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What do you associate with the word "Pagan" ?

Me Myself

Me Myself

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While I associate wiccan stuff a lot and european gods, my strongest association is simply "inclusive worship" . Like, worship the deities you feel like without worrying that other deities will get mad about it. Or even simply worship freely without much focus on dogma.

I also very heavily associate it with polytheism.
 
SteveGrayFTW

SteveGrayFTW

Member
Probably more of a nature based set of beliefs, with certain rituals but no specific creed, with a God for each element or aspect of nature.

The stories associated with King Arthur also pop into my mind, like Merlin, Lady of the Lake, etc...
 
Reptillian

Reptillian

Hamburgler Extraordinaire
Basically when I think of Paganism, I think of a lot of ancient polytheistic pre-Abrahamic religions. I'd suppose what the Christians traditionally refer to as "mythology"...so like Greek Mythology, Babylonian Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, etc.
 
Quintessence

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
I never actually answered this did I? Perhaps because I didn't feel like writing up a huge laundry list and other people's answers sounded pretty good to me. :D
 
Levite

Levite

Higher and Higher
Me Myself said:
While I associate wiccan stuff a lot and european gods, my strongest association is simply "inclusive worship" . Like, worship the deities you feel like without worrying that other deities will get mad about it. Or even simply worship freely without much focus on dogma.

I also very heavily associate it with polytheism.
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Polytheism. Magic. Nature. And college-- I went to school with a lot of Pagans.
 
Breathe

Breathe

Hostis humani generis
European pagan religions, polytheism, pantheism, magic, liberalism, college (I went to college with a lot of Pagans as well :D), freedom, nature.

Sometimes some less flattering ones though, but they're about a few adherents, as opposed to the paths and unfair to put because I know it's just a few :cover:
 
apophenia

apophenia

Well-Known Member
Conservationists. Herbal medicine. Moon-driven. Dreadlocks and no shoes.Sex, drugs and music. Organic food and craft markets. Djembes.

I know, I'm stereotyping. But the OP asked for associations, and there they are.
 
Me Myself

Me Myself

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apophenia said:
Conservationists. Herbal medicine. Moon-driven. Dreadlocks and no shoes.Sex, drugs and music. Organic food and craft markets. Djembes.

I know, I'm stereotyping. But the OP asked for associations, and there they are.
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Associations indeed. All good :p
 
Draka

Draka

Wonder Woman
Interesting that I don't see any rash of bad comments here. Nothing from anyone saying "misled" or "damned" or "wrong" or anything else. At least, not yet.
 
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