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Re: ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Astrophysics and atomic physics don't require either a Plan nor a Planner.

Duality or polarism is an interesting way of classifying things, but in the end it's just another human-devised attempt to understand. There are many ways people classify things. Some use the Sephiroth of the Tree of Life, some use Astrology, some use dual systems such as yin-yang. Edited...

Here's an interesting TV show on YouTube about making crop circles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niH9ClOse3M

They are hoaxes. The only crop circles that I'm aware of which were not produced by humans were very crude circles produced by weather phenomenon -- basically small whirlwinds, localized tornadoes, what would be called "dust devils" in some places. The complex ones have indeed been...

Hi Whitemare. I'm afraid I'm still confused -- the Laws you are talking about are the ones Gerald Gardner introduced to his coven in the 1950s which played a role in the split with Doreen Valiente and the other "old ones" in the coven, correct? It's confusing then why you would say what...

Welcome to Comparative-religion, Whitemare! Great post with lots of thoughtful content. I assume when you refer to the "witches' book of law" you mean either the Wiccan Rede ("An it harm none, do what you will") or perhaps the list of "laws" Gardner introduced to his coven in the late 1950s...

From a soft polytheistic viewpoint this is "true", but from a hard polytheistic viewpoint it's not. Therefore I think it's a bit presumtuous to say "there really is just one truth."

Here are some of my favourite Pagan-themed music. (Some features flutes, stringed instruments, and things like jaw harps but not all do.) Afro Celt Sound System (also known as Afro Celts.) Lots of drumming and Celtic-themed stuff. Ancient Future (I like their song "Frogorian Dance" in...

There are some links to lists at http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/music/Music.htm that might be just what you're looking for.

You're Canuck? (I am, eh. I grew up on a farm in the Ottawa Valley.) Or has good old Canadian music spread outside our fair borders? Edited to add: If you like Captain Tractor you'd probably also like Ashley MacIsaac, if you haven't already got his stuff.

Regarding the topic of dressing-up, I agree wholeheartedly with what path_of_one said. There are definitely some Pagans who love to dress up for whatever reasons. There are also plenty of people in all other religions who do the same. If the point is supposed to be about whether some people...

Fair warning: not many people are very impressed by "weekend" faithful regardless the religion.

Even among polytheists there are many who dedicate to a single deity. Being a polytheist can mean worshipping more than one deity but it doesn't necessarily. You can acknowledge other deities exist without worshipping Them. And then we get into the varieties of polytheism. Among...

It all depends on how you define Pagan, doesn't it. And whether you feel the label suits you or not based on the definitions you've accepted.

Originally (in the Latin) Pagan had nothing to do with religion. Later on when Pagan was used in a religious sense it was used to refer to non-Abrahamic religions regardless whether they were polytheistic or not. Polytheism is not a requirement to be classified as Pagan. To illustrate this...

The one thing I would question from your post is the statement that "etheric world" is equivalent to "the world of Nature." The etheric or ethereal realm is usually understood to be one of the invisible planes of existence rather than the physical plane where rocks, trees, the sun and moon, and...

I have to say I'm confused by the initial post in this thread. It starts off by saying that there is not just one Christian Church, then later on goes on to imply that there is a single "new" Christian Church whose members "will have a full ego awareness of the Christian Mysteries..." If...

Oh, and just to clarify, the determining factor in being classified Pagan has nothing to do with being polytheistic. I mentioned in my last post that there are monotheistic Pagan religions too!

17th Angel is partially correct. The term Pagan originated in Latin and was used to refer to rural people who were considered less sophisticated than urban dwellers. "Hick" would be a modern equivalent in English. However, over the years it has come to mean a lot of things including...

Re: ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Creationism and evolution are not necessarily two extremes. There are plenty of people who believe that the Divine creates using the process of evolution.