r/Christopaganism

Can medieval folklore be considered pagan? I asked if Grimm's tales are pagan. Apparently not.

However what would this mean for Slavic mythology? Most of what we know comes from Russian fairy tales. Besides the Arkona Polabian Slavs and Vladimir's named pantheon we know nothing.

So my friend and I had a conversation awhile back, see, I felt I couldn’t have an altar because I didn’t have the space for it at the time. I didn’t know you could literally make an altar out of a mint can back then, and basically my friend sent me a video of a pagan explaining that wearing something you associate with the deity would be a non physical offering

So now that I live with my dad, who’s very much against witchcraft and paganism, I have to be careful.

So I got flower hair clips to secure my headscarves in place to represent Demeter, and the headscarves I picked out all had flower designs to represent Persephone.

I’m also planning on making devotional jewelry to The Morrigan, because tbh from an outfit uneducated perspective, it would just look like gotchic jewelry

The video that my friend sent me tho was not a reliable source, and during the conversation we had a disagreement as well. So I wanted to ask here.

I asked this question in the Percy Jackson subreddit initially but it got removed by moderators for reasons unknown to me.

[New link. Mods removed this post](https://www.reddit.com/u/GangStalked2022/s/p1fTGHkaXx)

(Disclaimer: I don't want to offend any mainstream religion. I do not want to say that any abrahamic religion is bad. I am not accusing any religion of being violent.

For those of you who know history, you may know that the conversion of pagan people, Roman Empire included happened violently and coercively. For those of you who know that Rick included World War 2 & The War of Secession into his story, have you ever wondered what Olympus ever thought about mortals forgetting their native folk gods and ancestors in favor of Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, Buddha (Dharmic) etc?

Olympus, Asgard, Egyptian Gods, Celtic Gods, all suffered because their temples were destroyed and their deities were deemed 'demonic.' Pagan practicers were persecuted. This happened to everyone who experienced the crusades. The Slavs especially.

Anyone here pagan? Is anyone in the fandom actually pagan)

I've been a pagan for a long time. I was brought up Catholic but walked away from that path because my family used religion to abuse me. Lately though I have had a pull over the last couple of years to learn more about Jesus and the Saints. I don't consider myself a Christian again by any means, but I can't help but feel a pull back but under my own terms. Not how my family treated me. What I have always loved about Paganism is that you can make it your own in certain ways. It feels conflicting though. I've heard of people practicing dual faiths before. How have you all proceeded with incorporating Christianity and paganism together?

I believe that Yeshua (Jesus) is the son of the Archangel Gabriel (Jibril), who is the Holy Spirit in charge of creation and the overseer of the Moon.

Gabriel is not just a messenger, but the active, living manifestation of the Holy Spirit (Ruh al-Qudus). This means Yeshua was brought into the physical world directly through Gabriel's divine essence. This concept is rooted in the Annunciation narrative in Luke 1:35, where Gabriel tells Mary, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy." By identifying Gabriel as the Holy Spirit itself, the conception becomes a direct lineage between the archangel and Yeshua.

Furthermore, Gabriel is entrusted with governing the Moon and its celestial cycles. In scripture, the Moon is designated to govern time, reflection, and spiritual seasons. Genesis 1:16 states that God made the "lesser light to rule the night," and Psalm 104:19 says, "He made the moon to mark the seasons." As the overseer of the Moon, Gabriel manages the rhythm of divine communication. Just as the Moon reflects the light of the Sun to guide creation through the dark, Gabriel reflects the ultimate light of God to humanity.

Because Yeshua is the son of Gabriel, his mission perfectly mirrors the Moon. He was sent during a time of profound spiritual darkness to be a reflecting light for the world. This spiritual blindness is described in Isaiah 60:2, which says, "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples," as well as Ephesians 6:12, which warns against the "cosmic powers over this present darkness." Yeshua's miraculous birth represents a direct, celestial intervention into these physical and spiritual cycles of the Earth. He fulfills Isaiah 9:2: "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone."

In spiritual traditions, the Moon represents pure reflection, a faithful witness in the night, and cyclical transformation. Yeshua embodies these exact lunar qualities in the Bible. He is a perfect mirror of the divine light, operating not on his own power but reflecting his origin. As he states in John 12:49, "For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak."

