European Identity
17.04.202517:02
07.04.202514:16
The quest for the Golden Fleece and it’s aftermath illustrated by V.Lapovok
05.04.202511:48
Charlemagne's mosques
By Carolyn Emerick
#EasterTidings
By Carolyn Emerick
#EasterTidings
03.04.202516:10
The gods were, in a sense, literally present in their sanctuaries. Greeks constantly, in documents and contexts of very different kinds, referred to what we would call a statue of a particular god simply by that god’s name; in representations on vases of scenes set in temples, it is often unclear whether we are looking at a statue or at an actual god. To be sure, they knew that statues were made by craftsmen from physical materials; and plain statements that statues are gods, or that gods are statues, are not to be found.
R.Parker
R.Parker
15.04.202518:46
08.04.202519:33
Among the Wined [Slavs]…conjugal love is preserved with such vigor that a woman refuses to live after the death of her own husband; their noblest women are ordered to bring death by their own hands and burn on the same pyre with their husbands.
Boniface Letter to the king Æthlebald
Boniface Letter to the king Æthlebald
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ᚪOLK CINEᛗA
06.04.202513:59
"Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description."
"My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true."
"Among the old pagans, morals were just social manners, decent behaviour. But by the time of Christ all religion and all thought seemed to turn from the old worship and study of vitality, potency, power, to the study of death and death-rewards, death-penalties, and morals. All religion, instead of being religion of life, here and now, became religion of postponed destiny, death, and reward afterwards, ‘if you are good’."
"Not until we can grasp a little of the working of the ancient mind can we appreciate the ‘magic’ of the world they lived in."
- D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
"My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true."
"Among the old pagans, morals were just social manners, decent behaviour. But by the time of Christ all religion and all thought seemed to turn from the old worship and study of vitality, potency, power, to the study of death and death-rewards, death-penalties, and morals. All religion, instead of being religion of life, here and now, became religion of postponed destiny, death, and reward afterwards, ‘if you are good’."
"Not until we can grasp a little of the working of the ancient mind can we appreciate the ‘magic’ of the world they lived in."
- D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
04.04.202517:22
In ordinary speech accordingly one normally spoke of ‘the divine’ or ‘the gods’ or an unspecified ‘god/the god/some god’, not of named Olympians.
But the distinction between these vaguely described powers and the plastic figures familiar from art and myth is not a simple distinction between real religion and an artificial variant confected by artists and poets; for in cult too gods have names and shapes and histories. Myth was integral to Greek religion because it was through myth that the gods of cult were revealed.
R.Parker
But the distinction between these vaguely described powers and the plastic figures familiar from art and myth is not a simple distinction between real religion and an artificial variant confected by artists and poets; for in cult too gods have names and shapes and histories. Myth was integral to Greek religion because it was through myth that the gods of cult were revealed.
R.Parker
03.04.202516:06
19.04.202514:48
Romanian people claim to be Christian, attending church, praying to God, and observing other Christian rites and holy days. However, to deal with daily needs and issues, they also believe in and practice folk beliefs and customs, many of which are unbiblical…casting spells, witchcraft, divination, mediums and spiritists, magic, communing with the dead, and sorcery.
Many Catholics in Romania are nominal Christians who do not attend church regularly.
Florin Paul Botica
Many Catholics in Romania are nominal Christians who do not attend church regularly.
Florin Paul Botica
14.04.202500:09
By embracing the faith of the gospel, the Christians incurred the supposed guilt of an unnatural and unpardonable offence. They dissolved the sacred ties of custom and education, violated the religious institutions of their country, and presumptuously despised whatever their fathers had believed as true, or had reverenced as sacred.
E.Gibbon
E.Gibbon
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Pagan Revivalism
07.04.202522:32
Dire Wolves are back! Ancient life resurrected! This is beautiful
Read more here
https://x.com/colossal/status/1909247817672957959
Read more here
https://x.com/colossal/status/1909247817672957959
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The Aryan Seer
06.04.202513:15
Christian missionaries put strong prohibitions on the worship of
trees and tree spirits, making a point of chopping down sacred trees
and groves wherever they could. In the second Council of Arles (452
CE) chis canon was issued: "If within the territory of a bishop infidels
light corches or venerate trees, fountains, or stones, and he neglects to
abolish this usage, he must know that he himself is guilty of sacrilege.
