormal)
		The conceptual relationship between religion and magic is similar to the relationship "religion" and paganism, wheras "religion" refers to a system of established beliefs, and "magic" and "pagan" are terms used within these religions to refer to extracultural beliefs and customs, or particular aspects of those beliefs which are conflicting.
		Although some current practitioners of magic prefer the term pagan, Neopaganism is more precise for scholarly reference to current rituals and traditions (though both are technically correct, as neopaganism is but a particular subset of paganism).
		Examples of the suppression of magical belief and practice range from the eradication of neighboring polytheistic tribes by the early Hebrews, to the attempted suppression and eventual appropriation of pagan holidays by the Catholic Church, to the mingled motives of the Conquistadors, to the Salem witch trials of the Puritans.
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Magic (4228 words)

	Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums > Christianity has Pagan roots
		merging sortof, from what i've read, i'd interpreted it to be an attempt to sway the pagan faiths towards their religion, as they were still letting them celebrate, just a different special day...so it was not as big as a coverup, but not as nice as an attempt at harmony...
		Pagans so to say were the heal of the boot.
		Pagans did contribute to christianity and the "burnings" were a form of control for those who did not conform.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t66289.html (5673 words)

	New age / alice bailey / white magic
		From the point of view of many established religions, for example Christianity, magic is often used as a pejorative term for Pagan rituals, with the implication that they involve sinful, blasphemous or idolatrous practices.
		The conceptual relationship between religion and magic is similar to the relationship between "religion" and Paganism, whereas "religion" refers to a system of established beliefs, and "magic" and "Pagan" are labels used by people within that system to describe beliefs and practices that conflict with or are outside of that system.
		Appearing from aboriginal tribes in Australia and New Zealand to rainforest tribes in South America, bush tribes in Africa and ancient Pagan tribal groups in Europe and the British Isles, some form of shamanic contact with the spirit world seems to be nearly universal in the early development of human communities.
	www.new-age-guide.com /new_age/white_magic.htm (4621 words)

	Odin - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Worship of Odin dates to Proto-Germanic paganism, and the names Old English (and Old Saxon) Wōden; Old Franconian Wodan; Alemannic Wuodan; German Wotan or Wothan; Lombardic Godan are synonymous with Odin, though they represent regional differences.
		Adam von Bremen etymologizes the god worshipped by the 11th century Scandinavian pagans as "Wodan id est furor" ("Wodan, which means 'fury'").
		Pagan worship disappeared with Christianization, between the 6th and 8th centuries in England and Germany, lingering until the 12th or 13th century in Iceland and Scandinavia.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Odin (4370 words)

	Talk:Paganism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paganism is being uncivilized - Paganus - and all that that entails.
		While the term "pagan" is often used historically in a manner similar to the way the modern term "redneck" is used, "pagan" also has a religious connotation; many people refer to themselves as "pagan" in a religious manner.
		The reason that paganism as opposed to pagan is only in use since the 17th century does not mean that paganism wasn't seen a unity, but simply that the -ism suffix only came in fashion in modern times.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Paganism (10325 words)

	Pagan Home
		Within a European Christian context, paganism is a catch-all term which has come to connote a broad set of not necessarily compatible religious beliefs and practices (see Cult (religion)) of a natural religion (as opposed to a revealed religion of a text), which are usually, but not necessarily, characterized by polytheism and, less commonly, animism.
		The article looks to me a lot like a dictionary entry and Im thinking a shift to Paganism (disambiguation) might be appropriate.
		TaintedMustard 22:56, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC) Obviously, 68.19.207.51 is offended by the use of the word 'pagan' to refer to one who practices idolatry, but it doesn't change the fact that it is used that way.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/152/pagan-home.html (745 words)

	Odin - Open Encyclopedia
		Odin (Old Norse Óðinn) is considered the highest god in Norse mythology and Norse paganism, like West Germanic Woden continuing Proto-Germanic *Wodanaz
		He was said to travel the world as an old man with a staff, one-eyed, grey-bearded, and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, and a healer, hinting at shamanistic origins.
		Image:Odin Vendel helmet.jpg Image:Tangelgarda Odin.jpg Worship of Odin dates to Proto-Germanic paganism.
	www.openencyclopedia.net /index.php/Odin (2504 words)

	Wikipedia: LSD
		Leary later wrote, "We saw ourselves as anthropologists from the twenty-first century inhabiting a time module set somewhere in the dark ages of the 1960s.
		On this space colony we were attempting to create a new paganism and a new dedication to life as art."
		A judge who expressed dislike for Dr. Leary's books sentenced him to 30 years in prison for possession of half a marijuana cigarette (which was later reversed by the Supreme Court).
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/l/ls/lsd.html (3757 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Woden was worshipped during the Migration period, until the 7th or 8th century, when Germanic paganism was gradually replaced by Christianity.
		The Anglo-Saxon tribes brought their pagan faith to England around the 5th and 6th centuries and continued in that form of worship until nearly all were converted to Christianity by the 9th century, at which point the old gods and any records of them were almost completely lost.
		This process of conversion followed an established pattern that is attested in accounts of the same from continental Europe: leaders were baptised for varied reasons, and the conversion of their respective peoples almost always inevitably followed, sometimes in the space of a few years, but more often over the course of a few generations.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Woden (780 words)

