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The first set will be terms often used in any religious discussion or description. I will try and share a few different views or usages of each word. It is always good to keep the etymology in mind when reading or using these terms. Save the Tomatoes and Egg throwing by some.
Please note this is a continuing blog and more terms or references will be added as need and time permit.
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Pagan >
Pagan:My own view :
http://thedruidking.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-is-pagan-druids-view.html
Pagan,
Paganism:
Originally from the
Latin “paganus,”
meaning “villager,” “country dweller,” or “hick.” The
Roman army used it to refer to civilians. Early Roman Christians used
“pagan” to refer to everyone who preferred to worship
pre-Christian divinities and who were unwilling to enroll in “the
Army of the Lord.” Eventually, “pagan” became simply an insult,
with the connotation of “a false religion and its followers.” By
the beginning of the twentieth century, the word’s primary meanings
became a blend of “atheist,” “agnostic,” “hedonist,”
“religionless,” etc., (when referring to an educated, white,
male, heterosexual, non-Celtic European) and “ignorant savage
and/or pervert” (when referring to everyone else on the planet).
“Paganism” is now a general term for polytheistic,
nature-centered religions, old and new, with “Pagan” used as the
adjective as well as the membership term. It should always be
capitalized just as other religious noun/adjective combinations are,
such as “Buddhist,” “Hindu,” “Christian,” etc. See
Paleopaganism, Mesopaganism, Neopaganism. R1
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Paleopaganism or Paleo-Paganism:
A general term for the original polytheistic, nature-centered faiths of tribal Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, Oceania and Australia, when they were (or in some rare cases, still are) practiced as intact belief systems. Of the so-called “Great Religions of the World,” Hinduism (prior to the influx of Islam into India), Taoism and Shinto, for example, fall under this category, though many members of these faiths might be reluctant to use the term. Some Paleopagan belief systems may be racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. There are billions of Paleopagans living and worshiping their deities today. See Mesopaganism and Neopaganism. R1
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. R1
Neopaganism or Neo-Paganism:
A general term for a variety of movements both organized and (usually) nonorganized, started since 1960 c.e. or so (though they had literary roots going back to the mid-1800’s), as attempts to recreate, revive or continue what their founders thought were the best aspects of the Paleopagan ways of their ancestors (or predecessors), blended with modern humanistic, pluralist and inclusionary ideals, while consciously striving to eliminate as much as possible of the traditional Western monotheism, dualism, and puritanism. The core Neopagan beliefs include a multiplicity of deities of all genders, a perception of those deities as both immanent and transcendent, a commitment to environmental awareness, and a willingness to perform magical as well as spiritual rituals to help both ourselves and others. Examples of Neopaganism would include the Church of All Worlds, most heterodox Wiccan traditions, Druidism as practiced by Ár nDraíocht Féin and the Henge of Keltria, some Norse Paganism, and some modern forms of Buddhism whose members refer to themselves as “Buddheo-Pagans.” Neopagan belief systems are not racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. There are hundreds of thousands of Neopagans living and worshiping their deities today. As “Neo-Paganism,” this term was popularized in the 1960’s and 1970’s by Oberon Zell, a founder of the Church of All Worlds. R1
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Pagan
- The word "pagan" is derived from the Latin term "paganus"
and/or "pagani", meaning, roughly, "country dweller"
(with overtones of ignorance). The word is used today in reference to
anyone following earth-based or Goddess religions. R2
Pan >
pan-
Word Origin
1.
a combining form meaning “all,” occurring originally in loanwords from Greek
( panacea; panoply), but now used freely as a general formative
( panleukopenia; panorama; pantelegraph; pantheism; pantonality),
and especially in terms, formed at will, implying the union of all branches of a group ( Pan-Christian; Panhellenic; Pan-Slavism). The hyphen and the second capital tend with longer use to be lost, unless they are retained in order to set off clearly the component parts.
Panentheism>
Panentheism: The gods are everywhere. R7
Panentheism
“Panentheism” is a constructed word composed of the English equivalents of the Greek terms “pan”, meaning all,
“en”, meaning in, and “theism”, meaning God. Panentheism considers God and the world to be inter-related with the world being in God and ...
