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[quote=Anonymous]The society we live in is primarily monotheist; this confers a religious privilege to practitioners of monotheist religions (with the except of some Eastern religions). But Western Pagans (people who worship Greek Gods, Roman Gods, Celtic Gods, etc) are a marginalized and invisible religious minority. I'm reposting a great essay from this blog: https://krasskova.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/guest-post/

It's about a Western Pagan who experiences her deities only in museums, instead of temples, and how she feels isolated. I thought it might be interesting for people to read.

You can click the link, but I'll paste the essay here:

[quote]To all of my Christian, Jewish, and Muslim brothers and sisters: here is a slice of life from my point of view as a pagan/polytheist.

I think too many people take for granted how many churches line the streets, how many temples and mosques stretch across the landscape, how many people have spiritual advisors and pastors and priests and ministers for guidance, when all I have is a tiny shrine at home and a visit to a museum where Gods are treated as fascinating yet primitive antiquities.

It’s strange that, for some people, walking into a museum is a wonderful experience, an opening into a different world while still remaining in the the present. Looking at cool old stuff. For me, walking into a museum is a religious experience. That’s what it was like for me yesterday wandering through the Walters Museum as a polytheist.

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