Is there a religion that worships mother earth or air, fire, water, light?

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I am just wondering if there is a religion that worships mother earth and all that is natural. I see things like air or wind and water and light and fire or something like that and I am just wondering if that is a religion also I see the starr with elements and a circle around it. what is that about? Thanks, just curious what it all means. 10 points to the best informative answer.

Answer 1

Pantheism. (God is in everything.)

But I think you're asking about Wicca, which doesn't worship the elements, per se, but they do use them in rituals and personify them.

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Answer 2

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Is there a religion that worships mother earth or air, fire, water, light?
I am just wondering if there is a religion that worships mother earth and all that is natural. I see things like air or wind and water and light and fire or something like that and I am just wondering if that is a religion also I see the starr with elements and a circle around it. what is that...

Answer 3

Religion That Worships Nature

Answer 4

Wiccan is an earth based religion. Taoism is also earth based. Wiccans do in fact worship all that is and comes from Mother Earth. Taoists don't actually worship anything, but respect everything.

Answer 5

I am an animist, and believe that all things have souls. The Elements are spirits that are as close to gods for me as I get. I consider myself a pagan for that reason. I think it's paganism that you're getting at.

The start within a circle is called a pentagram, or a pentacle if it's worn. Four points represent the Elements, and the high fifth point represents Spirit, sometimes personified by the Moon.

Answer 6

Dont druids do that? Druids are a from of pagan. The Druids were polytheists, but also revered elements of nature, such as the sun, the moon, and the stars, looking to them for "signs and seasons". They also venerated other natural elements, such as the oak, certain groves of trees, tops of hills, streams, lakes and certain other plants, especially mistletoe and holly. Fire was regarded as a symbol of several divinities and was associated with the sun and cleansing. Their calendar year was governed by the lunar, solar, vegetative and herding cycles. The four main holidays include Imbolc (Imbolg) to denote the first signs of spring, Beltane (Beltain) to recognize the fullness of life after spring, Lughnasadh to celebrate the ripening of first fruits and the many-skilled deity Lugh, and Samhain to recognize the end of harvest and the lowering of the barrier between the world of the living and that of the dead. The timing for these four festivals would have been determined by the presence of a full moon and the seasonal changes in the natural world. Imbolc would thus be celebrated at a full moon roughly halfway between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox, Beltane between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice, Lughnasadh between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox, and Samhain between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. This is contrary to popular "New Age" beliefs about Druidism that celebrate a given holiday according to the Julian calendar, which of course did not exist at the time of the formulation of these holidays. In modern times, Imbolc has been transformed into Groundhog Day, elements of Beltane have been absorbed into Easter, and Samhain has become Halloween (or All Hallows' Eve and All Saint's Day).

Answer 7

You're talking about Paganism, which is an earth-based religion. Personally, I don't "worship" anything. I see it more as being a part of all those things, and they are part of me. The star in the circle is a pentagram, and the points of the star represent earth, air, fire, water, and spirit. If you want to learn more about Paganism, check out www.witchvox.com.

Answer 8

My nephew told me that this did exist.

"a religion that worships mother earth and all that is natural. I see things like air or wind and water and light and fire or something like that and I am just wondering if that is a religion."

Answer 9

I feel Mother Earth is very much alive and deserves are love and respect.I also feel that other religions worship a false god an invisable man with supernatual power which doesnt exist!

Answer 10

animism is the worshiping of nature spirits - perhaps worship is not the best word. It is the belief that spirits are within all aspects of nature; inhabiting particular rivers, mountains, animals, the sun, moon, etc - everything really

paganism and Wicca also revere nature, although not quite to the extent of animism, but they are pretty close. Just about all ancient civilizations practiced a variant of animism

Answer 11

I see the suggestion of Wicca was made....it's not a good suggestion.

Wiccans don't worship the earth and all that's natural. We worship the very real gods of our ancestors.

While the elements are somewhat important to Wiccan liturgy, we don't worship them.... in fact, their importance is usually overstressed by beginners.

I suggest http://wicca.timerift.net/wicca101/index.shtml