Every Pagan Path Explained in 10 Minutes
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- There are many types of paganism, and to a beginner, it can be really confusing to tell them apart. What makes each of them stand out and how do they differ.
In a nutshell, paganism refers to any spiritual tradition that predates Christianity and the other major religions.
Timecode
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Reconstructionist Paganism
3:05 - Modern Pagan Movements
7:29 - Nature and Earth-Centric Paths
8:06 - Shamanism
8:47 - Regional or Ethnic Traditions
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Further study
Paganism is not a distant or very different religion - www.churchtimes.co.uk/article...
Neo-Paganism - doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-089...
Modern Pagan Festivals: A Study in the Nature of
Tradition - doi.org/10.1080/0015587080235...
The Different Types of Paganism - h-o-m-e.org/types-of-paganism/
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You showed Sekmet when you said Ra. Also, Asatru is the group that has the 9 noble virtues. Great video, though. We need more of these kind of videos.
Green Witchcraft is based on nature. Hedge Witchcraft is based on nature too, but it's name refers to the focus on dealing with spirits. The Hedge symbolically separates our world and the spirit world. Modern druidry is not based on ancient druids, it's Revival Druidry based on the work of Iolo Morganwg. It's also the oldest of the modern paganisms. Animism is the oldest spiritual system and is usually a part of shamanism.
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Great reply to the vid. Additionally to animism, the idea that every "thing" has a spirit or soul is a very modern western understanding of the concept where an object is something that contains another thing. It is a valid belief, but animism seems by most accounts to be more fluid than that. In my own personal belief of animism, it's more like the current set of data that encompasses what an object is at any given time. So a table has "spirit", but that spirit is not a static representation of the table, but rather a culmination of all information and interactions leading to the current time an object exists.
Some Reconstructionists can sometimes substitute things to a similar or more a symbolic form if there is an obvious ethical, legal or practical problem with the way it was done originally. Think stuff like certain types of sacrifice, ancestral human remains, certain entheogens, or near impossible to source items. Theyll try to change it as little ways as possible though.
Thanks for your input!
Eclectic Solitary Pagan/Witch here! I guess I am semi-revivalist as well.....but my path is Nature/Earth-centric.... I guess I am also animistic. I don't draw these lines normally. I am many of these things simultaneously. Lol Most witches that I know are a mix of many of these things.
I love Paganism and witchcraft but vodoun in more me, Blessed Be.
repent and believe in jesus
As a hindu i love you guys ❤
And as a pagan I love you Hindus ❤
Love Hindu, your Karma is great
This just proves no civilisation has ever been able to find out what/who God is. But I think we can’t ignore the fact every single person who’s ever lived felt the need to question it. Paganism is very different from modern religions, but I think what’s beautiful is that they focused on peace and positivity ❤
That was a really great dive into some of the major branches of paganism. I appreciate the fact that you mentioned that there can be a lot of overlap depending on your spirituality. Take Reconstructionist Heathenry, which I lean toward. Most Reconstructionists lean heavily on the texts, as it really is a "religion with homework". However, most Reconstructionists will admit that we have to be Revivalist at some time as well. Between so much of the text being whitewashed and flat out made up by Christians and various practices that we believe now go against societal norms, we have to be adaptive. That said, one needs to be careful of "Fluffy Bunnism" where people just decide any old thing is a sign or message or practice. Think, "I picked up a rock and when I did, I saw a bird fly overhead...it was just a cardinal, but that is very similar to a bluejay which is a corvid like a raven, so me picking up the rock must have been a sign from Odin!" That's not to say that it is a wrong way to do things, but it takes a lot of the effort out of trying to work and form a relationship with the gods.
Also, I too want to hammer home that you really, really, really need to be careful with people associating with Asatru. There is Asatru and there is Asatru Folk Assembly. A LOT of what the AFA believe is just plain ol' white supremacy cosplaying as Norse Paganism. They generally feel that the Norse pantheon is a purely white group of deities for white people, which is ridiculous. I generally find two camps when it comes to modern heathenry: Those that are looking to find an incredibly inclusive and safe religion for those who don't fit within the Abrahamic religions, and basically Nazis that want to play Viking Dress-up. Always vet who you are associating with.
