Mazdaism-The First Monotheist Religion.

... Maniyu. Angra Maniyu is the absolute antithesis of Mazda's Spenta Maniyu. He is the equivalent of the Semitic Monotheist religions' Satan. This could suggest a religious split between "Monotheists" and "Polytheists" in the early indo-european religious tradition. The followers of Spenta Maniyu and Angra Maniyu are supposed to fight a final cosmic battle at the end of the times. The followers of ...

devouring edward butler

... been striking gold with me a lot lately, and since he recently gave me permission to post his stuff...er....without asking his permission, i've got to pass this one along. may be something all of you polytheists have always just assumed, but for me it's something that for some reason i've felt but never really been able to work through. then when it's put so clearly like this i want to thump my ...

Other News about Paganism

... of the iPhone (original, 3G, 3GS), but these are essentially all the same device with essentially the same hardware, just boosted specs. Meanwhile, Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Symbian, etc. are all polytheists. But "pagans," while perhaps not exactly right, is a cooler term, so let's go with that. All of these other mobile OSes are pagans. They answer to many devices, their "gods." Now, ...

How do you maintain a pagan group?

So recently the pagan group in my region re-formed after a long period of separation. I’m excited to be around my fellow polytheists and weirdos again but… Its already happening, its already upon us, Teh Dramas monster has reared its head again after only two official meetings. Sigh… I understand that one of the seemingly defining element among pagans is bull headed, over independent I do what I ...

...me with the best presents ever: Some Anansi Boys inspired perfume and P. M. Fraser's Ptolemaic Alexandria . That's right, bitches. I now have my very own copy of the holy grail for Greco-Egyptian polytheists. I've checked this thing out of the University Library 4 times now and only made it about halfway through. Just the text itself is over 700 pages - there are 2 volumes of notes, and a book...

I'm a Bad Bad Girl

...9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt. 8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God. 7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how ...

anyone want these?

I have two random things I no longer want but would like to give to fellow polytheists rather than donate to a thrift store or something. BOOK: In the Footsteps of Orpheus. The Story of the Finding and Indentification of the Lost Entrance to Hades , the Oracle of the Dead, the River Styx and the Infernal Regions of the Greeks , by R.F. Paget Hardcover, some writing in the pages, dust ...

Hubris from Revelation: the Social Engineering of Ultimate Truths [Monday, Period 2]

..., Germanic Polytheism, Slavic polytheism, Chinese folk religion, Neopagan faiths and Anglo-Saxon paganism." "Now, Polytheists do not always worship all the gods equally, but can be monolatrists, specialising in the worship of one particular deity. Other polytheists can be kathenotheists, worshiping different deities at different times," she said. "The deities of ...

33-37 of 50 Book Challenge

... of the vampire mythos. 35. Eyes of Crow- Jeri Smith Ready Meh fantasy novel about a woman growing into a relationship with the Crow Spirit in a culture of animists, fighting against a culture of polytheists. The ideas are interesting and may have made a great novel with a better writer. 36. Living with the Dead- Kelley Armstrong I usually enjoy her urban fantasy novels. This is not one of her...

Doctor, Dinner and Delicious Men

... just don't know when to give up. President Papoulias signed the order disolving Parliament, calling for elections on the 4th of October and the reconvening of Parliament once they're all done. So yay! I also saw something about an ancient artifact but will read that tomorrow. It might be of interests to my fellow Hellenic Polytheists. For now, it's off to bed. Καλυνύχτα όλοι. Θα τα πούμε αύριο.