When one thinks of paganism today, they think of the modern pagans: the wiccans, the new age trannies. People sticking crystals up their asses, dressing like vikings or characters from Harry Potter. Even the Christians, the majority of whom spend their time LARPing as Jews, mock paganism because of this perversion. Big gay liberal paganism is not what paganism really is!
1. The Liberal Negation of Folkism and Tradition
If we are to establish what paganism actually is, we must first look into the origins of the term. The English word pagan is a derivative of the Latin word paganus, which originally meant 'rural'. It bears similar connotations to the American terms of 'countrybumpkin', 'hillbilly', and 'redneck'. Its association with folk religions is rooted in the Christianization of the Roman Empire, with its elites, upper and middle classes converting to Christianity, along with even the slaves of the empire. The rural workers and citizens held onto religio Romana, or the native Roman religion, the longest, hence why being polytheistic or inclined toward folkish religions was associated with the rural strata of society and thus considered 'paganus'. The Modern English term heathen is a clear derivative of the Old English or Anglo-Saxon word hǣþen, ultimately a derivative of the Proto-Germanic haiþinaz, essentially meaning a dweller of uncultivated land, a toiler of it. Some would argue that the Roman paganus is rooted in elitist snobbery, and perhaps this is true to an extent; however, as I've stated, many slaves, most of whom were foreigners in lower standing than many of the rural Romans, were the first to convert to and preach the word of Christianity. I have no doubt that paganus would later on take up more derogatory connotations, but I think its application for the adherants of folkish religions at first had merely factual or observational ones. The folk religions, of course, are folk religions, consisting of the myths, practices, and traditions of the collective, i.e. the nation, the people or race... most people in a nation are not elites, historically and presently; they are farmers, they work in agriculture. The genius of a people is in a great sense rooted in the soil as much as it may be rooted in the blood, for the former permits the existence and perpetuation of the latter. Indeed, the land has been a source of worship and divination in many ways, as much as the gods have been, and therefore bear a greater relevance to the lives and interests of the rural people and their traditions. Fundamentally, religion is a means of ensuring the survival of rites, traditions, histories and mythologies alike. It could not exist without a people, and a people cannot exist in a very large sense without the land from which they inherit their bread and sustenance. The folk religions are the specific doctrines of the nations which have collectively invented them... that this ought to be stated is disappointing.
Oftentimes, you'll see fat neon-haired womyn (whom you could practically smell through your screens) talking about LGBT acceptance, gay transsexual Odin, Black Vikangz, etc. Of course, literally none of this has any remote basis in reality whatsoever. Most pagan religions, especially though certainly not exclusively regarding the Germanic faiths, were disgusted by homosexuality, actively forbidding it; the Vikings were near-exclusively Norsemen, with a few mixed Norse-Gaels and Anglo-Saxons partaking in the occupation... any non-White connection to the Vikings is rooted in trade, particularly through the Silk Trade, but obviously this meant no Sub-Saharan Africans would be trading with Vikings, and even the scenario of North African and Viking interactions is questionable and unlikely to say the very least. But none of this matters to the liberal 'pagan', for modern degeneracy triumphs above historical accuracy and traditionalism, and it's apparent that these people are not adherants of the faiths of our ancestors, but the appropriators of deities and concepts foreign to them of malice intent and bad-faith who instead seek a sense of divine afformention without any sense of commitment, morality or roots. They are deracinated LARPers. Most of them are urbanites, closer to an elite class than a people's one, inclined toward miscegenation and/or anti-natalism, so literally neither pagan nor folkish by any real definition. Their conception of paganism revolves around playing with wands, bitching to Odin about their problems and hoping for gifts in return and schooling le Nazi occult fascists about how racism is for transhomophobic Christians and not pagans. They believe in Santa Claus without the Christian aesthetics. True pagans seek out the traditions and beliefs of their ancestors, to practice and pay respect to them. These people don't do that, they defile and bastardize such things, most of whom do not even belong to their own ancestors, and have no regard for tradition or ancestry to begin with, literally the cornerstones of pagan belief in the first place. In Salem, MA, where I partially grew up, this was an irritatingly common archetype that I would encounter, because its presence was actively affirmed in the city's culture. The tolerance and cultural inclusion of liberal paganism is precisely that which preserves it... the annihilation of much of Pagan faith, culture and tradition and its replacement with Christianity occurred precisely because paganism was largely forbidden and untolerated, oftentimes punishable by death. Take note of this.
