Neopaganism

Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism) describes a heterogeneous group of new religious movements, particularly those influenced by ancient, mainly pre-Christian and sometimes pre-Judaic religions. Often these are Indo-European in origin, but with a growing component inspired by other religions indigenous to Europe, such as Finno-Ugric, as well as those of other parts of the world. As th ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia II - Neopaganism - Usage of the term 'Neopagan' The term "Neopagan" is used by academics and adherents alike to denote those Pagan traditions which are largely modern in origin, or which are conceived as reconstructions of ancient practices. Some critics claim that Neopagans cannot legitimately be considered practitioners of any "true" Pagan religion, citing that in the history of ideas it is understood that revivals are not identical to their models: e.g., Roman sculpture compared to the neoclassicism of, for example, Antonio Canova. Furthermore, a revival or reconstruction can on ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Boline

Boline is the name given to a knife used by some practitioners of ritual magick. Unlike the athamé, which in most traditions is never used for cutting in the material plane, the boline is used for cutting cords and herbs as well as carving candles. It consists of a small, straight or cresent-shaped blade and a handle, which is traditionally white in colour. Traditions differ in opinion as to whether the boline can truly be considered a magickal tool or is merely of utilitarian purpose. It is also known as the Kerfan in some traditions, the name traditionally giv ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Sabbat neopaganism

In the Wiccan form of neopaganism, a Sabbat is one of the eight major seasonal festivals which make up the Wheel of the Year. These include the solstices and equinoxes, and four additional festivals sometimes referred to as the "cross-quarter days". The word derives from Old English "sabat", from Old French "sabbat", from Latin "sabbatum", from Greek "sabbaton" (or sa`baton), from Hebrew "shabbat" - to cease or rest - the same roots as "Sabbath (christian)" or "Shabbat (judaism)". See also "sabbath". The word appears in the wri ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Book of Shadows

The Book of Shadows is the traditional book of Wicca, containing the core rituals, practices, and wisdom of the tradition. It is copied by hand from that of one's initiator (High Priestess or Priest), who copied it from his or her initiator. The traditional material it contains may not be changed; sometimes additions are allowed. Some of the Wicca keep a personal Book of Shadows in addition to that of their tradition. This is typically for individual use and is not always passed on to one's initiates. The term Book of ...

Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Lughnasadh

Old Irish Lughnasadh (IPA: /luːnəsə/; also spelled Lughnasa; modern Irish Lúnasa; Modern Scots Gaelic, Lunasdal) is a Gaelic holiday celebrated on 1 August, during the time of the harvesting. Lugnasadh was one of the four main festivals of the mediaeval Irish calendar: Imbolc, Beltaine, Lughnasadh and Samhain. Lughnasadh means "Lugh's assembly", representing the last festival of the calendar, dedicated to Lugh, the Sun God of Celtic mythology. Lughnasadh fe ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Themis

Muses Nemesis Moirae Cratos Zelus Nike Metis Charites Adrasteia Horae Bia Eros Apate Themis Eris In Greek mythology, Hesiod mentions Themis among the six sons and six daughters—of whom Cronos was one—of Gaia and Ouranos, that is, of Earth with Sky. Among these Titans of primordial myth, few were venerated at specific sanctuaries in classical time ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Valknut

The valknut (Old Norse valr, slain warriors + knut, knot) is a symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles. It is also called: heart of the slain heart of Vala Hrungnir's heart Odin's knot It appears on Scandinavian image stones in connection with Odin, e.g. on the 7th century Tängelgarda stone from Gotland. According to H. R. Ellis Davidson (p. 146), the valknut — is thought to symbolize the power of the god [Odin] to b ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Tartarus

In Greek mythology, Tartarus, or Tartaros, is both a deity and a place in the underworld — even lower than Hades. In ancient orphic sources and in the mystery schools Tartaros is also the unbounded first-existing "thing" from which the Light and the cosmos is born. The Greek poet Hesiod asserts that a bronze anvil falling from heaven would fall 9 days before it reached the Earth. The anvil would take 9 more days to fall from Earth to Tartarus. In The Iliad, Jove asserts that Tartarus is "as far beneath Hades as heaven ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Hesperus

In Greek mythology, Hesperos (Greek Ἓσπερος (The Evening Star), sometimes Latinized as Hesperus) was a son of Eos, by either Atlas, Astraios or Cephalus. His Roman equivalent was Vesper. Hesperus - Variant Names. Hesperus is the personification of the evening star, the planet Venus. His name is sometimes conflated with the names Eosphorus (Εώσφορος, "bringer of dawn"; Latin Aurora) or Phosphorus (Φώσφορος, "bringer of light", translated as Lucifer ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Yule

Yule was the winter solstice celebration of the Germanic pagans. In Germanic Neopaganism it is one of the eight solar holidays, or sabbats, where Yule is celebrated on the winter solstice: in the northern hemisphere, circa December 21, and in the southern hemisphere, circa June 21. "Yule" and "Yuletide" are also archaic terms for Christmas, sometimes invoked in songs to provide atmosphere. Indeed, this is the only meaning of "Yule" accepted by either the full Oxford English Dictionary or the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and peopl ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Cronus

In Greek mythology, Cronus (of obscure etymology, perhaps related to "horned"), pronounced: kroh'-nuhs , also spelled Cronos or Kronos, was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans; he is often confused with Chronos/Khronos, the personification of time. His mother was Gaia, and his father was Uranus, whom Cronus envied. Uranus hid the youngest children of Gaia, the one-hundred armed giants (Hecatonchires) and the one-eyed giants, the Cyclopes, in Tartarus so that they would not see the light, ...

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Midsummer

Midsummer, or Litha as it was known by the ancient Germanic peoples and to this day by many Neopagans, refers the period of time centered upon the summer solstice and the religious celebrations that accompany it. Also called "Midsommar" in Swedish, Midsummer-related holidays, traditions and celebrations, many of which are non-Christian in origin (apart from the designation "St John's Day"), are particularly important in Finland and Sweden, but found also in other parts of Northern Europe, Britain and elsewhere. Including:

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Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Elysium

In Greek mythology, Elysium was a section of the Underworld (the spelling Elysium is a Latinization of the Greek word Elysion). "Elysium is an obscure and mysterious name that evolved from a designation of a place or person struck by lightning, enelysion, enelysios. (Burkert 1985 p. 198) The Elysian fields, or sometimes Elysian plains, were the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. Two passages in Homer established for Greeks the nature of the Afterlife: the d ...

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