John Culp R4
Pantheism >
The term ‘pantheism’ is a modern one, possibly first appearing in the writing of the Irish freethinker John Toland (1705) and constructed from the Greek roots pan (all) and theos (God). But if not the name, the ideas themselves are very ancient, and any survey of the history of philosophy will uncover numerous pantheist or pantheistically inclined thinkers; although it should also be noted that in many cases all that history has preserved for us are second-hand reportings of attributed doctrines,
any reconstruction of which is too conjectural to provide much by way of philosophical illumination. R4
Pan•the•ism (pănˈthē-ĭzˌəm)
n. A doctrine identifying the Deity with the universe and its phenomena.
n. Belief in and worship of all gods.
Pantheism: Physical world is divine. R7
Pantheon >
First coined 1300, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion,
“a temple of all gods”), neuter of πάνθειος (pántheios, “of or common to all gods”), from πᾶν (pân, “all, everything”),neuter of πᾶς (pâs, “all, the whole”) + θεῖος (theîos, “of or for the gods”), from θεός (theós, “god”) R3
pan•the•on (pănˈthē-ŏnˌ, -ən)
n. A circular temple in Rome, completed in 27 B.C. and dedicated to all the gods.
n. A temple dedicated to all gods.
n. All the gods of a people considered as a group: Jupiter is head of the Roman pantheon.
Pantheon:
The organization of
deities and lesser spirits in any given religion. R1
Pantheon
- A group or "family" of Gods. Odin, Frigga, Thor, and Loki
are all Gods of the Norse Pantheon. R2
Patriarchal >
[pey-tree-ahr-kuh l] adj.
mid-15c., "pertaining to a (Church) patriarch," from patriarch + -al, or elsefrom Late Latin patriarchalis, from patriarcha.
adjective
1.
of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe,community, church, order, etc.:my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.2.characteristic of an entity, family, church, etc., controlled by men:
the highly patriarchal Mormon church. R5
Patriarchal
- Based on the Consort/Horned God or male as head of the 'family'.
Descent, kinship, and succession are determined through the father. R2
Polytheolgy >
Worship or belief in multiple deities R7
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Thaumaturgy >
Thaumaturgy:
The use of magic for nonreligious purposes; the art and science of “wonder working;” using magic to actually change things on the Earth Plane. R1
Thealogy >
Thealogy:
Intellectual
speculations concerning the nature of the Goddess and Her relations
to the world in general and humans in particular; rational
explanations of religious doctrines, practices and beliefs, which may
or may not bear any connection to any religion as actually conceived
and practiced by the majority of its members. R1
Theurgy >
Theurgy:
The use of magic for
religious and/or psychotherapeutic purposes, in order to attain
“salvation” or “personal evolution.” R1
Theism >
theism [thee-iz-uh m] noun
1.
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism ).
2.
belief in the existence of a god or gods (opposed to atheism ).
Origin Expand
1670-16801670-80; the- + -ism
Related forms Expand
theist [thee-ist] (Show IPA), noun, adjective
theistic, theistical, adjective
theistically, adverb
nontheistic, adjective
nontheistical, adjective
R6
theo-
1.
a combining form meaning “god,” used in the formation of compound words:
theocrat.
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Also, especially before a vowel, the-.
Origin Expand
< Greek, combining form of theós
Dictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for theo- Expand
theo-
combining form
1.
indicating God or gods: theology
Word Origin
from Greek theos god R6
Theolgy >
theology [thee-ol-uh-jee]
noun, plural theologies.
1.
the field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God's attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things
or religious truth; divinity.
2.
a particular form, system, branch, or course of this study.
Origin Expand
Middle EnglishOld FrenchLate LatinGreek
1325-13751325-75; Middle English theologie < Old French < Late Latin theologia < Greek theología. See theo-, -logy R6
References: R1---X
1) The
following is a list of technical words and phrases originally taken
from the first three editions of Real
Magic. (Issac Bonewits)
2) http://www.druidcircle.org/library/index.php?title=Druidic_Terms_Glossary
3) https://en.wiktionary.org/
4) http://plato.stanford.edu/
6) http://dictionary.reference.com/
7) Issac Bonewits