	Priest
		The second, hiereus ('ιερευς), Latin sacerdos, refers to priests who offer Sacrifice, such as the priesthood of the Jewish Temple, or the priests of pagan gods.
		The New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews draws a distinction between the Jewish priesthood and that of Christ; it teaches that the sacrificial Atonement made by Jesus Christ has made the Jewish priesthood redundant.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/pr/Priest.htm (1414 words)

	Wicca information - Search.com
		He claimed that the religion, of which he was an initiate, was a modern survival of an old witch cult, which had existed in secret for hundreds of years, originating in the pre-Christian Paganism of Europe.
		It is commonly understood that most Wiccans worship two deities: the Goddess, often associated with Gaea or Mother Earth, and her consort the God (sometimes known as the Horned God).
		Whether any historical connection to Pagan religion exists, the aspiration to emulate Pagan religion as it was understood at the time certainly does.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Wicca (5589 words)

	Qwika - similar:Spey
		Venstre is the name of two Scandinavian political parties Venstre (Denmark) Venstre (Norway) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
		Originated in pagan times, it transformed into the Christian tradition of the Easter egg.
		Nevertheless, in tradition, pisankas retained symbolics of paganism.
	www.qwika.com /rels/Spey (1179 words)

	Witchcraft - ExampleProblems.com
		In place of the old Pagan magic methodology, the Church placed a Christian methodology involving saints and divine relics — a short step from the old Pagan techniques of amulets and talismans.
		The emperor Charlemagne decreed that the burning of supposed witches was a pagan custom that would be punished by the death penalty.
		There are other Pagan witches, "Hindu witches", "Buddhist witches", etc. who also practice witchcraft; however, Christians usually do not practice witchcraft because of their beliefs being against "sorcery" as noted in the Bible.
	www.exampleproblems.com /wiki/index.php/Witchcraft (4649 words)

	Priest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A priest or priestess is a person having the authority, or power (potentia, latin), to perform and administer religious rites.
		The term "priestess" is often used for female priests in historical and modern paganism, neopagan religions such as Wicca and various reconstructionist faiths; however, in Christian churches such as those of the Anglican Communion, female priests are simply called priests without regard for gender.
		At some point after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem (A.D.), possibly as early as A.D. (see The Didache), Greek-speaking Christians began using hiereus to refer, first, to bishops and then, by extension, to the priestss under them, but still making a distinction between the Jewish priesthood, pagan priesthoods, and the priesthood of Christ.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Priest (1605 words)

	pagans - Imbolc swicki - powered by eurekster
		use the terms "Pagan" and "Paganism" to describe themselves.
		Contemporary Pagans may embrace all or part of the Pagan tapestry.
		the broader topics of paganism, pagans and pagan practices in light of...
	imbolc-swicki.eurekster.com /pagans (358 words)

	Wikinfo \| Saint George (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The grateful citizens then abandon their ancestral Paganism and convert to Christianity.
		In that case the dragon probably represents paganism, idolatry and/or the Devil.
		However historians consider the roots of the story to be older than Christianity itself.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Saint_George (1550 words)

	Pagan - The Mind-N-Magick Paganpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Please note: Some polytheistic, pantheistic, ethnic and reconstructionist traditions object to the use of the word "Pagan" to characterize their religious practices because of the term's origin as an insult and/or because of its popular association to New Age religions such as Wicca.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
		If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
	mind-n-magick.com /wiki/index.php?title=Pagan (136 words)

	Pagan Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Seattle Times - Those rallying for the sanctity of Christmas trees are, according to the experts, fighting for a pagan tradition that goes...
		Coloradoan - In the second century B.C., the Hellenist Syrians, or Seleucids, who ruled the Holy Land at the time, had forbidden the Jews to practice their religion and desecrated the Jewish temple with pagan sacrifices.
		the 1960s radicals who turned to other religions in their wholesale rejection of Western values--with white radicals turning to Eastern and pagan religions repackaged as New Age âspirituality,â and fl radicals turning to the putative religion...
	www.psychicinvestigator.com /kw/delphic-oracle/pagan-religion.php (416 words)

	Priest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		For other uses of the word, see priest (disambiguation).
		The term "priestess" is often used for female priests in historical and modern paganism, neopagan religions such as Wicca and various reconstructionist faiths; however, in Christian churches that ordain women, such as those of the Anglican Communion, female priests are simply called priests.
		At some point Greek-speaking Christians began using hieros to refer, first, to bishops and then, by extension, to the priests under them, but still making a distinction between the Jewish priesthood, pagan priesthoods, and the priesthood of Christ.
	www.zdnet.co.za /p/r/i/Priest.html (1519 words)

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