what is a Neopaganism?

Answer 1

What they said.

Answer 2

Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism, meaning "New Paganism") is a heterogeneous group of religions which attempt to revive ancient, mainly European pre-Christian religions. Some Neopagans stress connections with older forms of Paganism, sometimes in terms of "underground" continuity.

Neopaganist beliefs and practices are extremely diverse, and tend towards syncretic melding of once-diverse practices and beliefs. It has been said that there are as many Neopagan belief systems as there are Neopagans. However, while Neopaganism tends towards individualism, many adherents share a body of common precepts, including a reverence for nature or active ecology, Goddess and/or Horned God veneration, use of ancient mythologies, the belief in "magick," and often the belief in reincarnation.

Neopaganism is commonly associated with the pre-Christian religions of northwestern Europe, however the term also applies to modern revivals of other cults and belief systems, such as those of Isis, Mithra and of the state religion of ancient Rome.

Answer 3

Neopaganism or Neo-Paganism is any of a heterogeneous group of new religious movements, particularly those influenced by ancient, primarily pre-Christian and sometimes pre-Judaic religions. Often these are Indo-European in origin, but with a growing component inspired by other religions indigenous to Europe, such as Finno-Ugric, as well as other parts of the world. As the name implies, these religions are Pagan in nature, though their exact relationship to older forms of Paganism is the source of much contention.

Neopagan beliefs and practices are extremely diverse, and the term itself is rather amorphous. Some Neopagans practice a syncretic melding of various religious practices, folk customs and ritual techniques deriving from an extremely wide array of disparate sources, while Reconstructionists attempt to remain historically authentic to varying degrees. Other Neopagans practice a spirituality that is entirely modern in origin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopaganism

Answer 4

Neopagan Religious Faiths

Neopagan faiths are modern-day reconstructions of ancient Pagan religions from various countries and eras. They experience a high but diminishing level of discrimination and persecution in North America. They were once rarely practiced in public for reasons of safety. This is rapidly changing for the better.
bulletAsatru (Norse Paganism) *
bulletDruidism
bulletGoddess Worship
bulletWicca
bulletWitchcraft

Notes:
bullet Many followers of Asatru regard themselves as "Heathens" rather than "Neopagans."
bulletMany followers of these religions refer to themselves as "Pagans." We use the term "Neopagan" because it is less ambiguous. "Pagan" has a variety of unrelated meanings.

Answer 5

It is a game that spiritually confused individuals play, attempting to define "god" or "gods" and their place in it with a new, usually pretty silly, dogma. Check out the "Wiccan" stuff on line. It's cute and harmless, and requires a fair bit of imagination on the part of the participants, so it challenges the intellect as well as having that whole "naughty witch" thing. Then there are the nastier folks who go for the "white gods" of the northern Europeans (ahem).
It's not that these folks are any less "right" than the established religions, they're just no more right, either.
And that's just kinda sad.

Answer 6

Anything with "NEO" is a revival of an old movement. Neo, means NEW. Like Neo-Nazis, it means, New-Nazis. Therefore, Neopaganism is a revival of paganism.

Answer 7

Ne·o-Pa·gan·ism
Any of various religious movements arising chiefly in the United Kingdom and the United States in the late 20th century that combine worship of pagan nature deities, particularly of the earth, with benign witchcraft.

Answer 8

A modernized version of the original Pagan belief system which tends to incorporate some of the "new age" doctrines and practices.

Answer 9

A community of witches: contemporary neo-paganism and witchcraft in the United States.

Answer 10

Neo-Paganism is any of a heterogeneous group of new religious movements, particularly those influenced by ancient, primarily pre-Christian and sometimes pre-Judaic religions.

Answer 11

It's basically a modern version of Paganism.