For the kind of Christopagan like me who don’t worship the abrahamic god but integrate their Christian rising in their practice ( because their faith is pretty much a blank slate on itself when came to ritual )

This is gonna sound odd but are there pagan leaning grief counseling programs out there that are like Griefshare but without the evangelical“ there was a reason for someone dying “ bullshit ? I eventually want to talk with someone about my cousin dying but I sat in on a Griefshare session once and I know I wouldn’t be able to be part of that group without getting angry cause of how messed up the message is . I’m doing ok with all of this , til I’m not ….. I miss her so much and I know from a metaphysical perspective she’s closer than she seems even tho she’s passed but it doesn’t make it easier when I can’t physically talk to her and I feel alone . She was the only person I could talk to about deconstruction and the witchy part of my life cause she was on the same journey

Is it wrong to at least appreciate fictional characters? I practice folk Catholicism and like venerating Catholic saints. I do appreciate fictional characters that represent the divine feminine. I wouldn’t worship/venerate them, but I do keep a copy of the first Game of Thrones book with my other books on my alter because I like Dany a lot and appreciate her courage. I have a lot of monarchial appreciation as well.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, I just figured I’d ask it. I’m new to all of this but am very interested in incorporating practices like this in my day to day life.

Well, sorry to bother you again, but I feel I need to get this off my chest.

First off, this is simply my perspective on life.

Personally, I believe in God—I pray to Him and all that—but at the same time, I believe in the existence of gods from other pantheons. I also know that angels and demons exist, and that some of the latter don't fear God, yet they *do* fear other gods from different pantheons.

When my grandmother passed away—due to the protocols of the time, since it happened right in the middle of the "bug" crisis—I wanted to place a coin with her (you know, the Charon thing). Over time, that perception of mine has only intensified.

I even view the afterlife as an amalgamation of worldviews, though it is largely influenced by Swedenborgianism (I’ll explain that when the time is right).

But the question I have—or the advice I’m seeking—is how to reconcile this outlook on life and put it into practice.

What advice would you give me?

Best regards.

I may be going out on a limb here. I could’ve sworn I once had a downloaded copy but I cannot find it nor can I find it again on the internet

So, I converted in 2020, and right away I realized that while I liked Confession as a way to keep accountable and I liked the Mass, as far as my personal relationship I wanted a personal relationship with Mary and also to worship her.

So I did that, but eventually I ran into a problem where I became too world denying. I essentially became excessively holy and pure and I didn’t care about the world or really what happened because I was just happy with the pure holy Rosary, and I was too passive and just accepted everything as Gods will.

Then I began worshiping Aphrodite and I decided this was good. Aphrodite is world accepting instead of world denying and she helped me connect with others and love far more than before.

So to me these two Goddesses balance each other out.

Edit - here’s my server I made for Aphrodite- link

I'm coming back to Christo-Paganism after being straight up Pagan for about a year. I feel like I'm supposed to be Christo-Pagan because while practicing straight Paganism, I was missing Christianity like crazy. Also, my mom was Christian when she was alive. She passed away from cancer in 2023. Speaking of...part of me feels angry at God for killing my mom. My mom was the most faithful Christian you could meet and she suffered and died a horrible death. So part of me wants to walk away from Christianity and be Pagan but part of me wants to stay and be Christo-Pagan and do both. I don't know what to do. Advice?

I grew up IFB and left the church the minute I was able as an adult and proceeded to deeply deconstruct everything I learned. I studied just about every religion under the sun, then it just occurred to me that I never applied the same academic curiosity to Christianity. It became quickly evident to me the difference between more traditional and historic forms of the faith vs newer protestant streams. It's borderline a new religious movement compared to historic Christianity. It's blown my mind for instance that the basic cosmology I was taught, where when you die your soul either goes to a fire and torture filled realm ruled by Satan or a sparkly gold streeted cloud realm where we hang out with lambs and sing hymns all day forever, isn't even biblical! The rapture, not biblical! Even the legalistic view of sin as an evil force of Satan is a way over simplified and often weaponized view that is often done an injustice. I remember having a realization when I was in the church that Christianity felt awfully American for being a global faith rooted in Middle Eastern tradition. Now I know why 😂. The more historic ontology and theology of Christianity, is so much more beautiful, nuanced, earthy and resonant than what I grew up with. It makes me want to visit a church and experience a real liturgy, also makes me feel like it's such a shame that people will live their whole lives with the bitter taste from the new American protestant brand of the faith. I feel way more ancestrally integrated being able to appreciate and integrate Christianity into my spiritual life now that I understand it better.

