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Types of Paganism

3 Neo-Druidism
3 Neo-Druidism

Many forms of modern Druidry are modern Pagan religions, although most of the earliest modern Druids identified as Christians. Originating in Britain during the 18th century, Druidry was originally a cultural movement, only gaining religious or spiritual connotations in the 19th century.

Goddess Movement
Goddess Movement

The Goddess Movement. The Goddess movement drew on, and reciprocally influenced, the broader Neo-Pagan movement. The principal distinction between the two is that the broader Neo-Pagan movement is equally inclusive of men and also gives a more significant role to the male son/consort of the Goddess in theology/mythology.

Heathenry
Heathenry

Heathenry is a term used to describe the religious practices of two main groups of people, one historical and one modern. The original Heathens were the pre-Christian North European peoples who lived a thousand and more years ago in the lands around what is now called the North Sea.

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LGBT Paganism
LGBT Paganism

Paganism is a VERY wide-spread group. It's almost like asking how monotheists feel about homosexuality, it's just too broad of a category. That being said, a lot of Pagans are accepting of lgbt people, but of course there are outliers.

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New Age Syncretism and eco-Paganism
New Age Syncretism and eco-Paganism

New Age syncretism and eco-paganism Since the 1960s and 70s, paganism and the then emergent counter-culture, New Age, and hippie movements experienced a degree of cross pollination.

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Occultism and Ethnic Mysticism
Occultism and Ethnic Mysticism

Occultism is an experience of conflict whereby the person practicing it is attempting to control something or learn something that they shouldn’t know, while those who practice mysticism are striving to exist in harmony and peace with the greater world.

Reconstructionism
Reconstructionism

Polytheistic reconstructionism (or simply Reconstructionism) is an approach to paganism first emerging in the late 1960s to early 1970s, which gathered momentum starting in the 1990s. Reconstructionism attempts to re-establish historical polytheistic religions in the modern world, in contrast with neopagan syncretic movements like Wicca, and "channeled" movements like Germanic mysticism or Theosophy.

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Wicca and Modern Witchcraft
Wicca and Modern Witchcraft

Thus, Wicca might best be described as a modern religion, based on ancient Witchcraft traditions. Contrary to what those who choose to persecute or lie about us wish to believe, Wicca is a very peaceful, harmonious and balanced way of life which promotes oneness with the divine and all which exists.

source: wicca.com