Finally, just an observation as I continue down my pagan path. I find that due to the inclusive nature of most pagans, so much of what we believe can be shuffled around. Like, while I mainly work with nature leaning/fertility norse gods like Thor and Freyja, I respect all the deities that others believe in as accepting that their are many gods means that you are less inclined to bristle at the fact someone believes in something different than you. My personal take is that I am a Reconstructionist inasmuch as I try to do ritual and give offerings that were traditionally given to the gods and on the days named for them. However, I am animist in the way that I don't see the gods as being physically personified and more of forces of nature found in all things. It's a really liberating spiritual path that makes me focus on the NOW and not so much on an afterlife.
Thanks for sharing this. It's always good to hear different perspectives and first-hand accounts!
Thanks for this. Blessings from above ❤
I live in the Western US, and there has been a movement by the Native American tribes to revive their ancestral religions. These would fall down under "shamanistic" or "regional and ethnic" traditions. There are also Asian immigrants bringing over Hinduism, Buddism, Daoism, and Shintoism, which are pagan traditions that have been in continuous practice for a very long time. I myself prefer the eclectic approach, drawing mainly on Hellenism, and also Sumerian/Near Eastern traditions, and occasionally Germanic/Norse heathenry.
Most clear video i found explaining this cheers great job❤
Awesome, thank you!
Very well explained!
I'm a Revivalist who worships the Celtic, Greek and Egyptian Deities.
Thanks for sharing!
very well put forth
Ive learnt a bit on Basq mythology.. n i really liked it 😍😊
I think there are two kinds of philosophies/religions at the core of the human attitude toward the world: working and living with Nature and all its manifestations, or against Her. This cannot work at a superficial level but must be deeply felt tangibly. Now that we and our cultures are all inspired by one mighty god, handing over the Earth to man for his exploitation, I think humanity must get closer and respect nature above himself, which can only be done through our emotions and experience. If Nature were our Gods, we wouldn't poison her atmosphere, the oceans, and rivers; we wouldn't destroy the Earth but respect Her and feel Her above and with us. We need Nature, and not the other way around.
So, I was always more drawn to Taoism, Shamanism, and European Paganism, which strongly sustains such principles. As the new generations must save this planet, there is no other choice for avoiding assured extinction. I believe that this path is much more appropriate for the survival of humanity-building a sustainable world in our real lives and in accord with its spirituality-than worshiping a single almighty god disconnected from our life support.
Adam Flint, author of "Mona."
Very good video, congrats
Thank you very much!
I follow the path of my Anglo Saxon forebears.
Rather than the Aesir and Vanir we call them the Ese and Waene our main Gods are Woden Tiw Frige Thunor Hretha Eostre.although similar to our Norse Germanic cousins we have our own identity.information is scarce on A.s pre xtian religion so some gaps are filled in from continental heathenism and norse also.i respect everyones religious beliefs and wish positive blessings on all your subscribers whatever their beliefs.❤
I have studied various branches for 30 years and in my experience and research, I have found these 2 things.
1. Not all Wiccans are Witches and not all Witches are Wiccans.
2. Dianic does focus on women and the Goddess, but some groups/covens do allow men and work with the God to varying degrees.
This is so fascinating and though this what I would state doesn´t link to the main themes of this video, and actually appeared at other related, what makes most of these interesting new ways of spirituality bringing back old beliefs it´s the higher connection with some more REALISTIC tangible way of interpreting all in a spiritual way which is mostly more concrete than most of other formerly higher wisepread - and usually forced-implemented - religious paths centered on proper Abrahamic monotheism overall, which they no longer held in tune with most of modern world evolution of ideas and mind-settings, whereas the former pagan and naturalistic religions - and other Eastern Asia spiritualities as well centered more on universal ethics than properly gods worshipp itself, seems to be having an upper hand even for kinda scientific atheistic, agnostic or well non-theistic minds which are still free-thinkers and creative-imaginative ones as well, because regardless of the pagan beliefs overall there seems to be a quite open awareness that ALL IS SYMBOLIC than real itself, but still they connect to the real natural world itself than abstract religions, and as they doesn´t set apart mankind from natural world and bring back the relevance of balance, all goes great for all!
I actually have a greek classmate who denies that Hellenism still exists 😂
That is actually wild to me 😂
Wiccan is best pure peace of mind and happiness
There is an issue with the 9NV, as they _can_ be used as a white suppremacist dogwhistle, so it might be advisable to vet a group thoroughly before joining.
