Clarification on the word Pagan - BlazeLeeDragon

[kindred533]

such a smart guy!

[PAGANGRL69]

Pagan to me is Freewill without labels on one's Spirituality or Individuality!!!Simple n' short...

btw!)o(666~69

[PAGANGRL69]

Pagan is anyone that does not believe in any of the main 5 organized religions or religion at all...Pagans follow one's own individual path of their own individual journey of Spirituality...imo

btw!)o(666~69

[gaarcemail]

Other than naming that exact root word or words,That's what I call properly and completely defining a word or term.

[Chetallica]

This was the most informative description I have seen about the definition. I see so many people use pagan and wiccan for example interchangably, yet we know that not all pagans are wiccans, just like all christians are not, say, lutherans. And some that say all paths that are not the big three mono based are pagan. Ask a Native American and he or she will tell you they are not pagan.

I like your historical viewpoint, excellent vid. It's good to see someone who actually did some research!

[lurkymerc]

Hoe do you find out about god and what god is yours or whatever?

[BlazeLeeDragon]

@lurkymerc research...the divine is beyond our understanding and the gods are our way of trying to connect with the divine. all are one and one is all. all things are connected the very life inside of you is connect with the gods. so find a path that calls or lands that call and research there gods and find one that symbolizes your heart...

[NUTSMITCH]

since christians arnt mono but instead beleive in the father son and the holyghost 3 differnt gods could they be considered pagan?

[BlazeLeeDragon]

@NUTSMITCH not really, chrisitans are considered mono, beliving in one god, but taking the idea of the holy trinity from older faiths. that and pagan was a generic term they called anyone who was not christian...either pagan or heritic.

[JamesRobertSalter]

@BlazeLeeDragon

Ha! Christians are just poor at math:

1 + 1 + 1 = 1

god the father + god the son + god the ghost = one god

Jaymz

[starshinemom]

I define paganism as a person who does not follow an abrahamic religion: christianity, islamic, judaism.

[longadrian79]

Thank you for your videos, over the years it has became easier to just say pagan when asked on the status of a religion that goes against the mainstream and I have wondered if I was wrong in saying it when asked on the status of my religion instead of dealing with sterotipical misconceptions of people even in this day and time thank you for your words keep posting Blessed Be

[floydie2112]

Thank you for making this.

[BlazeLeeDragon]

@floydie2112 you are most welcome I am glad you enjoyed it

[WanderingRover]

People who believe they are Pagan are merely attention-whores. They usually have a hyper-inflated superiority complex, (especially if they are protected by the unbreakable barrier of a computer screen and thousands of miles.) They believe they are more sensitive to beings of the next dimension (particularly ghosts and demons), and frequently say things like "I'm feeling a strange aura from that side of the room."

[yellowyellowjello]

your videos are helpful. thank you:)

[nintend0fr33k]

You give me good vibes. You seem to be very wise. Handsome too, but that doesn't mean anything! What is on your necklace? It's memorizing! Anyway just wanted to say thanks for the video! Love and Light! [erin]

[BlazeLeeDragon]

@nintend0fr33k thank you kindly I enjoy compliaments :) On my necklace I have a triscale, an elvin 7 pointed star and a pentagram.

[nintend0fr33k]

@BlazeLeeDragon It's awesome. :)

[BlazeLeeDragon]

@nintend0fr33k thank you kindly, it's a nylon cord, with the elvin seven pointed star, an interlacing pentagram and a triscale

[golddk]

howcom alot on youtube flame others and go like im pagan and things just turns in to endles rants about a **word** that has no real place in their coment. i dont get why alot have this deep need to inligthen others that they are pagan wich isnt linked to one religion but to alot religion's. woudnt it be easyer to say im a druid wiccan or w/e.,.,am i missing somthing here ? or are ppl on the net just that unknowing of what the word *pagan* means ? ( btw love your vids )

[RooneyKid19]

please tell me about the illuminati and freemason's

[ladykarli]

Your very smart. & kinda handsome too. I think I will subscribe cause I am in between on things. I have questions no one can answer but I may find it in your videos. I hope you are having a happy life.

[BlazeLeeDragon]

@ladykarli thank you kindly for the kind words and compliament. if you run into any questions I would be happy to share my thoughts on them as well as possible places to find answers.

blessings,

Blaze

[x0fx3]

Great videos

[manufacturedfracture]

like asian or european or american

[Haileyboo47]

is your neaklas a pentagram with a moon?? i cant really see it

[marcratt45]

As someone has said before , old christian church called "pagans" the non-christian people (majority of them) of small villages. In fact the word pagan comes from the latin word "paganus" which means peasant , countryman.

