pagan rites
Pre-Christian worship practices
Pagan rites are religious ceremonies or rituals associated with pre-Christian or non-Abrahamic traditions—worship of nature, multiple gods, or seasonal cycles.
The phrase often evokes ancient practices: The druids performed pagan rites at the solstice.
In modern usage, it may describe contemporary neo-pagan observances or, disparagingly, any spiritual practice the speaker considers primitive or heathen.
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
- BeltaneCeltic spring fire festival
- SamhainCeltic harvest-end observance
- equinoxSun crosses celestial midline
- moon phasesShifting illumination of satellite
altar · incense · chalice · offerings · fae · invocation · elemental beings · libation · fertility god · nature worship · cosmic balance · blood sacrifice · standing stones · harvest celebrations · ancestor spirits · handfasting · pentacle · bonfire
- ancient religiongods, goddesses, pantheon, deity, polytheism
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- Viking AgeVikings, longships, raiders, Odin, Norse settlers
- nature spiritualitynature worship, pantheism, nature deities, sacred earth, druids
- Solstice Festivalswinter solstice, summer solstice, midwinter, midsummer, shortest day
- Roman religionJupiter, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Neptune
pagan ritesChristian worship
Religious devotion to Christ
church services · Holy Communion · baptism · vespers · matins