Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
36. How do Pagans Interact with Deities and Spirits?
Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
Jenny Butler [+]
University College Cork
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Dr Jenny Butler holds a Lectureship in the Department of Study of Religions where she teaches on contemporary religions in Ireland, Western Esotericism and new religious movements. She was formerly a Lecturer with the Department of Folklore and Ethnology (2002-2013). She was awarded a Government of Ireland Research Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences by The Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) in support of her doctoral research on Irish contemporary Pagan culture.
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How Pagans interact with deities depends on whether they regard them, e.g., as independent entities or representations of forces in nature. In casting a circle, Pagans interact with deities or spirits, e.g. those representing the four quarters. They also interact with deities or spirits in nature or at specific sites, often leaving an offering and some try to use the “language of the land” such as Irish in Ireland.