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• Paganism can be defined as the spiritual practices of persons who are not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim. The term paganism also refers to a wide variety of folk-based polytheistic, hedonistic and naturalistic religions.Religious Tolerance: Paganism

• Fast Facts

  1. Paganism not a religion, but a term used to classify many different belief systemseCauldron: The Pagan Primer
  2. Many traditions firmly rooted in nature Pagan Federation: What is Paganism
  3. Aspects often include a balance between the divine female and the divine maleLewis Loflin: What is Paganism
  4. Paganism and Wicca are not synonymous, but Wicca is a Pagan tradition
  5. Practice rituals/rites to tune into the cycles of nature Pagan Federation: What is Paganism

• A Few Pagan Traditions

  1. Asatru
  2. Druidism
  3. Hellenism
  4. Wicca
  5. Hinduism
  6. Native American spiritual practices
  7. Hellenismos

• Pagan Holidays

  The following holidays are practiced in many different neo-pagan cultures as they fall in cycle on the Wheel of the Year. They may differ in name between different traditions.The Pagan Library: The Pagan Wheel of the Year

  1. Yule/Winter Solstice: December 21st:
  2. Imbolc/Candlemas: February 2nd
  3. Ostara/Spring Equinox: March 21st
  4. Beltane/May Day: May 1st
  5. Midsummer: June 221st
  6. Lammas: August 2nd
  7. Mabon: September 21st
  8. Samhain/Halloween: October 31st

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