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What kind of Pagan are you?

Discovered this quiz over at Yvonne’s The Dance of the Elements: what kind of Pagan?

What kind of Pagan are you?

You scored as a Sumerian, Babylonian, and Mesopotamian Pagans
You either love ancient history -VERY ancient- or else you worship the Sumerian, Mesopotamian or Babylonian Gods. A rare breed of pagan, you know that literature on your deities is few and far between, but something about the mysterious Gods called to you.

1. Sumerian, Babylonian, and Mesopotamian Pagans 65%
2. Eastern Pagan 50%
3. Ecclectic Pagan 45%
4. Egyptian Pantheonic Pagan 35%
5. Zoroastrian Pagan 35%
6. Shamanic Pagan 25%
7. Celtic Pantheonic Pagan 25%
8. Kabbalistic Pagan 25%
9. Greek Pantheonic Pagan 20%
10. Roman Pantheonic Pagan 20%
11. Norse Pantheonic Pagan (Asatru) 5%
12. Catholic (Pagan?) 0%

Not to sure why I scored so highly in favour of Mesopotamian deites. A few of them are symbolically important to me, but nowhere near as many as from the Greek, Norse, Chinese, Celtic, Hindu mythologies. I love many of the strange and wonderful iconographical themes found on various Near and Middle Eastern seals, as well as a few of the myths… But as far as the divine assembly go, I’m not really interested, after all they created the human race to be their slaves right?

I thought this was kind of apt considering my recent Otherworld Post:

Drawn to tragic epics, like The Epic of Gilgamesh, you’re aware that not everything is bright and sunny. You’re likely a solitary person.

I disagreed that “Gods aren’t important and shouldn’t be the focus of worship”, as it would be rather presumptuous for me to deny the existence of deities or claim that they are unimportant (despite having difficulties with a polytheistic world view).

I guess I scored highly as an Eastern Pagan because I have some yearnings toward some of the teachings of the Buddha, such as the Middle Way and the cultivation of mindfulness, and performing acts that are karmically fruitful. Not to keen on the notion of the dissolution of the non-existent self, though. I also appreciate much of the myth and symbolism within Hinduism, which works well with my pagan practice and mythological philosophy.

The reason I scored as a Egyptian, Celtic, Greek, Roman, and Norse Pantheonist (is there even such a word?) Pagan, is kind of baffling as I disagreed that “People shouldn’t be locked into just one pantheon:” Not, however, because I believe people shouldn’t stick with just one Pantheon, rather, that if it works then why not? And again I disagreed with the statement that “It’s naive to place your trust in any god; you should place your trust in energies and yourself,” for that same reason.

One thing I totally agreed upon was that “I look to every source of mythology, religion and history I can to define who I am in my faith.”.

I know enough (which is actually very little) about the Kabbalah to say that it definitely is not the path for me (although I want to check out Pathworking sometime).

I object to being referred to as an ‘Eclectic Pagan,’ at least for myself. I prefer the term ‘Syncretic Pagan.’ If I combine elements from different traditions (for example the World Serpent and the Greek Oceanos) I do so because I believe they share similar symbolic values important to my Pagan Path, which is highly influenced by the Syncretic Mystery Cults that first began to arise during the Hellenistic era and continued on in Roman time.

It’s a bummer that there’s nothing about my yearnings to be a witch.

Oh well. Just another daft test

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