What is Pagan?

Paganism (from Latin 'paganus', meaning "country dweller" or "rustic") as a modern term, typically used to refer to polytheistic religious traditions, or religions with multiple gods.

It has long been used to refer to Classical Greco-Roman polytheism (the religions of Ancient Greece and Rome) as well as the polytheistic traditions of Europe before Christianity became the dominant faith. In a broader sense, it can include many of the Eastern religions, and the Native American traditions as well as those of Central Asia, Australia and Africa and folk religion in general. A general commonality of pagan traditions is the lack of proselytism or 'spreading the Word'.
Modern Pagan practice includes religious practice revolving around a current or living mythology.

In modern times, "Paganism"has three distinct classifications (which are in no way mutually exclusive):

• Neopaganism is most widely used in reference to many new religious practices including Wicca, Germanic Neopaganism and a plethora of New Age beliefs

• Historical Polytheism (such as Celtic Paganism, Norse paganism, and Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism or Hellenismos)

• Folk/ethnic/Indigenous religions (such as Chinese folk religion and traditional African religion and Shamanism)

Many use the term 'Pagan' simply to mean anything that isn't Christianity, Judaism, or Islam.
It is not our intent to get hung up on semantics, as that would be the antithesis of our main purpose; ART.