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Polytheists, Neo-Pagans, and Other Religious Critters

By Star Foster

[Snip] I spend a significant number of my waking hours considering the Pagan community, it’s limitless diversity, identifying trends and devising useful categorizations. Not merely as an objective exercise, but also in an attempt to better understand myself and where I stand within the modern religious landscape. As I’ve given this thought . . . → Read More: Polytheists, Neo-Pagans, and Other Religious Critters

The Gadim

By Benel

Today I want to talk about the gadim or ‘gads’. ‘Gad’ is a word meaning ‘Fortune’, and there is a god called Gad (who I will discuss in another post). I want to talk about the class of ‘Fortunes’, a whole group of deities.

Tutelary deities had existed in the land of . . . → Read More: The Gadim

UPG, Divine Revelation and Mystical Experiences

By Star Foster

[Snip] There is this idea that Pagan religions are not revealed religions. It is true that our prophets are few and far between, and often lost in antiquity, but divine revelation was most definitely a component of ancient Paganism, and has it’s place in modern forms of Paganism as well. In Wicca . . . → Read More: UPG, Divine Revelation and Mystical Experiences