1. What is Pagansim?
2. Are you a witch?
3. Do you have to be a Pagan to be a witch?
4. What and who do you worship?
5. Are you evil?
6. Do you worship Satan?
Well, yes and no. This blog is aimed at the Asian majority, in order to enlighten them of our nature based religion and practices, as well as satisfy the many curious Asian teenagers across Asia.
For now, I'll answer the first question.
So, What is Paganism?
Paganism is the ancestral religion of the whole of humanity. This ancient religious outlook remains active throughout much of the world today, both in complex civilizations such as Japan and India, and in less complex tribal societies world-wide. It was the outlook of the European religions of classical antiquity – Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome – as well as of their “barbarian” neighbors on the northern fringes, and its European form is re-emerging into explicit awareness in the modern West as the articulation of urgent contemporary religious priorities.
The Pagan outlook can be seen as threefold. Its adherents venerate Nature and worship many deities, both goddesses and gods.
Pagans may be trained in particular traditions or they may follow their own inspiration. Paganism is not dogmatic. Pagans pursue their own vision of the Divine as a direct and personal experience.
This term is also used to describe all those who are recognisably Pagan, but who do not adhere to any of the above traditions per se.
A definition of a Pagan: A follower of a polytheistic or pantheistic nature-worshipping religion.
A definition of Paganism: A polytheistic or pantheistic nature-worshipping religion.
*more to follow!* Merry meet, merry part and merry meet again, blessed be everyone! )O(
