All entries for Sunday 18 February 2007

Paganism and other religions

This is a memorandum on the occasion of the upcoming WIRD meeting.

On paganism:
Paganism is a collective term which encompasses traditional belief systems based on pre-christian mythologies and metaphysical world views driven by the concept of magic. Individual pagan practices are often hybrid in nature, pulling from many different sources.

Relation to other religions:
Other religions are typically regarded as a source of inspiration for individual ritual work. For historical reasons there are some tensions with the Christian churches, which have claimed copyrights on pagan festivals like Yule (Christmas) or Ostara (Easter).

• an understanding of the nature of the different religions represented at Warwick
• understanding of other mystical concepts and ritual techniques

What we can contribute to WIRD will strongly depend on the nature of the meetings. Let’s see…

Ulrich Janus : 18 Feb 2007 22:32 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pagan Society Social 1st of March

Dear all,
I would like to invite you to the first social of the Pagan society in this year. We will have it on the thursday evenning (8pm), which is the 1st of march. For a location I suggest the Inspires Cafe in Coventry. Let me know if you intend to come so I get an idea of numbers.

Since the last meeting is quite a while back, I will set no specific discussion topic. Although I might have some things to report from the meeting of the WIRD (warwick inter faith round table) meeting which is held this week. =) Also let me know in case you are interested to represent the Pagan society at this meeting with me.

Hope to see you at the social if not before!

Rik

Ulrich Janus : 18 Feb 2007 19:27 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem