tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post5762253283300941269..comments2024-03-20T19:23:09.857+02:00Comments on Notes from underground: Neopagan discussions of ChristianitySteve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-81391744734081712072008-02-01T14:02:00.000+02:002008-02-01T14:02:00.000+02:00Here's my contribution to the Pagan blogfest about...Here's <A HREF="http://stroppyrabbit.blogspot.com/2008/02/pagans-and-christians.html" REL="nofollow">my contribution to the Pagan blogfest about Christianity</A>.<BR/><BR/>Isaac Bonewitz (famous druid) suggested three categories of prefix:<BR/><BR/>PalaeoPagans (Pagans of the classical world and anyone with a continuous tradition like Hinduism).<BR/><BR/>MesoPagans (those whose practice has evolved significantly after being transported from its homeland, such as Voudun or Santeria).<BR/><BR/>NeoPagans (the Western revival of Paganism, e.g. Wicca, Druidry)<BR/><BR/>Another category that has been suggested is Crypto-Pagans (those who have had to go underground to survive persecution, like the Yezidis).<BR/><BR/>Also, some reconstructionists use NeoPagan as an insult for Wicca and Druidry, because we're syncretists.Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-73550016388565290702008-02-01T10:27:00.000+02:002008-02-01T10:27:00.000+02:00Yvonne,Pagans and Neopagans -- perhaps that deserv...Yvonne,<BR/><BR/>Pagans and Neopagans -- perhaps that deserves a post on its own. Perhaps the big and small P pagans might be enough of a distinction. For the first two thirds of the 20th century many non-religious people in the Western world identified themselves as pagans or heathens, and perhaps they still do. But I think I'll elaborate in another post.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-49437978112217007002008-02-01T00:59:00.000+02:002008-02-01T00:59:00.000+02:00Yes, it's funny how that happened. I plan to writ...Yes, it's funny how that happened. I plan to write my own post on this at some point, but it will be looooong...<BR/><BR/>Small grumble... why do Christians (even lovely ones such as your good self) always insist on the "Neo-" prefix? Is it to emphasise that you don't believe we have continuity with pagans of the past? Sure, we don't have the equivalent of apostolic succession (we call it initiatory lineage), but there is a continuity of ideas via the Western Mystery Tradition, and many another strand of thought and feeling. Also, the pagans of the classical world didn't call themselves Pagans, so I don't give them a capital P - but I do give it to modern Pagans because they identify as such.<BR/><BR/>Of course, given that you belong to a tradition with unbroken apostolic succession, maybe you should call all other forms of Christianity Neo-Christian...Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com