neo-pagans
Contemporary nature worshippers
Neo-pagans are practitioners of modern religious movements that draw on pre-Christian, nature-based, or polytheistic traditions.
The term encompasses Wiccans, Druids, heathens, and others who reconstruct or reimagine ancient spiritual practices.
Neo-paganism typically emphasizes reverence for nature, seasonal rituals, and multiple deities or a divine feminine: The neo-pagans gathered for the summer solstice celebration.
Belief in supernatural forces
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- tarotDivination card set
- runesOld Germanic script
astrology · herbalism · meditation · trance · shamanism · correspondences · sigils · visualization
Inherent quality or disposition
- ecologyStudy of environmental relations
- earth-basedOf or from land
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- harvestGathering mature crops
fertility · elemental · wilderness · biophilia · organic · sustainability · stewardship
All gods of a religion
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- goddessesDivine feminine beings
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
worship · offerings · devotion · theism · syncretism · invocation · prayer · shrines
Formal event marking occasions
- altarSacred ritual table
- covenAssembly of witches
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
- equinoxSun crosses celestial midline
Beltane · Samhain · magick · spellwork · invocation · chanting · chalice · wand
Rebuilding after destruction
- WiccaModern pagan witchcraft religion
- HellenismGreek cultural influence
- revivalismMovement rekindling religious passion
- reclaimingTaking possession again
occultism
Belief in supernatural forces
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- tarotDivination card set
runes · astrology · herbalism · meditation · trance · shamanism · correspondences · sigils · visualization · gnosis
nature
Inherent quality or disposition
- ecologyStudy of environmental relations
- earth-basedOf or from land
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
harvest · fertility · elemental · wilderness · biophilia · organic · sustainability · stewardship
pantheon
All gods of a religion
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- goddessesDivine feminine beings
mythology · worship · offerings · devotion · theism · syncretism · invocation · prayer · shrines · altars
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
equinox · Beltane · Samhain · magick · spellwork · invocation · chanting · chalice · wand · pentacle
reconstruction
Rebuilding after destruction
- WiccaModern pagan witchcraft religion
- HellenismGreek cultural influence
- revivalismMovement rekindling religious passion
reclaiming · pre-Christian · folklore · rediscovery · reawakening
coven
Assembly of witches
fellowship · gathering · festivals · clergy · elders · solitaries · eclectic · tradition · lineage · initiation
- pagansheathens, druids, polytheists, Hellenists, reconstructionists
neo-pagansmonotheists
Believers in one god
Christians · evangelicals · Muslims · Jews · Catholics