Coping with Eostre

Many neo-pagans resist scholarship because it destroys the fantasy.

"Every possible religion that ever was and is is the result of a cultural soup with borrowed elements from everywhere and there is no such thing as a pure, unique, and original religious background. It was like that in the past and it is like this nowadays."

"Religions evolve, change, become better and that's the way it should be, and not being stagnated. Clinging on to things that no longer makes sense, because whether you like it or not we are always in a constant state of evolution."

• Arith Härger. "Ishtar is NOT Eostre - A Comment on Neo-Pagan Misconceptions." YouTube <youtube.com>, Apr. 8. 2020.

Indigenous Religion

I like this post about indigenous religion by ReligionForBreakfast.

There are some important points here. My neo-pagan chums often have a weak understanding of indigenous religions, even though that's what they are trying to recreate from the fragments of their own past.

• Place, relationship to land
• Power, sacredness located in the landscape
• Protocol, ceremonial obligations

This is just the tip of the iceberg. Watch the video and think about the ways your own practice measures up. Or doesn't.

More Information

• Religion For Breakfast, "Intro to Indigenous Religions," YouTube, Jan. 30, 2020.