Greetings Mogg,
>>I agree in part but even so - when the neo-pagan makes it up based on
>>intuition - giving a god or goddess some new content - aren't they acting
>>very much like ancient pagans - who also gave completely unhistorical
>>spins to existing deities - isn't this the way religions develop?<<
I too don't know if I'll ever get any work done either because I can't stop
doing email!
Mmmm. Yes, I agree that ancient pagans *added to and changed* - and
misinterpreted - the nature of deities, which is what I said in my previous
post. In the contemporary attempt to re-invogorate "Paganism" which so many
of us seem to be involved in, I can't help but think that, not being
actually _in_ a pagan society any more, one should research the history of
the deity one is interested in before one adds intuition to the mix.
It's like if I said this: "I've heard of Mogg. Mogg is a man, he's English.
Um.. lets see... I think he's also a giant grasshopper that dances with
iguanas. He's flying in the sky, he's driving a peach, he's the king of
teddies. I just feel that this is so. I just feel it in my waters."
Now not *all* of that is accurate about Mogg, is it?
~Caroline.
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