What do you associate with the word "Pagan" ?

[Me Myself]

While I associate wiccan stuff a lot and european gods, my strongest association is simply "inclusive worship" . Like, worship the deities you feel like without worrying that other deities will get mad about it. Or even simply worship freely without much focus on dogma.

I also very heavily associate it with polytheism.

 

[Draka]

Earth. Mother. Father. Home. Hearth. Magic. Freedom. Divine. Source. Energy. Flow. Happiness. Love. Me.

 

[Iti oj]

Usualy nature and magic.

 

[SteveGrayFTW]

Probably more of a nature based set of beliefs, with certain rituals but no specific creed, with a God for each element or aspect of nature.

The stories associated with King Arthur also pop into my mind, like Merlin, Lady of the Lake, etc...

 

[Reptillian]

Basically when I think of Paganism, I think of a lot of ancient polytheistic pre-Abrahamic religions. I'd suppose what the Christians traditionally refer to as "mythology"...so like Greek Mythology, Babylonian Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, etc.

 

[Gjallarhorn]

Mythology, "outsider", missionaries, impurity, hedonism, nature, love, uninhibited, syncretic...

 

[crossfire]

Religion that hasn't been taken over by elitists.

 

[Quintessence]

I never actually answered this did I? Perhaps because I didn't feel like writing up a huge laundry list and other people's answers sounded pretty good to me.

 

[Me Myself]

Religion that hasn't been taken over by elitists.

Oh! I like this one!

 

[Levite]

While I associate wiccan stuff a lot and european gods, my strongest association is simply "inclusive worship" . Like, worship the deities you feel like without worrying that other deities will get mad about it. Or even simply worship freely without much focus on dogma.

I also very heavily associate it with polytheism.

Polytheism. Magic. Nature. And college-- I went to school with a lot of Pagans.

 

[Storm]

Non-Abrahamic. Anything else is game.

 

[Monster!]

A religion that requires worship of a multitude of God's/Goddess's x

 

[Breathe]

European pagan religions, polytheism, pantheism, magic, liberalism, college (I went to college with a lot of Pagans as well ), freedom, nature.

Sometimes some less flattering ones though, but they're about a few adherents, as opposed to the paths and unfair to put because I know it's just a few :cover:

 

[apophenia]

Conservationists. Herbal medicine. Moon-driven. Dreadlocks and no shoes.Sex, drugs and music. Organic food and craft markets. Djembes.

I know, I'm stereotyping. But the OP asked for associations, and there they are.

 

[Me Myself]

Conservationists. Herbal medicine. Moon-driven. Dreadlocks and no shoes.Sex, drugs and music. Organic food and craft markets. Djembes.

I know, I'm stereotyping. But the OP asked for associations, and there they are.

Associations indeed. All good

 

[Draka]

Interesting that I don't see any rash of bad comments here. Nothing from anyone saying "misled" or "damned" or "wrong" or anything else. At least, not yet.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Old age animism or new age counter-culture.

 

[Polarbear]

Goddesses, moon, goth, faeries, and romanticism.

 

[horizon]

A journey of infinity.

 

[-Peacemaker-]

Chicks and dudes dressed all in black that wear pentagrams and act all depressed