Paganism

Pagans lived in the medieval times and most of them converted to Christianity. Their religion is still practiced by some people. Druidism, Shamanism and Asatru comes under Pagan religions.

There are some other new religions stemmed from Pagan religions and those are called Neo-Paganism. Wicca, Witchcraft includes in Neo-Pagan religions.

Pagans wear the same clothing as everyone else. Personal freedom preferences sometimes dictate flowing, lighter fabric clothes during rituals but you cannot pick a Pagan out of a crown based on clothing. The vast majority of us go off to work in suits, uniforms and overalls depending on our jobs.

We light fires in the cauldron at "Halloween" so that we may burn away our weaknesses. Part of our Samhain (Halloween) celebration is to write our weaknesses on pieces of parchment and then throw them into the fire to rid ourselves of these faults.

First of all Mythology isn't practiced it's studied, your confusing the term with religion. Well, modern Greek cultures still worship some of the ancient gods but not in a religious way. They worship them as in lucky charms or sayings. For example in a date a Greek girl says: I hope Aphrodite works her magic. Meaning Aphrodite the goddess of Love helps her in love, like the roman Cupid launches his arrows.

So it is not a religion anymore it is just part of the Greek culture.

Fly on brooms and tree branches, cause painful pinching towards their victims, cause their victims to have seizures or fits, curse others they dislike, and generally cause mayhem. At least, this is what was believed in colonial times, of course.

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Piety is being good and doing good for the sake of it, and not for selfish reasons. Pious is the adjective form of piety, to describe a pious act, attitude, or person. The Roman Emperor Antoninus Pious was so named for his piety, and his reign was the most peaceful of all the Roman emperors.

Short answer is, they don't. Long answer is they rely on the ideomotor effect. It is so easy to move the rod that even barely noticeable movements will effect the direction it turns. Basically the user of the rod is subconsciously guiding it themselves.

The Pentagram has always had mystical meanings. It has been found scratched in stone age caves as old as man himself. It has been associated with astronomical and religious meaning and at certain points in history with sinister doings. Babylonian,Sumatran and Hebrew writings and drawings were often embellished with the pentagram.

According to the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, five was the number of Mankind.

The five points of the star being elements of fire,water,air,earth and the spirit.

The pentagram was a preferred emblem to adorn the jewelry and amulets of early Christians. They wore the pentagram as representing the five wounds of Christ on the cross while at the same time it symbolized doctrines of Magic, Alchemy and Kabbalah to non-Christian groups.

Lately the pentagram has been most associated with Neo Pagans and Wiccans. In most Wiccan and Pagan rituals, its symbolic meaning is derived from Ceremonial Magic and protection. The five are the four elements ruled by the spirit. In many of these rituals the pentagram also symbolizes unity of the circle within the realm of the spirit and the elements.

It kind of represents how life works.

Like all Christian holidays, Easter was a pagan festival which was subverted to representing a Christian theme, despite bearing no relation to the event it commemorates or the symbols it uses.

Easter is indeed from pagan festival to honor the fertility god. That is why they use the rabbit and the egg. dont believe me look it up.

Pagan festivals are like the festivals for any other religion or even any community of people. They consist of a community-wide celebration and there is often music, dancing, games and good food. They are often organized on a yearly basis. Religious festivals they have special customs associated with them involving ritual and worship. This question was placed in the category "Christmas" so it may be worth pointing out that the Christian festival of Christmas often is celebrated with features of the older pagan religions in the same area, such as keep a fire going all night to "help" the sun get through the long night of the winter solstice; and bringing in green leaves and branches from the outside, such as holly, ivy and pine branches.

No there is no such things as warlocks.

The term warlock means: Warlocks are, among historic Christian traditions, said to be the male equivalent of witches. Likewise, in traditional Scottish witchcraft warlock was and is simply the term used for a wizard, or male witch. A synonym is sorcerer.

Males are called witches not warlocks. I know this because I'm a male and a witch.

You cannot 'get' magic, magic is born into you, much like your hair color.

i love this this is why, wicca and paganism are still trying to find themselves....

getting magic(k) is growing an awareness of the energy and designs that attract to you, without this your as clueless as those about you, and no it isn't born, the memories, desires, thoughts, dreams, and even blood from the ones who understand these things can be...

see how the modern business of magick, charms, talismans, spells, and hopeful chants, had desiccated their own futures.... (anything openly visible for a long time is like playing the mailman game) one says it and 7 pass it on, and in the end it isn't the same message...

however in real magic(k) "sorry to use crowley's K" but i wanted my message to get through....

when a magic(k) person says a message 1,700 persons could pass it and it still will have the original message.... why.... dedication to the message, and not their own will.....

How do you get magic(k).... it gets you....

The Norse Gods resided in Asgard, which was one of one of 9 worlds in Norse Mythology. Each God had their own hall. Valhalla was the hall of Odin, where brave warriors went when they died. There the feasted and fought each day, and when Ragnarok came they helped the Gods fight against the giants. In the end everything would be destroyed by Ragnarok.

Asgard, the sky citadel

Asgard, on the other end of Biforst the rainbow bridge.

We worship our own personal representation of God (thus giving God the name or names we feel best represents our own tastes). Most worship a Male and Female God and Goddess (after all nature is based on Male and Female coupling why wouldnt there be two dieties?).

Pagans are people who follow their own spiritual paths - in general pagans have a great reverence for nature and the environment, often observing astrological and seasonal festivals, in order to attune with the energies of the planet/universe. Some pagans are members of alternative religions such as Wicca, Druidism etc. Many pagans - though not all - also practice the art of magic and study spiritual development.

Those who practice chiromancy are generally called palmists, palm readers, hand readers, hand analysts, or chirologists. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiromancy

The Celtic culture celebrated All Hallow's Eve around the time we celebrate Halloween. The Celts believed that on that day, spirits could return to the Earth and walk among the living. All Hallow's was also the Celtic New Year celebration. In the Middle Ages, people would fear Hallow's Eve, believing that demons went out to hunt on that night. As the centuries went on, people again adopted the tradition of going out on Hallow's Eve, but took on the Old English tradition of dressing up to scare away evil spirits.

well it certainly is hard to explain, believe me.

it's about harnessing all your strength and power into something, be it good or bad, and yeah i can't explain it propperly. I'ts something you have to experience for yourself to understand.

Nobody knows how many Wiccans that there are. I have a hunch that few estimates are accurate within 50%.
Because of the nature of most Wiccans' secrecy it is unknown how many Wiccans there really are.