What do most Pagans have in common regardless of their tradition?
Were all children of the same Mother. Most of us work in a Circle, call upon the four directions as Elemental forces (Air, Fire, Water and Earth), and celebrate a seasonal round (the Wheel of the Year) of eight main Festivals (or Sabbats, as they are called in Witchcraft) aligned with the Solstices, Equinoxes and cross-quarters. We also tend to celebrate at the full Moon, and were not afraid of the dark! Most of us regard Divinity as immanent (“Thou art God/dess”) and our thealogy tends towards polytheistic pantheism (polytheism = belief in many deities; pantheism = the belief that divinity is a quality inherent in and manifesting throughout Nature). We honor and value women as Priestesses (only Pagan religions have Priestesses!). We regard sex as a sacrament, and rape in all forms as the primal “sin.” We draw our values from Nature, we regard life as sacred, and we believe in and practice Magick (probability enhancement). We are a part of a seamless whole with all of Nature, and we be