Also: Gardnerian Wicca doesn't have to be as rigid as you described. In Europe, it usually is not, and also in the US it is starting to become less and less so, depending on the lineage. So a bit of complexity here that went missing and might leave a wrong impression.
This fr, the 9NVs typically mean you’re dealing with a sketchy heathen group unless they prove otherwise. Just ask them how they feel about Declaration 127 and then there ya go lol.
A lot of it was really great but there was a bit of a miss discussing Heathenry. First of all placing all Heathenry under Nordic Paganism is a bit iffy. It's more Heathenry is the whole religion, and Nordic Paganism is a single subsect of it. The Nine Noble Virtues are largely rejected by the Heathen community. They're tied to ethnonationalist (or Folkist) Heathenry, which is a small minority. Otherwise I think it was a good introduction. The Folkists are a very loud part of heathenry, but 9 out of 10 Heathens (literally based off the findings of the Southern Poverty Law Center), reject their doctrines. Kinship is still important, but we also follow Frith (ritual and mutual hospitality and respect), and place an emphasis on deeds. That it's not what you say but what you do, that reveals your character. Otherwise good vid! Definitely saving it for introducing people to paganism.
Oh ...oh...ty so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The Nine Noble Virtues (NNV) are not tennants of Asatru or Heathenry. They are a collection of otherwise valuable human virtutes, but the collection was codified by racists and separatists to make themselves feel virtuous, although they rarely adhere to them anyway. The NNV should not be linked to these sacred and ancient traditions or the modern revival of them. As a community we reject the people that codified this dollar store, discount version of the 10 commandments. Honor the gods and your ancestors, the planet, and ALL people on it. Tread lightly on the earth and be useful to your community. It is that simple.
Of course those regional-ethnic pagan movements mentioned there were the European ones, and actually are ommiting all the native religions from elsewhere in the world centered on nature shamanic interactions, which happens on the Americas, South-Saharian Africa, Central Asia, some parts of South and Southeastern Asia, Oceania islands, Australia and other places besides it. (Even some major religious national movements as the Vodoo and Shinto could fall somehow into that also.)
im leaning towards animistic paganism, but cannot find it in me to belive man made items have spirits, or souls. I also have strong connection to the thought of mother nature. While, I do not fully believe she may be a supernatural deity, I find much trust in that something is looking over nature's safety. Any thoughts?
Hey there! It’s totally okay to shape your spiritual path based on what resonates with you. Not all animistic beliefs involve seeing spirits in man-made objects; focusing on the natural world and your connection to Mother Nature sounds like a strong foundation. Maybe explore pantheism or other nature-centric spiritualities if you haven’t yet.
Well made.
Thank you very much!
I have love seeing this channel grow. Admittedly, there were many errors and misleading images put forth in earlier videos. But I can see greater effort has been placed in research and planning.
This video has by far been the most comprehensive one to date. Although I would have appreciated it being labeled more towards western traditions since American indigenous, eastern, Sub-Saharan African and Middle Eastern ones were entirely left out, I still appreciated this video for what it's target audience was. Although not explicitly said I think it does there, some distinction to mention how witchcraft and Wicca are not interchangeable, but some can be both or one or the other.
Otherwise, fantastic video. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for your continued support and for sharing your valuable feedback with us! It's heartening to know that our efforts to improve and grow are being noticed. We always aim for the highest quality in our content and appreciate your understanding as we evolve and learn.
Your point about the focus on Western traditions is well taken, and we'll strive to be more inclusive of various global pagan practices in our future videos.
Thank you once again for being part of our journey and for your constructive feedback.
@SymbolSage Really, this well deserved. Your channel is one of the most promising newer ones I have encounteand I can clearly tell that you have put an effort into the quality of your program. Even the voice-over and visual charts are a huge improvement.
I don't even think you needed to include Eastern pagan traditions in the video but simply labeled the video of focus on western traditions. But if you do a future video to include faiths from other parts of the world, I would be very excited to see it!
Does everything have one common denominator? Or is it just all random? If so, why even call it "one thing"?
