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European Paganism: The Realities of Cult from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Book by Ken Dowden; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Europe--Religion, Paganism--Europe--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the view that religion is in origin a dimension of society. My...this book, however, is in paganism in action, in visible human...rather than in the archaeology of paganism. I have focused on paganism as it emerges into history...
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Magic and Paganism in Early Christianity: The World of the Acts of the Apostles

Book by Hans-Josef Klauck, Brian Mcneil; Fortress Press, 2003

Subjects:

Bible--N.T--Acts--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Christianity And Other Religions--Roman--Biblical Teaching, Church History--Primitive And Early Church, Ca. 30-600, Magic, Ancient--Biblical Teaching, Magic--Religious Aspects--Christianity, Paganism, Rome--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...imperial temple was established under Domitian. The heavenly origin of the image of Artemis is meant to make void the argument drawn...her statue was made with human hands. This idea may have its origin in meteorites that crashed into the earth and were venerated...
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The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism

Book by Franz Cumont; Open Court, 1911

Subjects:

Mysteries, Religious, Religions, Rome--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...appointed hour, converses with the gods." 43 In spite of the subtle precision the Greeks always maintained in their speculations, the feeling that permeated astrology down to the end of paganism never belied its Oriental and religious origin.
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When the Norns Have Spoken: Time and Fate in Germanic Paganism

Book by Anthony Winterbourne; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004

Subjects:

Christianity And Other Religions--Germanic, Fate And Fatalism--Mythology, Mythology, Germanic, Time--Mythology

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the variety of words used by Germanic paganism to refer to their gods, only one would...disappeared with the disappearance of paganism itself.26 But why did gap survive...theos is for Greek. The Indo-European origins of the word seem to make clear that...impersonal force of destiny. As to its origin, Cahen prefers the Sanskrit hu which...
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After Life in Roman Paganism: Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation

Book by Franz Cumont; Yale University Press, 1923

Subjects:

Future Life, Rome--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...The eschatological doctrine which triumphed at the end of paganism is in agreement with this theory, generally admitted by the...the period. This doctrine is certainly of Chaldeo-Persian origin, and was spread in the first century especially by the mysteries...

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Paganism and Polemic: The Debate over the Origins of Modern Pagan Witchcraft

Journal article by Ronald Hutton; Folklore, Vol. 111, 2000

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Folklore--Research

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Paganism and Polemic: The Debate over the Origins of Modern Pagan...that concerning the origin of Wicca, the first...contention over the origins of modern pagan...research--ancient paganism, the early modern...between ancient paganism and Wicca, leaving...The Immediate Origins of Wicca The history...
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Coleridge and the Languages of Paganism

Journal article by Gregory M. Leadbetter; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 38, 2007

Subjects:

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Evaluation, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Works, Neopaganism--Portrayals

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...discourses, in which paganism was instinctually characterised...Coleridges role in the cultural origins of modern paganism, as presented by Hutton...Huttons third language of paganism is even more apposite to Coleridges...language owed its ultimate origin to the project first clearly...
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Contemporary Paganism: Listening People, Speaking Earth

Journal article by Irving Hexham; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 36, 1999

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Books--Reviews

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...by Susan Greenwood; 10) "Paganism and Tibetan Buddhism: Contemporary...between secularization and modern paganism are particularly good and set...growth and appeal of modern paganism. None of them, however...one can always argue that the origin of an idea says little or nothing...
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Nature Religion Today: Paganism in the Modern World

Journal article by Irving Hexham; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 36, 1999

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Books--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...by Susan Greenwood; 10) "Paganism and Tibetan Buddhism: Contemporary...between secularization and modern paganism are particularly good and set...growth and appeal of modern paganism. None of them, however...one can always argue that the origin of an idea says little or nothing...
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Anglo-Scandinavian Trade or Paganism? OE Haeden in the First Cleopatra Glossary

Journal article by Sara M. Pons-Sanz; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 101, 2006

Subjects:

English language--Research, Etymology--Analysis, Language and languages--Analysis, Language and languages--Etymology, Swedish language--Research

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...noted by Terry Gunnell regarding the origins of drama in Scandinavia, since time...masquerades may have been fully aware of the origins and initial meaning of these celebrations...The Battle of Maldon Line 91 and the Origins of Call: A Reconsideration,Neuphilologische...54 (p. 148). (12) On the Norse origin of OE scinn skin, see Bjorkman, pp...

