I must confess, before reading Coulanges’ The Ancient City, I had a very pedantic view of Paganism. I viewed it much how I imagine most modern Pagans view it. Paganism was the worship of many Gods. A pantheon. You look more into it and you might find out that the Romans, for example, had Gods for everything. There was even a God of the dung heap. From these modern Pagans, you get the ideas such as “returning to tradition.” They might try to recreate whatever scant traditions they could piece together.
I wrote a report on this book a while back, and have been covering the ancestral religion for quite some time. Hearns did the world a monumental favor when he wrote his book. Same with Coulagnes. You are right, they can rectify the false views many people have towards paganism. Hearns especially, his book really gets to the heart of the household religion.
This religion never went away. It has always been with us, deep in our souls, locked away in our genetic memory. The Gods are still active in reality. The ancestors are still gathering together in the halls of our primordial forefathers. They are calling, beckoning, crying out for their kindred to return home. We must re-arm ourselves with the wisdom of our forefathers, then strike out into the new world with a new praxis that is tied to the foundational origins of our very race.
You should consider distancing yourselves from the term "pagan", it is a term that us Christians invented in order to group various non-Abrahamic religions.
Folkish is better. However, pagan and heathen aren't bad words. Heathen, for example, was even embraced by Germans for a time without any negative connotation. But really, this insult is like saying "you are a hick, redneck" etc and this only bothers people who aren't hicks or rednecks.
I grew up country surrounded by weird rural ideas. Nothing wrong with being a man of the heath.
We shouldn't let 2k year old insults bother us, tbh. We are too pedantic. I wonder why people get triggered over words like pagan, White, or even Indo-European (not you, just using common examples in our spheres) while we are ok with European, which comes from a Phoenician princess.
This is the way. I can trace my family history back about a thousand years and my genetic affinity group back about 4,000 years. I have found a lot of useful information at
Ancient city is a must read. Exploded my mind and worldview
I wrote a report on this book a while back, and have been covering the ancestral religion for quite some time. Hearns did the world a monumental favor when he wrote his book. Same with Coulagnes. You are right, they can rectify the false views many people have towards paganism. Hearns especially, his book really gets to the heart of the household religion.
This religion never went away. It has always been with us, deep in our souls, locked away in our genetic memory. The Gods are still active in reality. The ancestors are still gathering together in the halls of our primordial forefathers. They are calling, beckoning, crying out for their kindred to return home. We must re-arm ourselves with the wisdom of our forefathers, then strike out into the new world with a new praxis that is tied to the foundational origins of our very race.
yes I agree with this. Hoping more will see Paganism for what it was.
This + The Ancient City + Ancient Law are powerful trifecta to Paganism
You should consider distancing yourselves from the term "pagan", it is a term that us Christians invented in order to group various non-Abrahamic religions.
Folkish is better. However, pagan and heathen aren't bad words. Heathen, for example, was even embraced by Germans for a time without any negative connotation. But really, this insult is like saying "you are a hick, redneck" etc and this only bothers people who aren't hicks or rednecks.
I grew up country surrounded by weird rural ideas. Nothing wrong with being a man of the heath.
We shouldn't let 2k year old insults bother us, tbh. We are too pedantic. I wonder why people get triggered over words like pagan, White, or even Indo-European (not you, just using common examples in our spheres) while we are ok with European, which comes from a Phoenician princess.
This is the way. I can trace my family history back about a thousand years and my genetic affinity group back about 4,000 years. I have found a lot of useful information at
www.houseofnames.com