SRS 1110 Lecture Notes - Mother Goddess
Document Summary
She is the earth mothershe is the world (the earth and creatures, sea, stars, plantsall of nature). She is the main focus of ritual for neo-pagans (for feminist wiccans and dianics)brings forth life and receives it back in death. She is also the moon goddesswith 3 stages. New neo-pagans traditions were invented and some old ones revived. The new pagan groups and traditions in europe are the latest manifestations of native traditions (ex; modern expression of the native american traditions). Reasserting the pagan tradition in the present day means simply bringing to consciousness practices and beliefs that already exist in the background of modern life. Definition---paganism and neo- paganism; nature, many divine beings (goddesses and gods) In some pagan traditions, nature is personified as a god or goddess. (greek, Some places are personified or have a strong "spirit of place"". (ex; holy mountain)