I am a Norse pagan, leaning most to reconstructionist/revivalist heathenry. I do not use the term Asatru because there is a lot mixed in with that, and I generally follow my own path. I also believe in "the gods" as one big family, or as being the same gods under different names in each culture. In particular the indo-european religions share common roots: Hellenic, Roman, Celtic, Germanic, Norse, Slavic, Baltic, Iranian, Vedic, and so on. As such I see Hinduism as a closely related faith, and draw some inspiration from there.
Thank you very much for you comment and sharing your opinion :)
Great video but i think you forgot hermeticism(monistic panentheistic paganism) and lukumi/santeria or voodoo
Thanks for your comment! We left out Hermeticism because it's more a philosophy than a pagan religion. But yes, the other two are pagan religions. We have only focused on the most well-known ones though, hence we had to leave some out.
Pagan has always seemed like a very broad term to me. People use paganism to describe anything not Abrahmic, or sometimes more specifically native European religions.
This leaves out the original and truest one, and this thr most important one which is inherently separate from all others. Of course our current global overlords can't allow it to be mentioned on here, or themselves.
Can you at least give us a hint that what it is?
Just want to point out that you don't say "Sernanos" but "Kernanos" Just like with the word "Celtic" being pronounced with a "K" sound. Also, reconstructionists need Ecclectics for different perspectives to do with spirituality.
Good video and remember that one path isn't set and stone.
Also (this may get spicy) You need some form of revivalist belif and ecclectism in order to reconstruct the pagan belief system since beliefs in Gods are shared between Cultures.
This is so much similar to hinduism damn
Would you be able to exapand on this please?
And where do you think that came from? All of their vedic wisdom, their religion, philosophy, even their languages like Sanskrit were brought there by European Aryans.
@@VeritasEtAequitas read Norman Davis book Europe he explain how pagan culture destory in Europe 😢
Paleopaganism. You missed that.
Also, the NNV was writen by Stephen A. McNallen of the Asatru Folk Assembly in 1983. No antient. And written by a white supremacist. Based off of what was written by Sir Oswald Mosley of the British Union of Fascists and National Socialists (Nazis) and John Gibbs-Bailey (a.k.a. Hoskuld) of the Odinic Rite in 1974 (Nazi organization). No actual pagan looks at those without distain.
Hey thanks for sharing this. Would you care to elaborate a bit more on paleopaganism as you understand it?
@SymbolSage as close to the original, indigenous (that's not a strictly Native American term) belief system, and (as law allows) rituals. Including mind altering substances (henbane for example). It is a term that is sometimes used to refer to polytheistic religions that were or are practiced as intact belief systems that have not been significantly altered. Neopagan generally refers to something created after 1940.
Hinduism, Taoism, and Shinto may be considered Paleopagan beliefs, but non modern Norse, Celt can be part of it.
Where do occult/magickal practices fall in the religion tree? They are not exactly religions but there os so much cross fertilization Ie ceremonial magick etc. Some non Wiccan witches do not consider witchcraft to be religious but rather like an occult skillset too...
i am similarly curious. I was waiting to see where Thelema/OTO would fit in. For a friend, I mean.
Alchemist be considered 🤔 what?
Sorry not quite sure what you mean?
Alchemy centers on the teachings of occultists and mystery schools going back to egypt and babylon. There have also been alchemists in many other cultures, faiths, and time periods. Greek philosophy and Christian mysticism have also controbuted to alchemy, and many historical pioneers of medicine and the sciences were considered alchemists. Alchemy is a fusion of art, science and religion, but most of all, it is an art.
One small problem, the 9 noble virtues aren't apart of Norse paganism. The 9 noble virtues were created by Nazi's. With the exception of Folkist's and White Supremacist's, 99% of Norse pagan practitioners don't use the 9 noble virtues. There is no dogma or scripture about how Norse pagans must act and live, instead there are *guidelines*. The Havamal is a good example of this.
I AM WICCA - SAFE.
3:55 LOL contradiction much
I think I'm missing something. Care to explain?
Whats the Benefit of Paganism ?
It depends on what you mean by benefits.
There is too many incorrect statements in this video to even comment on one of them. This video sucks!
Thank you for your comment. Could you please expand on this by giving us a few examples? I am genuinely curious to know, and this will help us improve the quality of our upcoming videos.
Lmao. Good luck with it.
Yall need Jesus, repent and turn away from your sins Amen.
