What does Pagan mean to you?
By serialmommy
@serialmommy (639)
United States
2 responses
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
26 May 07
It depends on whether you're talking about historical usage or modern usage, but I think both of those have been pretty well defined by the other posters.
I tend to use the modern definition, since I refer to myself as a Pagan. I follow a polytheistic religion, with a focus on personal responsibility, honor, and respect for nature, that started in pre-Christian Europe. To be more accurate, I follow a reconstruction of an older religion, since many of the details of that religion were lost to history.
When among other Pagans, I refer to myself as Celtic Reconstructionist, but among non-Pagans I often say either just "Pagan" or "Celtic Reconstructionist Pagan" just to make it clear that my religion fits under that umbrella.