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Again, Lucifer is NOT mentioned in Gardner's book of shadows, at all. Diana is, but only in passing as part of a list of old pagan deities. The person who wrote about Diana, Lucifer, and Aradia as a triad was Charles Godfrey Leland. He was a folklorist, and not, as far as I am aware a pagan...

Alright, I think I might be able to clear some of this up. There is a book called "Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches," where three figures - Aradia, and her parents Lucifer and Diana (who are both brother and sister, as well as mother and son, if I remember correctly) - are thought to be...

Some call that 'many are one' concept inclusive monotheism, instead of soft polytheism. I think it really depends on the person, and sometimes the details of what they believe... Some might be more focused on the one but for others the one can be seen as hard to know (or even unknowable), and so...

What you're describing isn't monotheism, which is the belief that there is only one god, but is closer to something like henotheism or monolatrism, multiple gods but only one is worshiped, or only one is deserving of worship. I would say many Christians in no way follow that view, they are pure...

I don't see how both could be true - unless , again, you're talking about something like soft polytheism (all are one), which is sometimes also called inclusive monotheism. I did address that in my post, though.

1) Are you a polytheist? Yes. 2) If so, do you believe that your gods have a literal existence? (Not just as symbols.) Yes. 3) Are they all the same, singular God in some sense? I don't know. For a long time I considered myself a soft polytheist, in other words believing that all were aspects...

Wiccans and (some) witches do fall under the pagan umbrella, but there are a ton more traditions as well. People reconstructing old pagan religions, like Greek, Norse, Celtic, Egyptian, etc, are also pagan. It's a very broad term that covers a lot of different beliefs and practices. I quite...

My first encounter with any sort of paganism was through a book I found in my cousin's room, while I was visiting my aunt with my mom. I was petty young at the time, my only real experience with religion was a year at a Christian school, and Christianity never really... stuck with me? (For lack...

IMO? I found it immensely helpful to read the Jewish commentary for the whole of the OT. There is a ton of context there which tends to get left behind otherwise - even (or perhaps especially?) coming at it from a Christian angle.

I lurk more than post these days, but I've always enjoyed interfaith discussion (I belong to several different religious forums). I like learning about other religions, and I enjoy the opportunity to share information about my own religion - not with any intent to try to win converts, I have no...

I've noticed this a bit myself. Although what tends to bother me more is when an atheist (or anyone else) says religion, and really means Christianity. I have met a lot of atheists who seem to think all religions share major beliefs with Christianity - as a pagan, I've had atheists assume I...

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From a pagan view, I think part of it is the fact that deities are often these vast beings, so it's probably hard for a human to grasp the whole, so different people might focus or experience different aspects of a deity. Additionally, every person is different, they look at things with...

I've come to where I am through many spiritual experiences, prayer, meditation and reflection, study of world religions and history, and studying science and nature.

Hasn't quite been a decade yet here - been around seven years, but I've had some long breaks away from the site a few times. Seen a lot of good people come and go in those years, and a ton of changes to the site as well. A lot of changes personally as well... a cross country move, then back...

I haven't seen much (if any!) arguing among the pagans here on this forum, but in general? Yeah, it definitely happens. Thankfully I've never seen physical violence over that sort of thing among pagans - but getting into arguments... I've seen plenty of that. On the whole pagans seem pretty...

Not to get too off topic, but... I'm a bit confused by this - when do you celebrate Mabon? (I'd think you just meant Lammas, but you also said Samhain was next...)

Not everyone does do things on a daily or weekly basis, or they might not consistently do these things. (In other words, they might do something daily for a month or two, then not for month, get back into it, etc.) It's all up to what the individual finds works well for them. It's also important...

It wouldn't really affect my faith one way or another, because there's not really any specific creation story in my faith, or anything like that, to really be affected.