There are hundreds of different Pagan Religions.
Some of the best known Pagan religions are Buddhism, Shintoism,
Native American Religions, Hinduism, Taoism, Wicca, Druidism,
Asatru, Shamanism, Neo-Paganism and Eclectic Paganism.

Most Pagans believe that no one belief system is correct,
and that each person has the freedom to choose their own religion.

The Pagan Federation, the largest umbrella
organisation for Paganism in Europe,
has set out three principles as follows:
Love for and kinship with nature:
rather than the more customary attitude
of aggression and domination over Nature;
reverence for the life force
and its ever-renewing cycles of life and death.

The Wiccan Rede:
Bide within the Law you must, in perfect Love and perfect Trust.
Live you must and let to live, fairly take and fairly give.
For tread the Circle thrice about to keep unwelcome spirits out.
To bind the spell well every time, let the spell be said in rhyme.
Light of eye and soft of touch, speak you little, listen much.
Honor the Old Ones in deed and name, let love and light be our guides again.
Deosil go by the waxing moon, chanting out the joyful tune.
Widdershins go when the moon doth wane, and the werewolf howls by the dread wolfsbane.
When the Lady's moon is new, kiss the hand to Her times two.
When the moon rides at Her peak then your heart's desire seek.
Heed the North winds mighty gale, lock the door and trim the sail.
When the Wind blows from the East, expect the new and set the feast.
When the wind comes from the South, love will kiss you on the mouth.
When the wind whispers from the West, all hearts will find peace and rest.
Nine woods in the Cauldron go, burn them fast and burn them slow.
Birch in the fire goes to represent what the Lady knows.
Oak in the forest towers with might, in the fire it brings the God's insight.
Rowan is a tree of power causing life and magick to flower.
Willows at the waterside stand ready to help us to the Summerland.
Hawthorn is burned to purify and to draw faerie to your eye.
Hazel-the tree of wisdom and learning adds its strength to the bright fire burning.
White are the flowers of Apple tree that brings us fruits of fertility.
Grapes grow upon the vine giving us both joy and wine.
Fir does mark the evergreen to represent immortality seen.
Elder is the Lady's tree burn it not or cursed you'll be.
Four times the Major Sabbats mark in the light and in the dark.
As the old year starts to wane the new begins, it's now Samhain.
When the time for Imbolc shows watch for flowers through the snows.
When the wheel begins to turn soon the Beltane fires will burn.
As the wheel turns to Lamas night power is brought to magick rite.
Four times the Minor Sabbats fall use the Sun to mark them all.
When the wheel has turned to Yule light the log the Horned One rules.
In the spring, when night equals day time for Ostara to come our way.
When the Sun has reached it's height time for Oak and Holly to fight.
Harvesting comes to one and all when the Autumn Equinox does fall.
Heed the flower, bush, and tree by the Lady blessed you'll be.
Where the rippling waters go cast a stone, the truth you'll know.
When you have and hold a need, harken not to others greed.
With a fool no season spend or be counted as his friend.
Merry Meet and Merry Part bright the cheeks and warm the heart.
Mind the Three-fold Laws you should three times bad and three times good.
When misfortune is enow wear the star upon your brow.
Be true in love this you must do unless your love is false to you.
These Eight words the Rede fulfill:
"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"

This is a positive morality,
not a list of thou-shalt-nots.
Each individual is responsible for discovering
his or her own true nature and developing it fully,
in harmony with the outer world.

The concept of the Goddess and God as expressions of the Divine reality;
an active participation in the cosmic dance of the Goddess and God,
female and male,
rather than suppression of either the female or the male principle.

Most Pagans celebrate eight major festivals :
these are the Celtic fire festivals of Imbolc (February 2nd),
Beltane (April 30th ),
Lughnasadh/Lammas (July 31st),
and Samhain (October 31st),
based on the agricultural year,
plus the Winter and Summer Solstices (December 21st and June 21st)
and the Spring and Autumn equinoxes (March 21st and September 21st).

Pagan religions have their roots
in the traditions of ancient Nature religions,
reviving and recreating their practices
and beliefs in the context of modern day life.
Their history therefore lies with the ancient civilisations
of Egypt, Greece, Rome,
the British Isles and the indigenous practices
of the ancestors of their particular country,
and as such, Pagan religions are regarded as revived religious traditions.

Pagans do not worship the Devil or Satan.
Pagans do not believe in the Devil,
he is part of the Judeo-Christian Religions and mythology.

Some Pagans are Witches, some are not.
Many Pagan groups do not practice Witchcraft.
Wiccans are a type of Pagan Witches, there are also Dianic Witches,
Green Witches, and other types of Pagan Witches.
There are also Christian Witches,
many of these people are practicing Christian,
but also practice Witchcraft.
Santeria is a South American religion that is a blend
of VooDoo, Witchcraft and Christianity.

Pagans are just folks who have a different religion,
a Nature Religion that teaches them to honor all life.
Pagans honor their Goddesses and Gods
with the same faith that non-pagans have their own religions.

Paganism is not:

an easy option
a way out of hard work
Devil worship
a get rich quick scheme
a way to impress
a way to get power over others
a way to harm others

Paganism is:

religions
(Witchcraft is one of the Pagan religions). philosophies of life.
ways of making sense of the world.
a way to gain power within your own life.
a road to self mastery.

Pagans:

attune with Nature's cycles.
attune with the Moon's cycles
attune with the power of the Sun
attune into themselves
examine and change themselves
live harmoniously with nature,
our home planet, and the universe
fulfill their Karma
find the Godhead alive within themselves

Full Moon Madness

*Quotation*: To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying
Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer,
is to have kept your soul alive.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson.

The Earth does not belong to humankind ,
humans belong to the Earth.
All things are connected, like the blood that unites us all.
We did not weave the web of life,
we are but a strand in it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

The pentagram, or five pointed star, is a very ancient symbol of power.
Each of its five points represents one of the metaphysical elements.

It can also be thought of as a human being,
with the head corresponding to the uppermost point,
the arms outstretched into the next two points,
and the legs and feet corresponding with the lower two points.

The Pentagram can also be used as a doorway
or portal for different spiritual energies.
Depending on which way it is drawn it can be used to invoke
or to banish these energy forms.

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