"Paganism not only holds a solution to our environmental crisis ... it can bring about a revolution in the way our culture makes sense of reality. For Paganism puts us back in touch with the body; by reconnecting our wordy analytical culture with the physical self, Paganism brings us back to the Earth" (Harris, 1995: 149). Stirring stuff, certainly, but does the rhetoric hold? Though I first sp...

This paper aims to understand the experiences of practitioners Contemporary Paganism and relationships they have with their spiritual practices, as well investigate how interact nature perceive themselves a holistic belief. From in-depth interviews four (Neo) Paganism, it is possible analyze discourses on through two categories analysis: 1. Paganism: Worldview Holistic Practices, 2. Understandi...

talking about paganism (jāhiliyya) is in fact a discourse about a procedure that is not limited to a specific time, since paganism is a social mode (disposition), which can appear in any time and space and has its own characteristics, goals, and standards; a reality that the holy qur’ān, the sunna of the prophet (s.a.w.), as well as the researchers’ inquiries have emphasized. the holy qur’ān ha...

This article offers a short introduction to Czech pagan metal. I offer brief summary of the main trends within local scene and analyze how Paganism is discursively constructed in music lyrics three bands representing different metal sub-genres: Inferno, Silent Stream Godless Elegy, Žrec. seek answers for some important questions. How do approach Paganism? In what ways, if any, unique? Or simply...