265 Quotes About Paganism

A spiritual organization with a hierarchical structure can convey only the consciousness of estrangement, regardless of what teachings or deep inspirations are at its root.The structure itself reinforces the idea that some people are inherently more worthy than others.

Is it true we Greeks are really deadand only seem alive—in our fallen statewhere we imagine that a dream is life?Or are we truly alive and is life dead?

Whether used for the self or in service to others, the runescontinuallyreflect the collective in the individual, the unknown inthe known, and the personal embodiment of the unknowable in AllThings—the aspect of mystery in Nature that we also embody.

The Old Norse cosmology gives us the awareness that while lightness may bring enlightenment, it is the darkness that initiates change.

The idea that our cosmology continues to change as we evolve in our spiritual studies and that we play a role in intentionally shaping it lies at the heart of the runes; thus, they are our deepest instruction for creating the self.

What makes control actually powerful is knowing what to do with it.

We need to embrace our anger. By that I mean, we want to recognize the sacredness of anger. Many deities from all around the world depict 'anger' in a sacred way. Kali, The Morrigan, Hades, Set, Mars, Minerva, Lugh, Thor, Vulcan, Odin, and Fion Mac Cumhail are all deities that express a divine kind of anger. They are the avengers, hunters, protectors, and warriors; Gods and Goddesses of death and slaughter.

O’ Cernunnos, with antler crown,you rid us all of the ungrateful kind with newlife sown, amongst the moss, we’ve lain downto weep, diolch for the peace of mind,the pain you have (for centuries) known,hir yw pob ymaros, in wake and sleep,we knew you’d return to us!

I think Scandinavian Paganism, to us here, is more interesting than any other. It is, for one thing, the latest; it continued in these regions of Europe till the eleventh century; 800 years ago the Norwegians were still worshippers of Odin. It is interesting also as the creed of our fathers; the men whose blood still runs in our veins, whom doubtless we still resemble in so many ways.