Some of the main aspects of this religion were the concept of covens, sabbat celebrations, and worshipping a Horned God.Īuthors Robert Graves and Charles Leland contributed to this view, bringing it into Neopaganism. In 1921, Margaret Murray published the book The Witch Cult which described an ancient organized religion of witches. There are many definitions and none is final. Witches are divided over the word “witch”. Neopagans are equally comfortable with the scientific discourse and magic ritual. Pagans remain antiauthoritarian and Earth-centered (preserving the Earth ). Polytheism may be a cause of this: “The diversity of the Gods commands a deep commitment to human diversity”. Neopagans tend to be tolerant and open-minded. (…) Deities are seen on a more symbolic and complex level” “A polytheistic worldview makes self-delusion harder. It is hard to define but the one thing that most neopagans have in common is polytheism, the belief in or worship of more than one god.
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