He is also the cosmic anchor through dark times, acting as the ultimate manifestation of Psalm 89:37, which calls the moon "a faithful witness in the sky." Finally, his life follows the very phases of the Moon—emptying himself into the darkness of death and being reborn in full glory. This matches Philippians 2:7, where he "emptied himself," before completing the cycle in Luke 24:46: "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead."

Recently I was praying to and conversing with the Theotokos about the recent experiences I’ve had with Artemis, essentially asking “hey is this from you?”

She gave me the image of herself standing in the woods at sunset. Artemis was standing by her. She reached out and stroked Artemis’s hair like a mother would a daughter, and beckoned Artemis to go to me.

Artemis bounded toward me and I felt the Panagia say that she had sent Artemis to protect me, to be kind of a guardian angel. The weird thing was that the energy I felt from Artemis was almost…erotic? Like not overtly sexual but definitely some tension. I’m a trans girl and a lesbian and there was definitely some kind of sapphic something happening.

I don’t mean to be disrespectful and I have heard that Artemis’s chastity is better understood as excluding the sexual company of only men…anyway advice is appreciated!

I am, full disclosure, not a Christopagan, merely a Christian (Eastern Orthodox). However, I find religion endlessly fascinating, especially syncretism (I hope such a term isn't offensive here; if it is, do understand the name makes it sound syncretic even if such a term isn't appropriate here). As such, I am here not to preach, but to listen. Forgive me if my questions are in anyway amateurish, basic, stupid, or offensive. I understand that there is a diversity of practice here and thus the answers may vary.

What exactly do you define as Christopaganism? Is it merely praying to entities besides God (in which case, I think most Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox would count, as we venerate saints, though most don't enjoy being called 'pagans' on that basis)? Or is it instead the veneration/worship of gods other than the One Who gave the Ten Commandments and revealed Himself in the burning bush to Moses? If so, what do you make of the authority of said God, and what do you make of the Bible's seeming hostility to such practices?

Do you believe in the Trinity? Do you attend, or are you comfortable attending, church? If so, which kind of church? What spiritual benefits have you reaped from your practices? How do you feel about "mainstream" Christians?

Again, I apologise if these are annoyingly basic, but so is my understanding. Thank you for your answers and consideration.

So I have some obsidian beads that were gifted to me by my sister’s ex partners, and her ex partners are Norse Pagans.

I’ll be honest here, I don’t know if there’s chaotic energy on them, but I get really nervous and anxious whenever I’m around the beads, and the ex partners did work with Loki

I have enough chaos in my life, I don’t want any chaotic energy in my practice. What I need is peace and calm, not chaos.

So I want to regift them to someone else, because I’ve been trying to figure this out for a couple years now, and I can’t use salt because it will damage the beads. Salt and obsidian don’t mix, so Idk what to do, to my understanding chaotic energy is unpredictable and too difficult for me to deal with

So I just decided to regift them

I do advise to cleanse them when you get them, because my sister’s relationship with her ex partners was very toxic, so there might be negative energy attached to? Idk

Dm me if interested

So Ik he doesn’t require offerings, in my experience anyway. Especially since I live with my dad rn who isn’t accepting of witchcraft, and Yeshua totally understands that, so I can’t have a big fancy altar or anything, but I want to give him offerings because I love him. So I’ve been learning from other pagans on discord who are also in the broom closet how to make a mini altar with a mint container.

So on this server, there’s a sister server that’s full of useful information on a lot of different deities, including Yeshua. So I was taking notes, and one of the crystals associated with him is Jasper, but it didn’t specify what kind

EDIT: I AM VICTORIOUS! I crossed referenced different sources like ppl on another subreddit suggested, and found out that the type of Jasper associated with him is… drumroll please! 🪘

GREEN JASPER!