In essence, Paganism itself is traditionalist, perennial and conservative, it is folkish and nationalist. It is not progressive, it is not liberal, it is not to be subject to radical changes and perversions. Liberalism is an immense contradiction of paganism, as will be demonstrated now:
2. The Roots of Paganism and Leftism
Paganism is ancient, nay, it is more ancient than ancient. Going through its entire history will turn this essay into a full-fledged book, which I do not have the time for at this very moment. It is for this reason that I will focus on European paganism with occasional references to Near Eastern folk religions. Modern Europeans, or White people, descend, to a varying degree among the different ethnicities they may belong to, from three populations: the Western Hunter-Gatherers (WHG), the Early European Farmers (EEF), and lastly the Proto-Indo-Europeans (PIE). The WHG and EEF both originated in the Northern Levant, believed to be present-day Syria and Lebanon, before settling in Anatolia (present-day Turkey), which they departed for Europe via the Aegean Sea at different times, with the WHG arriving in Europe first and the EEF at a later time. The WHG were highly individualistic, opposed to tribalism or collectivism, and this would be their greatest weakness seeing as the more collectivist EEF invaders would conquer and assimilate them. Admittedly, very little is known of either group, and I am largely going off of Kevin MacDonald's work Individualism and the Western Liberal Tradition which is of course imperfect. The PIE, believed to have originated in the Southern Caucasus (around present-day Georgia) and West-Central Siberia, invaded Europe from the Pontic-Caspian Steppes of present-day Eastern Ukraine in great waves, one of which was known as the Corded Ware, which gave birth to the Celtic, Germanic, Baltic, and Slavic peoples of Northern Europe... the PIE, also referred to as the Aryans in anthropological texts, provided Northern Europeans with over half of their ancestry as per the Corded Ware in contrast with the Southern Europeans, on whom they had considerable yet not overarching influence. There could very well be EEF or even WHG influences in European pagan religions, especially in the native Basque mythology, though little is known of it since the arrival of Christianity essentially destroyed it. However, we know many things about the PIE and their faith, thanks to the efforts of Ceisiwir Serith and his book Deep Ancestors: Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. We know that they were highly folkish, collectively identifying as the heryos, which meant tribe, nation, and people... in Northern India, wherein they established the Vedic civilization, the term heryos birthed a derivative arya denoting the nobility and elite of the civilization, which the PIE comprised. In Europe, heryos birthed the German derivative ehre, the English derivative æthel, Norse eir, Latin aes, Irish aire, Iranian aryas, etc. We know that the PIE faith and tradition was highly patriarchal and "heteronormative". This coincides with Costin Alamariu's theory that the Europe of the EEF eventually devolved into a matriarchy, which he refers to as the longhouse, resulting in the collapse and conquest of their civilizations. The Indo-European gods and god systems are all remarkably similar if not identical to one another with there existing a pantheon or aesir of gods, led by a supreme or chief god whether it be Zeus, Odin, Jupiter, Dagda, Dyaus, or Ahura Mazda. The ancestors of the PIE definitely worshiped a supreme sky god and goddess, and it is uncertain though probable that they were accompanied with a pantheon of lesser gods.
European paganism is rooted in a uniquely racial faith, held by our ancestors for thousands of years. The worship of European gods were brought about by European conquerors in the East. The wrath of the gods could not be unleashed without the will of their believers, their blood children. They were the 'chosen people'. The root and source of paganism, therefore, is the ancestors, of the blood and of the race. It is an affirmation of life, culture, and heritage. It is a spiritual ode to the plight of our forefathers.
Leftism, on the other hand, has entirely different roots and origins. Leftism, fundamentally and in an especially ancient manner, is a sociobiological phenomenon. Damaged, unwanted, deracinated and inferior people naturally recognize that it is in their best interests to spite the strong, beautiful, and rooted people, their superiors, and ensure their mutual extermination. This is the true meaning of egalitarianism. Someone can either be born a leftist or made a leftist. They can be naturally dysgenic or they can experience degeneration and buckbreaking to a point where they finally snap. It is this psychology, this perverted nature of spiteful mutants which has underlied the doctrine of the Christ cult and its secular sect of Marxism-Leninism, which is the basis of modern leftist intellectualism. Most shitlibs in the West, especially in the U.S., are actually rather lukewarm and serve more as midwit regurgitators of more radical deconstructive philosophies they don't fully understand but which appeal to them on a deep level. They don't possess strong beliefs on economics... their geopolitical knowledge extends only to "Russia le bad, Ukraine le good"... many are politically neoliberal which is to say rooted in globalism. Neoliberalism and neoconservatism are fundamentally two branches of the same Trotskyite sect of the Marxist religion. It all leads back to Communism, yes, because that is precisely the root of modern left-wing ideology... classical liberal enlightenment philosophy is more pertinent to the average run-of-the-mill cuckservative than it is to the average liberal. But it all leads back to Christianity in the grand scheme of things. It leads back to Christianity because Marxism is both a sect and splinter of Christianity, in the same way that Christianity is both a sect and splinter of Judaism. "There is no Jew nor Greek, for you are all one in Christ"... "The meek shall inherit the Earth"... "Treat the foreigner as one of your own, for you were foreigners too"... this is spiritual cuckoldry and weakness. Christianity encourages weakness and submission, it encourages universalism and deracination. Most leftists are better Christians than so-called Christian conservatives, whose entire political philosophy is rooted in an enlightenment philosophy which is essentially a critique of Christianity. I find a lot of Hugo Pepe's conclusions as to his Biblical conspiracy theories to be far-fetched and silly, but he and Friedrich Nietzsche's conclusions on Christianity's moral nature and implications are top-notch and agreeable in my opinion.
Paganism is rooted in the life force of the folk. Leftism is rooted in the death force of the mongrel. Paganism is rooted in the affirmation of culture, Leftism in the defiling of it. Paganism is the mythos of our people, Leftism the foreign condemnation of it and us. Paganism is heritage, Leftism is deracination. Paganism is tradition, Leftism is treason. Paganism is our inheritance, Leftism our injustice. Leftism is an erosive force, one wholly incompatible with the aims and essence of paganism and folk religions. Leftism seeks to remove the folk from our folk religions, to remove the myth from our mythos, to discard and globalize our heritage. It's that simple.
