I am a Hellenic Pagan. More than a few people have said that, but many of them seem embarassed to
mean it, and others use it as a codeword for other things. Atheists with a love of Greek philosophy
and others to whom the gods mean little have claimed that title. For myself, I'm having none of that.
A Pagan, as far as I'm concerned, is a person of religious faith who believes in more than one god.
Regardless of whatever loss of belief may be considered every so trendy in Europe right now, if
faith is reduced to being nothing more than play acting, then it is no longer faith. As far as
I'm concerned, Hellenic Paganism is about building a relationship between Man and the gods, and
whatever my capitalization may have been in that last phrase, a relationship in which we have no
doubt as to who occupies a higher place in the scheme of things, and rightly so. The gods, with
all of their imperfections, are still our betters and our generous guides and benefactors, and we
are to view them with love and respect. Those who feel otherwise are those I will not welcome into
my presence as I offer worship, because as I do so, I seek to do what I can to honor the Divine,
not Man, and being "more openminded than thou" in order to win a few popularity contests would
suggest that these priorities had been reversed.
There isn't much on this site so far, just a homepage the
Hellenic Pagan Midwest networking and discussion list, and a page of
reciprocal links to those sites linking to this one. More may go up later, probably in late
Autumn, most likely material devoted to Dionysos.
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