So I’m in a discord server called The Wandering Library, where ppl of all sorts of different faiths converse. Pagans, Wiccans, Satanists, Christopagans, ect… and they have this sister server that’s filled with a ton of useful information on different deities

So I was taking notes reading up on Yeshua, cuz yk, even though he doesn’t demand any offerings, I like to give him offerings anyway, because I love him. Especially since I plan on making a devotional necklace, I need to know what type of crystal beads to get. 💜

So anyway, one of the animals listed as animals that represent him was a fish, and I’m like… “why?” The other animals make sense, but a fish? Why a fish? Fish is also a food offering for him if you didn’t know

I tried looking it up, but honestly didn’t understand, and since I’m sick, my brain is mush. Lol, so I wanted to ask so someone could explain it to me like I’m five /jk
(I’m in a joking mood today)

Hi there. I'm new here. I'm waking up to the fact that I have a lot of pagan practices and beliefs. My background, though, is Christianity. Since I was a young girl I've had a close connection to Christ, but there are many things about Christianity that I disagree with and have been harmful to me. I no longer consider myself part of organized Christianity, but I must admit that the idea of leaving Christ behind completely truly saddens me. There are also some prayers, practices, and celebrations from the Christian faith that I would like to retain. That said, I have no idea how to walk this blended path or even how to make sense of it. I have started the book "Christopaganism for Beginners" by Elias Greenwood and I'm fascinated. To all of the Christopagans on here, what are your blended beliefs? What does your practice look like? How do you view Christ?

The Christianity (organized religion) that I have known and grown up with has been very much against paganism. Yet I do not feel that the Christ that I know and love is. Is there a way to reconcile these two things and if so, how have you done so? I'm very thankful this community exists. Blessings.

If you don’t already have a Bible, get one. It doesn’t have to be a pocket Bible, that was just my little joke because it’s my personal preference. They’re so cute, and easy to carry around for reading out in public

I’m not a Christian anymore, but I did start out my witchcraft journey as a Christian witch, and what I did was I incorporated Bible verses into my spellwork. Wrote down a verse as my intention, and put it in a spell jar. Yeshua helped me with it, and it worked wonders

I just wanted to share my advice on this

So I’m a Pagan, and my mother is a devout baptist christian.

I work with Yeshua in my practice, but not Yahweh, so I personally don’t identify as Christian, but Yeshua has still been there for me for a long time so I still worship him.

In the beginning of my practice, I did a cord cutting spell as an unbaptism. I didn’t want to be baptized to Yahweh nor The Holy Spirit

However after having worked with Yeshua for awhile now, I want to make a proper commitment to him, and him alone. However I don’t think I can get that done in a church because they would ask me if I’d be willing to commit myself to The Holy Trinity

So my mama knows about my practice, and I was wondering if she could do it in our bathroom. Using the bathtub

So I veil to protect my energy, ok? However I dress modestly for personal comfort, and no other reason.

I eventually want to specifically wear a hijab style head scarf for four reasons

1. I like the level of added modesty it adds by covering the chest and neck

2. It looks very comfortable

3. It will create a barrier between necklaces and my skin, which will help me wear pagan jewelry and jewelry that I make without sensory overload

4. I think it looks pretty

At first, I was afraid of being judged because my family is heavily southern baptist christian, but Lady Morrigan encourages me to wear what I want, and be firm in my own decisions, despite judgment. So that’s what I plan to do when I’m able to move out of state.

So anyway, I had this random idea based on what other ppl do, of not only veiling for spiritual protection, but also out of devotion to Yeshua as well

So I invoked him and asked about it, and got the vibe that he was more like “eh…”

He wasn’t too keen on it, and then I remembered something my mama said.

Yeshua never actually instructed women to cover, PAUL mentions modesty, but Yeshua never did, in fact Yeshua told men if they couldn’t control themselves, then they should gouge out their own eyes.

Moreover in 1 Corinthians 11 where these religious ladies get the idea to veil for religious reasons from, it’s not to be closer to Yeshua, it’s to be closer to Yahweh. So it makes sense Yeshua wouldn’t want me to do it for him, like Lady Morrigan, he’d want me to dress how I want, for myself.

He actually liked the sigil I made for him better than the idea of me covering my head out of respect for him

I just thought this was interesting, because it completely contradicts how christians and catholics understand him. Christians and catholics will bend over backwards trying to insist that women should be modest out of obligation, but he never said that. He put the responsibility where it belongs, on the men to control themselves.