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Heathen altar for Haustblot in Björkö, Sweden. The larger wooden idol represents the god Frey.
Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism[1] and neopaganism,[2] is a type of religion or family of religions influenced by the various historical pre-Christian beliefs of pre-modern peoples in Europe and adjacent areas of North Africa and the Near East. Although they share similarities, contemporary pagan movements are diverse and as a result, they do not share a single set of beliefs, practices, or texts.[3] Scholars of religion often characterise these traditions as new religious movements. Some academics who study the phenomenon treat it as a movement that is divided into different religions while others characterize it as a single religion of which different pagan faiths are denominations.
Adherents rely on pre-Christian, folkloric, and ethnographic sources to a variety of degrees; many of them follow a spirituality that they accept as entirely modern, while others claim to adhere to prehistoric beliefs, or else, they attempt to revive indigenous religions as accurately as possible.[4] Modern pagan movements can be placed on a spectrum. At one end is reconstructionism, which seeks to revive historical pagan religions; examples are Baltic neopaganism, Heathenry (Germanic), Rodnovery (Slavic), and Hellenism (Greek). At the other end are eclectic movements, which blend elements of historical paganism with other religions and philosophies; examples are Wicca, Druidry, and the Goddess movement. Polytheism, animism, and pantheism are common features of pagan theology. Some modern pagans are also atheist. Described as secular paganism or humanistic paganism, this is an outlook which upholds virtues and principles associated with paganism while maintaining a secular worldview. Secular pagans may recognize goddesses/gods as archetypes or useful metaphors for different cycles of life, or reframe magic as a purely psychological practice.
Contemporary paganism has sometimes been associated with the New Age movement, with scholars highlighting their similarities as well as their differences.[5] The academic field of pagan studies began to coalesce in the 1990s, emerging from disparate scholarship in the preceding two decades.
Modernpaganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, is a type of religion or family of religions influenced by the various historical...
self-descriptor by practitioners of modernpaganism, modern pagan movements and Polytheistic reconstructionists. Modern pagan traditions often incorporate...
Modern Finnish paganism, also known as Finnish neopaganism or the Finnish native faith (Finnish: Suomenusko: "Finnish Belief / Belief of Finland"), is...
Modernpaganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, is a collective term for new religious movements which are influenced by or derived...
Modernpaganism in the United States is represented by widely different movements and organizations. The largest modern pagan (also known as neo-pagan)...
Modernpaganism in Scandinavia is almost exclusively dominated by Germanic Heathenry, in forms and groups reviving Norse paganism. These are generally...
Modernpaganism and New Age are eclectic new religious movements with similar decentralised structures but differences in their views of history, nature...
Eclectic paganism, also occasionally termed universalist or non-denominational paganism, is a form of modernpaganism where practitioners blend paganism with...
religion, and consequently, alternative religions such as modern Hellenic paganism may be subject to discrimination. The Greek Society of Attic Friends was...
substance inside them. Modern witch-hunting takes place in parts of Africa and Asia. Today, followers of certain types of modernpaganism self-identify as witches...
teachings. All modern adherents of "political" Tengrism are monotheists. ModernPaganism, also known as neopaganism and contemporary paganism, is a group...
from Anatolia (modern Turkey) was partly identified by the Greeks with Gaia, but more so with Rhea. Beliefs and worship amongst modern pagans (also known...
Modernpaganism, also known as "contemporary" or "neopagan", encompasses a wide range of religious groups and individuals. These may include old occult...
reconstructionism (or simply reconstructionism) is an approach to modernpaganism first emerging in the late 1960s to early 1970s, which gathered momentum...
v t e Paganism (and modernpaganism) Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct) Modern pagan movements...
the most adherents are Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, modernpaganism, and the Bahá'í Faith. There are also organisations promoting irreligion...
Celtic neopaganism refers to any type of modernpaganism or contemporary pagan movements based on the ancient Celtic religion. One approach is Celtic...
highest concentration of Pagans in the country. ModernPaganism in the UK is dominated by Wicca, the modern movement of Druidry, and forms of Heathenry....
Secular paganism is an outlook upholding virtues and principles associated with paganism while maintaining a secular worldview. Alternately called naturalistic...
Introduction to Pagan Theologies and by Michael York in Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion. Richard Hooker defines theology as "the science of...
("cross-quarter days") celebrated by Insular Celtic peoples. Different paths of modernPaganism may vary regarding the precise timing of each celebration, based on...
are popular in New Age esotericism, modern Germanic paganism, and to a lesser extent in other forms of modernpaganism. Various systems of Runic divination...
Gothic paganism was the original religion of the Goths before their conversion to Christianity. The Goths first appear in historical records in the early...
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