Definitions

“the contemporary Western (counter)cultural (new religious) movement(s) centered on or drawing inspiration from an archetypal conception of ancient (and/or pre-Christian) native(/cultic/indigenous) (generally*) Indo-European religious tradition(s).”

That is probably the most concise definition of modern Paganism I’ve come across. I’ll have to remember that next time I try to explain it to others.

*added by myself, as some Pagans belong to non-European traditions/ worship non-European pantheons.

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