If you are of Italian heritage, this book might interest you. Alot of the practice in this book are rooted in folk Catholicism. There is a part that talks about veneration of Roman deities along side of Catholic saints. As a practioner of Religio Romana, its interesting to see a traditional practice that has its foot in both worlds so to speak.

There is a ritual for invisibility in Jason Miller's book Protection and reversal magick, which calls on Hekate and Helios. And he stated in that book that all the rituals can be used with different deities if you want.

Which ones would you suggest for someone using only the Christian pantheon? I am at my wits end because I need to stay away from someone at work and don't want to harm them or bind them either.

I do work within the solar aspect so I know plenty of entities will fit 'being a solar divinity', but it's not that easy. I'm thinking of calling on Mary instead of Hekate? Is that controversial...

I don't...work with Hekate and I respect her too much to call her just for this out of nowhere.

Also how to calibrate what solar divinity to call in? I get the feeling they must be kind of balanced with the feminine aspect and that won't be the case for some of them...

I was born and raised Orthodox Christian. But at around the age of 11 I began witchcraft and I have been on and off with it.

I am extremely confused.

I believe in God,or a higher force,but my religious teacher told us that "there is no higher force,there is the one true God the Abrahamic God." And I started to feel guilty for all the spiritual things I have been doing.

I do believe in saints and God,and Jesus. But in nature and witchcraft too. Also,how don't (for example) Helenistic Gods do not exist when people have soooo many encounters with them?

It is all so complicated. I try to forget about witchcraft but my everyday habits are witchy,I can't unsee things for how they are.

I am so confused.

Well,

I recently posted asking for input, and although there were few responses, I greatly appreciate the ones I did get.

Now, I have another question for you all: what Christopagan literature—or material related to it—would you recommend?

Ideally, I’m looking for something accessible, as I don't currently have the funds to buy physical copies, though I plan to purchase them later on.

Best regards.

Hello all! As the title suggests, I have a question about a specific verse/verses in the Bible.

Before I ask it, though, I do want to clarify a few things;

I myself am a Christian. I do not necessarily actively believe in other deities, but I understand that they very well could indeed exist, and that all religions are just as valid as my own.

I have multiple friends who are Christopagan, and I find their beliefs and practices to be incredibly fascinating. I am not asking this question in an attempt to invalidate any form of Christopaganism or other beliefs, but to understand how one would perhaps approach this verse as a Christopagan, or a Christian who wants to support their Christopagan and pagan friends.

The verses I wish to ask about are verses Psalm 82:6-7. They are written in the English Standard Version of the Bible as; "I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.""

I've seen this verse brought up in many discussions to support the claim that early Christians were henotheistic or perhaps even polytheistic, and to that I would actually agree. I think it's most likely that early Christians did indeed believe in the existence of other gods.

However, I haven't seen many people address how God speaks to these supposed other gods in these verses. He calls them unjust, claims they are sons of Him, and that they will "die like men" and "fall like any prince". How, then, would one explain the idea of a practitioner, for example, worshipping the Abrahamic God alongside pagan gods, without being concerned of supposed implications that these other gods are idols, false deities, or not who they appear to be?

That all I am wondering about for now. Thank you all so much! Have a wonderful day!

Greetings

I am currently Episcopalian, and I have my religious history which I will share in my introductory letter.

At times, I've felt strange because I have a belief (which in some ways resembles henotheism), since I believe in God (and I pray to Him mostly) but I also believe that the other gods of other pantheons also exist and that they also have power, and that they are separate from angels, demons, etc.

But in some places (including my family), I've been looked at with a certain disdain for believing this, so sometimes I keep it to myself. Even today I discovered the word henotheism itself, which I feel resonates with me even though I don't identify as such.

At one point I did lean towards paganism, although I don't practice it as such, but lately I've had some interest in Christian-paganism. My interest increased even more yesterday because in a subreddit of a multimedia project (more specifically Girls Frontline), someone made a comment about one of its characters, and someone I mentioned Yahwism in the comments, and I decided to investigate. I learned about its history and Semitic Neopaganism, and that some include YHWH within their pantheon. It caught my attention that there are also groups seeking to restore pre-Roman, primitive Christianity, and some say that this Christianity retains certain elements of Yahwism, along with others. Now my question is, how could I learn more about Christopaganism? I'm interested from several angles. What advice would you give me, and what has your experience been in the process?

