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19 Sep 2024 19:32

Xenophanes lived in the latter part of the sixth and the beginning of the fifth centuries B.C.

In his own poems he severely attacked the manner in which Homer and Hesiod, the most famous poets of Greece, had represented the gods.
Their accounts of the fights of the gods against Titans and Giants he denounced as “inventions of the ancients.” But he did not stop at that: “Men believe that the gods are born, are clothed and shaped and speak like themselves”; “if oxen and horses and lions could draw and paint, they would delineate their gods in their own image”; “the Negroes believe that their gods are flat-nosed and black, the Thracians that theirs have blue eyes and red hair.” Thus he attacked directly the popular belief that the gods are anthropomorphic…

A.B.Drachmann

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

19 Sep 2024 02:02

The persons of whom it is related that they denied the existence of the ancient gods are in themselves few, and they all belong to the highest level of culture; by far the greater part of them are simply professional philosophers. Hence the inquiry will almost exclusively have to deal with philosophers and philosophical schools and their doctrines.

From about the beginning of the Peloponnesian War to the close of the fourth century B.C., there are on record a number of prosecutions of philosophers who were tried and condemned for denial of the gods.

A.B.Drachmann

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

18 Sep 2024 13:43

Roman relief of Minerva c. 100 AD

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

17 Sep 2024 05:49

Putting some finishing touches on the posts about atheism in Ancient Greece and the significant difference between the definition of an atheist today and then. Will obviously mention first sophists and philosophers.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

16 Sep 2024 11:49

Maxim Tesak Martsinkevich rests with the Gods

On this day, 4 years ago, a great man was tortured to death by putin's communist regime in a gulag which was officially declared to be a suicide

This crime will not be forgotten

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

14 Sep 2024 23:22

To those saying that Paganism is "Whatever works" and "There’s no dogma!"

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

13 Sep 2024 23:58

Following the example of the Gods
Henryk Siemiradzki

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

13 Sep 2024 21:24

Needless to say being a typical political prostitute Poklonskaya presents herself as whatever the public wants. Been an ideal christian regularly posting about her great faith for years.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

13 Sep 2024 00:33

Chugaisters killing mavkas and being harmless to humans is what makes them the most beloved spirits of Hutsul forests.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

13 Sep 2024 00:08

Chugaister’s most peculiar trait is his appetite for evil spirits called mavkas. The latter are seemingly beautiful, yet monstrous beings who lure young men into the woods and kill them.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

11 Sep 2024 23:19

The resilient shall inherit the earth

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

10 Sep 2024 16:52

12 Labors of Heracles part 2

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

10 Sep 2024 05:55

Thor shield in cast iron
Made in Sweden in 1890

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

09 Sep 2024 20:40

One of modern men bearing the name Mstivoi is a vocalist and guitarist of the black metal band Velimor.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

09 Sep 2024 17:56

The name Mstivoi later appeared among the Pomeranian (Pomerelian) rulers of Samborides dynasty: Mstivoi the Peaceful and Mstivoi II. Their names are often mistransliterated as Mestwin even though it’s clearly Mstivoi (Polish: Msciwoj).

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

19 Sep 2024 03:46

In the literature of antiquity we meet with sporadic statements to the effect that certain philosophers bore the epithet atheos as a sort of surname; and in a few of the later authors of antiquity we even find lists of men—almost all of them philosophers—who denied the existence of the gods. Furthermore, we possess information about certain persons—these also, if Jews and Christians are excluded, are nearly all of them philosophers—having been accused of, and eventually convicted of, denial of the gods.

A.B.Drachmann

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

19 Sep 2024 01:55

It would have to keep in view, not the philosophical notion of God, but the conceptions of the gods as they appear in the religion of antiquity. Hence I came to define atheism in Pagan antiquity as the point of view which denies the existence of the ancient gods.

Our “atheism” in regard to ancient paganism is of recent date, and in antiquity itself downright denial of the existence of the gods was a comparatively rare phenomenon.

"Atheism in Pagan Antiquity" A.B. Drachmann

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

17 Sep 2024 23:01

A new case of christian anti-pagan vandalism from russia. This time the temple was situated in Podolsk.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

16 Sep 2024 23:06

This is a Brocken Specture, which is what happens when you cast a shadow onto the clouds below you

To see magic in the world, you have to go outside

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

15 Sep 2024 00:48

Will soon write on the topic of religious laws and atheism in Ancient Greece. I think it's a very important, but often neglected topic, especially for modern Pagans (even non-Greeks).

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

14 Sep 2024 06:11

A different version of the same work

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

13 Sep 2024 21:32

In 2018 Poklonskaya wrote a book titled "Loyalty to Faith and Fatherland". A very pro-putin and pro-orthodox work which she personally gifted to Serbian Patriarch Pavle.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

13 Sep 2024 20:58

Poklonskaya is not a Pagan. What she’s dabbling in is Wicca and generic esoteric for bored housewives.
On the KGB part: actually it’s almost accurate as many russian rodnovers are indeed commies and do worship many fake deities (belobog, chislobog, rod, viy etc). But the latter are a product of academia, not KGB.
Also, Poklonskaya herself is basically a KGB agent (who got where she is through the bed).
Not a W for Paganism. Just some ortho sperging.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

13 Sep 2024 00:22

Mavka’s grotesque, skinless back reveals her true nature.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

12 Sep 2024 23:58

Chugaister

The most well-know being from Hutsul folklore, chugaister is a jolly, benevolent being who lives in deep forests, likes dancing and playing a flute.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

11 Sep 2024 06:10

Loop of Life by Valdis Baškirovs

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

10 Sep 2024 16:50

12 Labors of Heracles part 1

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

09 Sep 2024 23:16

Are posts about ancient names like the ones above interesting or not really?

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

09 Sep 2024 19:01

Mstivoi II (approx. 1220-1294) was the last ruler of independent Pomerelia and since his death there was no monarchs bearing the name. But it was not forgotten and while obscure it can be found among modern Pagans.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

09 Sep 2024 17:45

Mstivoi has never been a popular name, but it’s etymology is relatively clear. It can be interpreted as Avenger due to msti- meaning vengeance or to avenge from Proto-Slavic mьstь.