RE103 Lecture 2: lesson 3
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Lesson three: wiccan and neo - pagan understandings of. Last week, you learned about indigenous ideas about love. It was the first of two nature- based religious traditions that we are covering in the first module of re103oc. This week"s lesson will address another nature-based religions the neo-pagan tradition. Canadian census there are 25, 495 people who identified as neo-pagans as compared to 21, 085 in the 2001 census and 5,530 in 1991. Greater acceptance for diversity and increase in awareness may be reflected in a greater number of people feeling comfortable with coming out of the broom closet and self-identifying as a. So it is uncertain how much growth is occurring in pagan communities. Another factor to consider, is that according to canadian pagan communities, these numbers are considerably lower than the actual number of participants known through contacts, mail lists, etc.
