Why is Paganism Booming in Europe and Beyond?

[The Lawspeaker]

Why is Paganism and other Occult beliefs booming in Europe, America and beyond? Today, we'll discuss a fascinating phenomenon that stretches back thousands of years, where thousands, and perhaps even millions of people around the globe are reverting to the pre-Christian religion of their ancestors. Be sure to let me know your thoughts on this interesting global phenomenon and community. Thanks for watching! Song: Kevin MacLeod, Metaphysik Sources: http://multiculturalnsw.id.com.au/mul... https://www.livescience.com/25779-chr... http://www.heathenhof.com/world-wide-... https://www.denverpost.com/2008/06/25... http://www.pewforum.org/religious-lan... https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/14740...

[Pandur]

Because NPC's will believe anything some e-celeb tells them.

[Breathe]

Sorry but I find paganism to be very backwards and outdated.

[Óttar]

Because NPC's will believe anything some e-celeb tells them.

Exactly which celeb is promoting polytheism?

[Jacques de Imbelloni]

Neo-paganism is as much a religion as any new age "discipline" could be called a religion.
Like new age philosophies, ist just a trend for bored urban bourgeois looking for "deepness" in their shallow lifes.

[Jacques de Imbelloni]

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[Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić]

Booming ? I wouldn't say so, it's very marginal movement actually.

[Óttar]

Neo-paganism is as much a religion as any new age "discipline" could be called a religion.
Like new age philosophies, ist just a trend for bored urban bourgeois looking for "deepness" in their shallow lifes.

Many "neo-pagans" come off as fake or silly because their practice is not rooted in historical precedent. In the Greco-Roman tradition, we have thousands of years of pragmatic and mystical literature with which to reconstruct a system rooted in sound ritual and philosophy. The reconstruction of a polytheistic system in and of itself is a worthy goal.

[Jacques de Imbelloni]

Many "neo-pagans" come off as fake or silly because their practice is not rooted in historical precedent. In the Greco-Roman tradition, we have thousands of years of pragmatic and mystical literature with which to reconstruct a system rooted in sound ritual and philosophy. The reconstruction of a polytheistic system in and of itself is a worthy goal.

We don't have written sources, wrote by the ancient germanic themselves.
From the greeks we have, among other texts, Hesiod's Theogony, with a well detailed explanation of the origins of the greek gods.
In northen europe, all the sorces are from either travelers, or christian writers that recopilated those oral traditions after many centuries of christian influence.
Also, germanic religion wasn't standardized, institutionalized and state sponsored like in the roman empire or in greek city states.

[Sandy Vento]

Hard to give an honest answer, when the owner of this site is super sensitive to anything that might insult his personal religious beliefs.
Don't want to get cyber-bullied and it's lame getting banned over one's opinions...
In another more open forum, I would give you an answer as to why Christianity is failing badly in the west and being replaced by both paganism and Islam.