{"id":198,"date":"2018-08-19T00:15:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T00:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2018-08-19T00:15:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T00:15:48","slug":"what-is-paganism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"What is Paganism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Generally:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>roots in ancient world religions, particularly of Europe<\/li>\n<li>ancestral beliefs &amp; values adapted to modern life<\/li>\n<li>various religions and traditions identify as pagan<\/li>\n<li>polytheism: multiple separate gods<\/li>\n<li>pantheism: all is god<\/li>\n<li>diversity and pluralism encouraged<\/li>\n<li>awareness of female divinity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Particularly:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>all things are sacred, as expressions of the vast divine energy that makes up the universe<\/li>\n<li>nature is unchanged expression of the divine, so land and animals are particularly honoured and eco-awareness encouraged<\/li>\n<li>the rhythms of nature &#8211; seasonal changes, celestial tides, etc &#8211; teach us about the Divine, and by living in harmony with them, we can learn about the Divine in ourselves<\/li>\n<li>personal life transitions are celebrated as natural rhythms<\/li>\n<li>personal spiritual experience is valued, no intermediaries required because we are all part of the Divine<\/li>\n<li>teachers and leaders are facilitators rather than authorities<\/li>\n<li>do not seek to convert others as believe all find their own path<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally: roots in ancient world religions, particularly of Europe ancestral beliefs &amp; values adapted to modern life various religions and traditions identify as pagan polytheism: multiple separate gods pantheism: all is god diversity and pluralism encouraged awareness of female divinity Particularly: all things are sacred, as expressions of the vast divine energy that makes up the universe nature is unchanged expression of the divine, so land and animals are particularly honoured and eco-awareness encouraged the rhythms of nature &#8211; seasonal changes, celestial tides, etc &#8211; teach us about the Divine, and by living in harmony with them, we can learn about the Divine in ourselves personal life transitions are celebrated as natural rhythms personal spiritual experience is valued, no intermediaries required because we are all part of the Divine teachers and leaders are facilitators rather than authorities do not seek to convert others as believe all find their own path<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,50],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-study","tag-paganism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/witch.mooncrowned.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}