Mesopaganism, Meso-Paganism: Pagan Paganism Dictionary II on Mesopaganism, Meso-Paganism

Mesopaganism or Meso-Paganism:

A general term for a variety of movements both organized and nonorganized, started as attempts to recreate, revive or continue what their founders thought were the best aspects of the Paleopagan ways of their ancestors (or predecessors), but which were heavily influenced (accidentally, deliberately and/or involuntarily) by concepts and practices from the monotheistic, dualistic, or nontheistic worldviews of Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, or early Buddhism.

Examples of Mesopagan belief systems would include Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Spiritualism, etc., as well as those forms of Druidism influenced by those movements, the many Afro-Diasporatic faiths (such as Voudoun, Santeria, Candomble, etc.), Sikhism, several sects of Hinduism that have been influenced by Islam and Christianity, Mahayana Buddhism, Aleister Crowley’s religion/philosophy of Thelema, Odinism (most Norse Paganism), most “Family Traditions” of Witchcraft (those that aren’t completely fake), and most orthodox (aka “British Traditionalist”) denominations of Wicca.

Some Mesopagan belief systems may be racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. There are at least a billion Mesopagans living and worshiping their deities today.

See Paleopaganism and Neopaganism.

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For more articles on Mesopaganism, Meso-Paganism , see: Mesopaganism, Meso-Paganism , Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary

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The definition and meaning of Mesopaganism, Meso-Paganism is extrcted from the home page of Isaac Bonewits, A Pagan Glossary of Terms 4.1 or "Useful Words and Phrases for the Interdimensional Traveler".

"The following is a list of technical words  and phrases taken from the first three editions of Real Magic. This will  be continuously updated to incorporate new terms and definitions,  as well as polytheological vocabulary, with internal hyperlinks  activated, and will eventually grow into A Polytheological Dictionary for Neopagans. Readers should remember that  many of these definitions and coinages are my own, and that other  authorities may disagree with me. All definitions should be taken,  regardless of the source, as tentative approaches to complex  realities."

Please visit http://www.neopagan.net for more information..

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