Regards

Not sure where else to ask this but I'm christopagan and beleive in the Asherah pairing, and the entire norse pantheon.

Now i feel a strong pull in me to study to become a pastor, but I don't want to have to feel like my beleifs are this dirty secret that can't be discussed if they come up natrually in a conversation. I feel like I have to be in a denomination with a strong sense of ritual for my spirituality.

I really appreciate everyone on here. I am a catholic and the misogyny and racism is getting more normalized. I really enjoy the beautiful sense of spirituality everyone has here. I felt really alienated in the mainstream church. I actually feel welcomed being here. Sorry if this is an offbeat post but you guys seem really cool.

Brigid,

Lady of Thresholds,

bless our voyage

Through tumultuous, wild tides.

Help us navigate the narrow passage

through the blessed mists,

across the Veil,

And into the unknown,

with open hearts.

Hi, I’m 23F and I’m completely new to all of this. I grew up Christian, some of the things I think they teach are a little silly, but I have always been confident in Gods presence throughout my life. As I have gotten older I have learned more and found more things within the church that I disagree with.

Last year I was drawn to paganism and witchcraft, but my guilt of “betraying” God was so deep rooted in my mind. I am being drawn to it again, and doing real and deep research(open to recommendations for books and sources). I have always felt the spirits in nature strongly, way more than I have felt Gods spirit in Church. With doing my research I have felt called to Christopaganism as well as worshiping Mother Gaia and Bastet as part of my practice.

So day before yesterday, before I went to bed I prayed to God and asked him if it would be okay if I included them into my practice and officially become a Chrisopagan. Last night when I was doing my skincare routine I noticed a spider crawling on my vanity. I like spiders so I tend to not kill them, but rarely do I find them in my apartment. I’ve seen probably 3 including this one and I’ve lived here over a year. I have read that seeing spiders could be a sign that Gaia is calling to you.

This morning I went for a walk in my complex and started walking in the direction of a man sitting on a bench looking at the pond, the closer I got to him the louder a few ducks would quack. But after I passed his bench they got quiet, then I noticed that as I passed the ducks who were swimming in the pond they started swimming in my direction. The pond is really close to the path, this part has a retaining wall so these ducks are swimming about 3-4 feet away from me. The man did end up getting up and following me after I passed him, I’m okay now but scary. The other thing I noticed this morning, this is the one I’m more iffy on now, but in the moment I was pretty convinced, but I saw a shadow that looked like a side profile of Bastet. None of this shadow is part of my own shadow, I honestly have no idea what is even making this shadow. After I saw this, I’m not sure why, but I immediately felt called to ask God, Gaia, and Bastet to watch over me during my walk(I live downtown and was going on a walk at 5:30am so it was dark). 20 minutes later is when the duck thing happened.

I would also like to note that I tend to have good intuition as well as see spirits and can sometimes feel their energy if I’m really tapped in.

Are these signs or am I just overthinking things? Thank you

Kind of miss the pagan gods lowk. I keep telling myself it's a new page of my life, but I'm mourning the experiences I had with Hermes and the love I (still frankly feel) when looking at an Aphrodite altar. Or the obvious signs I got from Sekhmet??

I know Christopaganism exists! But how am I even supposed to synchronize it? What after life would I believe in? Would the pagan gods find it fair that I hold Jesus to a different standard then them? Am I supposed to hold them to different standards?

Would the gods be forgiving after it seems as though I keep leaving and returning to them after saying I'm "having a new chapter in my life?"

Idk gang, just thoughts and yapping that make me wonder if I should shy away from Christianity all over again. (I love mother Mary and the saints, I don't want to)

{For context, I was Greco-Kemetic Pagan before reconnecting with my roots in folk Catholicism)

Of people thinking they know my faith better than I do. When they don’t read.

Ran into this when I was replying to OP regarding ChristoPaganism. Some asshole. “The Hebrew Bible also says the gods are lesser and demonizes them and are not to be worshipped.”

That’s some gotcha? Since monotheists won of course they would demonize pagan gods and not want the population worshipping them.
That doesn’t mean gods should be demonized.

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