neo-paganism
Modern earth worship
Neo-paganism is a modern religious movement that revives or reimagines pre-Christian polytheistic traditions—particularly those of ancient Europe.
Practitioners may worship nature, honor multiple deities, or follow seasonal rituals.
The umbrella term covers diverse paths including Wicca, Druidry, and Heathenry.
She found community through neo-paganism after leaving the church.
Plant-based healing tradition
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- ecofeminismTheory linking female oppression, ecological destruction
- biocentrismLife as moral center
All gods of a religion
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- goddessesDivine feminine beings
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
divinities · heathenry · orishas · theism
Sacred ritual table
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- pentacleEncircled five-pointed star
- covenAssembly of witches
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
libation · magick · offerings · smudging · spellcraft · solstice · equinox · handfasting
Practices of Celtic priests
- heathenryPagan beliefs and customs
- reclaimingTaking possession again
- alexandrianOf ancient Egypt's Greek capital
- eclecticDeriving from varied sources
Rebuilding after destruction
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
renewal · rebirth · revitalization · folklore
Assembly of witches
- groveSmall stand of trees
- kindredRelations by blood
- circleCurved closed shape
- elderSenior figure of authority
interfaith · festival · gathering · initiation · dedication
herbalism
Plant-based healing tradition
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- ecofeminismTheory linking female oppression, ecological destruction
- biocentrismLife as moral center
pantheon
All gods of a religion
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- goddessesDivine feminine beings
mythology · divinities · heathenry · orishas · theism
altar
Sacred ritual table
invocation · libation · magick · offerings · smudging · spellcraft · solstice · equinox · handfasting
druidry
Practices of Celtic priests
- heathenryPagan beliefs and customs
- reclaimingTaking possession again
- alexandrianOf ancient Egypt's Greek capital
reconstruction
Rebuilding after destruction
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
resurgence · renewal · rebirth · revitalization · folklore
coven
Assembly of witches
elder · interfaith · festival · gathering · initiation · dedication
- Modern Religionevangelicalism, fundamentalism, Pentecostalism, New Age, Scientology
- neo- wordsneoclassical, neolithic, neologism, neophyte, neoplasm
- paganismWicca, heathen, polytheist, polytheism, pentagram
- Baltic paganismMara, thunder god, sun goddess, earth goddess, world tree
- witchcraftwitch, spell, spellwork, witches, spells
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
neo-paganismorganized religion
Structured communal belief systems
Roman Catholicism · Orthodox Christianity · Islam · Orthodox Judaism · Abrahamic faiths
neo-paganismatheism
Rejection of deities
disenchantment · secular humanism · rationalism · positivism · secularism