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Re: pagan vs. wiccan
By: / Novice
Post # 11
Hermeticism is considered to be Pagan by some because it was based on Greek/ Egyptian pagan teachings. As you say Lark paganism has such a broad definition it could technically correspond to anything that sits outside of a mainstream religion. So Jedi would be classified as a western Paganism esoteric religion under these guidelines (goddess forbid!)
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Re: pagan vs. wiccan
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Post # 12

What I know of Hermeticism has it loosely based on Kemetic/Egyptian concepts, and far more deeply based in Jewish and Christian concepts. They tend to claim a greater amount of basis on the "old paths" than they actually have. But that is my personal opinion on them based on what I have experienced of them and their practices.

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Re: pagan vs. wiccan
By: / Knowledgeable
Post # 13
To give you a visual of the difference I have found this photo:

http://www.servimg.com/u/f49/16/59/69/37/pagani10.jpg

As you can see paganism is a term that defines all of this, but wicca is a religion within the term. Just trying to put it in perspective :)
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Re: pagan vs. wiccan
By: / Novice
Post # 14
Hades, those that practice/ study Hermeticism are encouraged to seek their own path towards enlightenment/ connection with the divine so practitioners can utilize whatever they wish from other Western Esoteric traditions to obtain this objective. Hermeticism is eclectic by nature but that said Hermetics adheres to certain set beliefs for example; Hermetics believe in multipal gods ( polytheism) however they also believe that there is ultimately only one divine spirit ( monotheism). Thus Hermeticism is a path that encourages spiritual curiosity.
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Re: pagan vs. wiccan
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Post # 15

I was speaking specifically of what I have seen.

And wonderful picture Holla! It makes it tend times easier to see the difference. :)

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