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Here Neopaganism is in a sense in an opposite position from much of mainstream Christianity, which, obsessed with an elusive chimera known as the "historical Jesus," has come more and more to cut itself off from spiritual experience. Neopaganism, by contrast, with its abundance of rituals and invocations, has plenty of room for experience but needs to face its own history. If it does, it will probably find that it is the "Old Religion" not in a literalistic sense but in recapturing some of the deepest and most ancient aspects of the spiritual impulse. This issue of GNOSIS is an attempt to help advance that process.
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Neopaganism Neopaganism is a group of religions which evolved out of the works of Gerald Gardner, Doreen Valiente and Alex Sanders in Britain in the twentieth century. Asatru and Neoshamanism are often counted as Neopagan. Wicca is the largest Neopagan denomination. For an excellent short introduction you can read
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Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism) is a heterogeneous group of religions established as a revival of mainly European Paganism, which was once largely extinct. It is called Neopaganism by academics and many adherents to distinguish it from earlier forms of Paganism, from which it differs in many significant ways. Some Pagans detest the term neo-Pagan, finding it deeply insulting, while some see it as representing the living, changing, vital nature of Paganism.
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Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism) is a heterogeneous religion established as a revival of the largely extinct forms of European paganism. It is called Neopaganism to distinguish it from earlier forms of paganism, from which it differs in some significant ways. The religious movement was launched in England in the 1930s by Gerald Gardner under the name Wicca. The term "Wicca" is still used to refer to the sects of Neopaganism that adhere closely to Gardner's teachings, but Neopaganism is a broader field that includes sects whose beliefs and practices vary more widely.
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- Academically, paganism is used to refer to the genre of polytheistic religions that existed before the Christian Era, while Neopaganism is for the later re-constructions in the Post Christian Era. Socially, Paganism and Neopaganism are often used synonymously. The general consensus being, that Paganism has a more holistic connotation while Neopagan is more deterministic.
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Christo-Paganism: Certain individuals and groups identify with both Christianity and Neopaganism, or in some cases with Christianity and some form of Historical Reconstructionism. They create their own syncretic spirituality from the aspects of both religions. Eg. the "Christo-Hellenic" faith described in the Almond Jar.
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