Charlemagne issued the following edict:
"With respect to trees,
stones, and fountains, where certain foolish people light torches or
practice other superstitions, we earnestly ordain that that most evil
custom detestable to God, wherever it be found, should be removed
and destroyed."
The church was never able to completely eradicate tree, stone, and
water worship. Wells once dedicated to the old gods were resanctified
in the name of saints, and images of Mary were placed in grottoes once
sacred to the Earth Goddess.
Source: A Druid’s Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine by Ellen Evert Hopman
trees and tree spirits, making a point of chopping down sacred trees
and groves wherever they could. In the second Council of Arles (452
CE) chis canon was issued: "If within the territory of a bishop infidels
light corches or venerate trees, fountains, or stones, and he neglects to
abolish this usage, he must know that he himself is guilty of sacrilege.
Charlemagne issued the following edict:
"With respect to trees,
stones, and fountains, where certain foolish people light torches or
practice other superstitions, we earnestly ordain that that most evil
custom detestable to God, wherever it be found, should be removed
and destroyed."
The church was never able to completely eradicate tree, stone, and
water worship. Wells once dedicated to the old gods were resanctified
in the name of saints, and images of Mary were placed in grottoes once
sacred to the Earth Goddess.
Source: A Druid’s Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine by Ellen Evert Hopman
转发自:Pagan Revivalism
03.04.202522:00
Emulation is the highest form of veneration!
When we do what our forefathers and foremothers did, that is what we call tradition. The passing down of wisdom and deeds throughout the generations.
Doing the deeds of others is what we call emulation. And to venerate is to have great respect.
So when we act like our ancestors, experience what they did, we are partaking in ancestral traditions, and through our emulation we show veneration. For what greater respect can one show than to be like another? None.
Thus Emulation is the highest form of Veneration, and something we should employ more in our grand revival
When we do what our forefathers and foremothers did, that is what we call tradition. The passing down of wisdom and deeds throughout the generations.
Doing the deeds of others is what we call emulation. And to venerate is to have great respect.
So when we act like our ancestors, experience what they did, we are partaking in ancestral traditions, and through our emulation we show veneration. For what greater respect can one show than to be like another? None.
Thus Emulation is the highest form of Veneration, and something we should employ more in our grand revival
01.04.202517:08
In 393 CE, Emperor Theodosius I banned the Greek Olympics due to the religious element of the celebration. He considered the Olympics to be a pagan festival, which had no place in his Christian empire.
As a consequence, the games were cancelled and didn’t start up again for over 1,400 years, until 1896.
As a consequence, the games were cancelled and didn’t start up again for over 1,400 years, until 1896.
13.04.202512:42
Cheiron the Centaur and Jason by William Russell Flint
07.04.202519:36
Church father Tertullian once asked "what does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?"
What he meant was "what does pagan philosophy have to do with Christian religion?" It was a rhetorical question because the answer is supposed to be "nothing".
This is ironic for two reasons. First, of course the Christian church later embraced classical Greek philosophy, which it found complemented its own theology very well.
Second, the question has a different ring to it today. Athens is the cradle of European civilization. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and the setting for the Christian story of Jesus. Folkish pagans can rightly ask "what does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?" The answer is of course still "nothing". But we mean something very different than Tertullian did.
What he meant was "what does pagan philosophy have to do with Christian religion?" It was a rhetorical question because the answer is supposed to be "nothing".
This is ironic for two reasons. First, of course the Christian church later embraced classical Greek philosophy, which it found complemented its own theology very well.
Second, the question has a different ring to it today. Athens is the cradle of European civilization. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and the setting for the Christian story of Jesus. Folkish pagans can rightly ask "what does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?" The answer is of course still "nothing". But we mean something very different than Tertullian did.
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