pagan worship
Old gods' rites
Pagan worship refers to religious practices outside the major monotheistic traditions—historically, the pre-Christian religions of Europe, or more broadly, any polytheistic, animistic, or nature-based spirituality.
The term carries different weight depending on who uses it: Christians have historically used it disparagingly for non-Christian rites, while modern practitioners embrace it for earth-centered or reconstructed ancient religions.
The archaeological site revealed evidence of pagan worship dating back millennia.
- polytheismBelief in multiple deities
- ceremonial magicFormalized supernatural invocation practice
- stone circlesPrehistoric arrangements of standing rocks
- standing stonesUpright prehistoric monuments
- WiccaModern pagan witchcraft religion
animism · altars · ancestral spirits · spirit world · heathenry · sacred groves · folk traditions · ancient rites · pantheon · invocations · offerings · seasonal festivals · harvest festival · shrines · nature spirits · temples · divination · full moon ritual
- Idolatryfalse gods, idol, graven image, graven images, golden calf
- Anglo-SaxonsBeowulf, Mercia, Wessex, Northumbria, East Anglia
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
- oraclesoracle, sibyl, prophetess, seer, Delphi
- Aphrodisiasstadium, theatre, bouleuterion, agora, marble sculptures
- DecapolisPhiladelphia, Damascus, Dion
pagan worshipmonotheism
Belief in one god
Christian worship · Christianity · Orthodox Christianity · Abrahamic faith · Islam
pagan worshipatheism
Rejection of deities
secular humanism · irreligion · agnosticism · rationalism · secularism
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