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Organization among us is not necessarily going to be a bad thing either. Look at the Native Americans, they had to organize under the rules of their conquerors to be able to rise in the new systems. Some changes cannot be fought, and organization among our paths is something we have to figure out.

I have heard so many times on so many other boards what people are not willing to give up. Great, got those notes. Okay, what I would like to hear from you folks who are so passionate is what would you consider a good way for pagans to be organized. What would it take to
thaw you out?

Now, please, no one get offended by my comments, no offense is meant. I am not on a high horse or a soapbox, I just have high ideals and my hobby is trying to reach them. I put it all my research and results on the website I have linked in my banner, check it out if you get bored.
Anyway, the point I am trying to get to is that maybe if we start on the small level to talk about what we would like to see organized among Pagans and what we must not organize at all (with Discordians and a few others we will have to confuse what we want organized, they are about a contrary bunch but we love em at parties). So give me your best shots folks, I love a challenge.

1) WHAT IS PAGANISM? Stated simply: Paganism is an umbrella term for a myriad of religions that are not easily classified. In some places the term has been applied to any religion, pseudo-religion, or lifestyle of an alternative nature that has tied itself to a past civilization in some way. However, this definition does not come close to really defining what paganism is because there are over 2500 different religions that are classed as Pagan including religions that started out as part of many of the mainstream religions.

The word pagan comes from the Latin word paganus which has many times been loosely translated to mean 'country dweller'. Actually paganus was a noun derived from the word pagus which originally meant 'something stuck in the ground as a landmark'. The root pag means "fixed" and is also the source of the words "page", "pale (stake)", and "pole", as well as "pact" and peace". In later years it was metaphorically extended to 'rural district, village'.