Hellenismos and Politics
One of the things that I like most about Hellenic Polytheism is that even amongst what passes for scripture within the religion, many political ideologies can be justified (despite what certain...
View ArticleSo, I’m really not that invested in the term “Pagan”, eh?
I’ve read a few of the recent posts around the pagan blogosphere on the relevance of the word “pagan” and the “pan-pagan” community. Normally, I try to eschew simply re-stating the thoughts I share...
View ArticleRuadhan’s Further Adventures in Over-Thinking Pagan Identity Crisis 2011 —...
OK, so I was commenting on some-one (even though it’s likely being screened for no reason I can figure out, but whatever), and I realised something: There are two working definitions of “pagan” that...
View ArticlePolytheism and Retrofuturism
Retrofuturism is, in essence, a philosophy that has been highly influential in late 20th and early 21st Century art, music, design, and (typically underground) fashion. I’d says its beginnings can be...
View Article[What's That?] Altars and Shrines
Pagans and polytheists, at least in my experiences, differ in this way (amongst others): The former mostly maintains altars, the latter mostly maintains shrines. BUT RUADHÁN, AREN’T THOSE JUST TWO...
View Article[PBP2013] Defining Pagan
As I’ve said before, I have a reluctant relationship with this word, for the simple fact that both within and outside of the “pagan community”, there are so many implications that exclude me and my...
View Article[PBP2013] Europe & Paganism
As I said in my last post, I’m not the first one to define “pagan” as “European pre-Christian, non-Abrahamic religious traditions”, and I likely won’t be the last. I’ve always found this a bit odd,...
View Article[PBP2013] Words
Words don’t exist for ourselves as individuals. They exist so that we can communicate things, events, and ideas to others. Like it or not, what you think a word should mean is less important than what...
View Article[review] Goth Craft: The magickal side of dark culture by Raven Digitalis
Title: Goth Craft: The magickal side of dark culture Authorship: Raven Digitalis Publisher: Llewellyn International Year Published: 2007, First Edition ISBN-10: 0738711047 ISBN-13: 978-0738711041 This...
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