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Ecstasy in Late Imperial Rome

Magazine article by Dirk Bennett; History Today, Vol. 48, October 1998

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Church history--4th century, Paganism--4th century, Rome (Ancient)--History, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. (Empire)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...highest festival of ancient origin was the Great Roman Games...closely connected to the peasant origins of the town. The most ancient...connected to the towns rural origins: the Lupercal. Its celebration...the most famous exponent of paganism of his time, expressed it...the rich world of ancient paganism, to its rituals, symbols...
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The Scholars and the Goddess - Historically Speaking, the "Ancient" Rituals of the Goddess Movement Are Almost Certainly Bunk

Magazine article by Charlotte Allen; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 287, January 2001

Subjects:

Goddess religion--Research, Paganism--History, Witchcraft--History, Witches--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Gerald B. Gardner (1884-1964). Davis wrote that the origins of the Goddess movement lay in an interest among the German...charms and spells. The idea that medieval revels were pagan in origin is a legacy of the Protestant Reformation. Hutton has also...many Wiccans had begun referring to their story as a myth of origin, not a history of survival. "We dont do what Witches did...
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No Ordinary Churches: Pagan Symbolism, Occult Designs from Ancient Egypt, Flesh-Eating Gods, Masonic Cults, Jack the Ripper ... Charlie Furniss Explores the Bizarre Architectural Legacy of Nicholas Hawksmoor

Magazine article by Charlie Furniss; Geographical, Vol. 75, September 2003

Subjects:

Architects--Works, Churches--History, Hawksmoor, Nicholas--Works, London, England--Religious aspects, Paganism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...across the capital: temples and monuments, plague pits, ancient burial grounds and murder sites. And at its centre, the origin of its power, are five 18th-century churches. These are no ordinary churches. In his fictional book Lud Heat, Sinclair...
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Wiccans V. Creationists

Magazine article by Raymond A. Eve; Skeptic, Vol. 10, 2003

Subjects:

Creationism, Demographics, Paganism & animism, Religion, Science, Values

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Creationists believe in their version of origins because they are cultural traditionalists...President of the Metroplex Institute for Origins Studies, another creationist organization...left with the understanding that the origin of paranormal beliefs often arises through...among others, have suggested multiple origins for paranormal beliefs, for example...
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African Foundations of World Religions

Magazine article by Femi Biko; New African, April 2001

Subjects:

Africa--Religious aspects, Africans--Religious aspects, Religion--Origin, Spirituality--Africa

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...basic factors: * Accounts of origin/social legends. * Moral...consciousness from its most primitive origins to the stage of the modern...the latter was labelled "paganism" and systematically applied...Chiek Anta Diop, African Origins, 1974, also Civilisation...forth a common matrix of human origins, founded basically on the...

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Culture: Putting St George Back in Spotlight; It's St George's Day. If You Aren't Excited, John Sutton and a Knight in Shining Armour Will Try to Put That Right

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), April 23, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...saint his fame, is thought to be an allegorical representation of slaying paganism. In 1350, Edward III formed the Order of the Garter in St Georges name. The origin of the St Georges cross comes from Crusaders who wore white tunics with red...
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Blair Witch Project; Labour Spends [Pounds Sterling

Newspaper article; June 27, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Office officials discussed how paganism could speak with one voice...Liaison Committee for British Paganism to deal with the Home Office...everywhere will need to be aware of paganism as it is now illegal to discriminate...rather than their country of origin and it is important to engage...
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Fence Post

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 24, 2005

Subjects:

Brain tumors

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Christmas tree was that of a Druid origin. Thats a new one, I thought...split an oak that represented paganism during the eight century and...Christmas tree is of a pagan origin, you can now tell them the origin of the weinachtsbaum, or the...
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Strike the Harp and Join the Chorus - How the Land of Song Gave a Gift of Carols; Research Shows 16th-centuryWelsh Tunes Heralded Some of Our Best-Loved Carols

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), December 23, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of the modern version are of American origin. Dr Bradley, who undertook the research...trees, some carols have more to do with paganism than Christianity. "Deck The Halls...In some sense, carols have their origin in pagan religions because they come...Vermont University, who has examined the origins of carols said: "Decking the halls...
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Winds of Change; as Christianity Swept Old Beliefs Aside, the Pagan Gods Lived on in Name Only Writes Chris Upton

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 1, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...relatively late, there is not a single placename with a pagan origin. They must all have been re-branded. One explanation is...Bishop of Lichfield complained about an upsurge of Black Country paganism, they could always say it was purely symbolic. One story...

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Iceland

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...was introduced c.1000 by the Norwegian Olaf I , although paganism seems to have survived for a time. These events are preserved...Lindal, Ripples from Iceland (1962); B. Guthmundsson, The Origin of the Icelanders (tr. 1967); B. Grondal, Iceland: From...
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Proclus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Syrianus, whom he succeeded as a teacher. As a partisan of paganism he was forced to leave Athens, but he returned at the end...original. Proclus differed from Plotinus in regard to the origin of matter, which he held to emerge from the first emanation...

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