[DHRWFTG]

Great post! thank you for your information

[HenryJThomas]

I use it as an umbrella term to describe it to muggles

[machacra]

@HenryJThomas what are muggles? :)

[BlazeLeeDragon]

@machacra muggles are the fictious version of cowen made up by J K Rowling. basically it's a person who does not practice magick. However in the books Harry Potter by JK Rowling a muggle and a wizard or witch is born as such and will always be that way. though it is believed in real life that wizards or magickal praticioners are born as such, it is possible for one to learn and no longer be considered a "cowen"

[HenryJThomas]

@machacra People who are generally uninformed, are still "sleeping" and are usually not receptive to the ideas of occult

[moondragon1973]

Thank u for sharing brightest blessings!

[fallbread]

interesting thanks for the info great video :)

[Helenhealer]

fantastic video! xxx

[Lindormrune]

From my understanding, Blaze, the Christians called the rural folk/country dwellers pagan. Heathen is similar. One who reaps the heath. These country dwellers were away from the cities and were not influenced by the 'steam roller of faith'. In other ways, Pagans was a label for people who held onto the Old Wisdom even after being subjected to Christian doctrine. You're right that it was synonymous with heretic in these cases. Misuse of the word has helped to develop it to what it is now.

[77katrine]

Very good and informative. Tell me, does witchcraft have to be a religion? Can it be practiced as a natural human instinct? That is how I see witchcraft, as a practice that can or may not have to do with religion. I personally hate having to follow a particular organized religion. I'm too rebellious and complex for that.

[BlazeLeeDragon]

yes, witchcraft is a practice of magick not a religion

[momcalzmesheri]

Again, great explaination and presentation of the word pagan! Thank you.

[AugustStardust]

I just would like to thank you for your video's, helping me to help myself clarify a few things I couldn't see clearly.Please keep making video's.

Blessings.

[j0z3ruby]

omg i love ur hair. it soooo hot. u r 2 cute:) i like ur chain as will

[pedroqtpie190]

i agree with bleh201 well said :D

[laidback4sho72]

right on, brother!

[rosereddoll]

hey I'm an "indian"! shout out to all my people from the west Indies! ^_^

we too are called indian/west indian. more specifically I'm jamaican. It's funny when people say "i didn't know you were west indian i though you were jamaican" I should say "i thought you were american i didn't know you were from alaska"

[AxiomofDiscord]

very well described, and I would disagree I think you went into a good amount of detail and had good examples. I like how misuse of a word can lead to its change in meaning. Like naughty, irony, and chaos just for a couple other examples. I am kinda a vocab snob so this is right up my alley lol.

ATF of Axiom of Discord

[MsDiscord]

Excellent video! Had to add it to my favs :D

[greeneyedlovegodess]

a very well thought out and intelligent explanation.......your presentation was excellent

[BlazeLeeDragon]

the little I know of that period, is that the druids pretended to convert. thus the large influence on modern christianity. the druids worshiped every 7 days on what they called the day of the sun, and it is now know as sunday and they have church then.

they celebrate the wheel of the year or the four great and four lesser sabbats. each one of theses are now practiced today and have many of there traditions from druid roots. such as Yule and Christmas, and Easter and Ostara...

[BlazeLeeDragon]

what does eggs bunnies and candy have to do with christ?...Ostara wise it's a day of fertility, eggs for life, and bunnies...well I'm sure you heard of doing it like bunnies...but anyways they are symbols of new life and fertility...I could go on but I think you get the idea...

the female druids however where not excepted, and had to go under ground into hiding. from what I understand they influenced many of the mordern covens today. though they had both religion as well as mystical practice.

[widugeist]

Of course, Ostara has nothing to do with Celtic Paganism / Druidry because she is an Anglo Saxon (and thus Germanic) Goddess and not a Celtic one. You are on target about fertility, eggs, and bunnies not having anything to do with Christ, though.

[BlazeLeeDragon]

yes many survived. some went underground but as all things do. many of them changed with the times. one of the ones almost completely lost to us is Druidism. We know of the druid ways but it's fragmented and has been pieaced back together as best as can be exspected.