Forced Conversion
Education Stripping
Spanish Inquisition
Druid Exterminations
Holy Wars
Framing the Knights Templar
Burning innocent women for witchcraft
Satanism
No thanks, I think I'm good.
Jesus is a lesser god mate.
The letter J wasn’t even in the alphabet back then. Every holiday Christians celebrate aren’t Christian. Easter Day isn’t even the day “Jesus” died. Y’all repent your sins for worshipping and misunderstanding your god. We don’t need repentance, for religion is a shackle which forces people into belief through fear of damnation. Christianity worships not the house of your lord, but the house of man. Built by man, preached through a book written by man, and practices which also taken from by man and remade to fit Christianity.
Where are those Christian values you're supposed to be living by?
Piss off. Some of us don't go in for weird middle-eastern death cults.
repent and believe in jesus
You people are just worshipping jinns(Devils & demons & spirits), They r not better than us. Although they have certain powers, they can't affect our world outside the limits. Find GOD the almighty who created everything , sustains everything, controlles everything and is all powerful. Those whom u worship didn't create anything and they themselves are born.
"God" was originally part of a Pagan Pantheon too you dummy! Yahweh and his Ashera. Ba'al aka Al aka Allah aka El is his father. Yahweh was in charge of the Kingdom of Judah down south. The Northern kingdom aka Israel was ruled by other kings until Egypt reconquered Judah, then it was the Assyrians after the Egyptians lost power there after the Sea Peoples wrecked havoc in the Mediterranean. "God" / "Allah" / "YHWH" is a Canaanite God from the Canaanite Pantheon
That's from your perspective, don't go saying it's the only way and start bashing.
@@zarkthegreat not my words, plenty of real scholars have said so
I meant ace my bad
@@zarkthegreatthere’s tones of evidence
You forgot the mention the biggest paganism of all: Hinduism.
Hey there! thanks for your comment. We didn't actually forget, but we have focused on pagan movements in the West.
last thing celtic religion or culture just wasnt only irish,scotland,wales thing but whole britain,today france,part of spain,netherland,austria,czech republic,slovakia,hungary before hungarians,north of italy and even small celtic tribe after alexander the great conquest get into turkey.
There was some Celtic religion also in West Belgium.
@@eddydejagere3411 i know almost half Európe was celtic, even part of spain was and after alexander great conquere turkey one small celtic tribe migrated to central turkey
that kemet gods what you show are wrong in left is not isis,she doent wear double crown but throne or sun disc are her symbol.middle is not ra but his daughter tefnut goddess of moisture,rain.
I am nordic germanic neopagan. Paganism has many ritual values:
Connecting and Relating to Ancestry (Ethnic Paganism)
Connecting to Ancesterland because we are born out of this environment.
Responsibility towards others because we are interconnected.
Defend your ancesterland thats why I am pro-palestine and Anti-Christian Protestant Colonial Entitlement of ruining others' homelands.
Globalism and Multiculturalism are neophenomena of paganism that's why I am anti-racist and pro-connecting with global and natural egregore instead of small ethnocultural egregores.....
Globalism and paganism are not going together. Christians and Muslims are globalist(unite everyone under 1 religion). Paganism is localised and differ from region to region. That's the true multiculturalism. Not within a society, but many societies /countries / folks.
if you want paganism just watch catholicism and what they worshiping
I think there are two kinds of philosophies/religions at the core of the human attitude toward the world: working and living with Nature and all its manifestations, or against Her. This cannot work at a superficial level but must be deeply felt tangibly. Now that we and our cultures are all inspired by one mighty god, handing over the Earth to man for his exploitation, I think humanity must get closer and respect nature above himself, which can only be done through our emotions and experience. If Nature were our Gods, we wouldn't poison her atmosphere, the oceans, and rivers; we wouldn't destroy the Earth but respect Her and feel Her above and with us. We need Nature, and not the other way around.
So, I was always more drawn to Taoism, Shamanism, and European Paganism, which strongly sustains such principles. As the new generations must save this planet, there is no other choice for avoiding assured extinction. I believe that this path is much more appropriate for the survival of humanity-building a sustainable world in our real lives and in accord with its spirituality-than worshiping a single almighty god disconnected from our life support.
Adam Flint, author of "Mona."