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#12A POLYTHEISM, ANIMISM, PAGAN I believe in the existence of many gods. While not all of these deities are thought to have physical bodies or even be worthy of worship, some certainly are. Like humans, these deities are seen as having their own personality traits, needs, desires, etc, but with additional powers and, in some cases, supernatural attributes. Many of us worship gods associated with particular objects (Sun, Moon, water, etc,) events (birth, death, etc,) or character types (hero, trickster, muse, etc.) Animists talk of gods inhabiting special places. For them nature is alive, with spirits animating both living and non-living things. |
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More Information About This Worldview Theme--note this table is under construction, last update: April 2022 |
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a diamond WV Theme... |
...individual <---> knowledge |
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the theme is paired with: #7A
Mysticism |
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this theme as presented in older version of theme structure: is this theme new to version 4?--YES |
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click to look at the Project Worldview Cultural Literacy Encyclopedia Related Words, Beliefs, Background articles for the above choice |
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Project Worldview authored discussion, Worldview Watch related issues, songs, etc. |
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Wikipedia articles related to this theme: |
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| Polytheism | Modern Paganism | Animism | |
| Paganism | Wicca | magic and religion | |
| New Age | Earth-centered religion | nature worship | |
| pantheon--religion | Dualism in Cosmology (some worldviews built around two opposites--evil vs. good, yin & yang, goddess & god, etc) | traditional African religions | |
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worldview internal inconsistency related: Strongly valuing this theme and any of the themes in the list below is a contradiction: |
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| #5A Scientific Materialism | #6A Orderly & Explicable | #6B Scientific Method | #8A Monotheistic Deism |
| #8B Belief in a Personal God | #9A Religious Fundamentalism | #9B Simply In God's Hands: Apocalypticism | #13 In Human/Computer Hands: Dancing With Systems |
| #14A Salvation &
Moralistic God |
#37B Global Citizen | #104A
Human-Centered |
#201A Evidence-Based |
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More to Explore --Worldview Theme #12A: POLYTHEISM, ANIMISM, PAGAN |
| What is Paganism? (from Pagan Federation.org) |
| What is Pagan Anarchism? (from godsandradicals.com) |
| Earth Centered Spirituality Collection of 34 ideas by First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego |
| Pagans and Other Unitarian Universalists Inspired by Nature |
| The Witchipedia (an online encyclopedia of witchcraft, magick and the occult) |
| We Moon Astrological Calendar and Planner |
| Guide to Nature Spirituality Terms by Selena Fox (from Circle Sanctuary) |
| "The Return of Paganism" by Ross Douthat (NY Times opinion piece Dec 12 2018) |
| Confessions of a Born Again Pagan by Anthony Kronman (book review by David Brooks, The New York Times Oct 14 2016) |
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seen
everything. "
from Coming of Age in the Global Village,
by
Stephen P. Cook, with Donella H. Meadows.