intaier:

*dies laughing*

source

jackskipps95:

Wow this is inaccurate

1) this is just a outhouse, not a temple, a grove or even a longhouse
2) there is a vast time difference between them so yes the church will be more light up
3) if wanted a fair comparison should have had the Parthenon or Stonehenge or any other pagan place of worship, even a freaking forest

So the only reason someone made this was either because of sheer ignorance or out of fear that more people would prefer a sacred grove in a beautiful forest or a tall amazing temple with huge statues made from precious metals like gold than a tall brick building lit up by lights in the middle of a city

intaier:

answersfromvanaheim:

Admittedly, I find churches stunning and if I had the money I would build a grand temple that would remind me of the churches I attended when I was younger.

But the modern Pagan community didn’t treat me like shit because I’m a queer woman so I’d rather be in a hut made of sticks with great people than in a picturesque church with a bunch of assholes.

I love church architecture in general. However, people (community) and relationship with the God(s) are more important than the beauty of the buildings.
In our city, we have buddhist temple and a mosque and they both are amazing creations of architecture. But this does not mean that one should immediately become buddhist or muslim just because the cult buildings of these religions are fancy.

I’ll take some stones arranged in a circle in the woods with people that accept me than a gaudy palace built with money snatched from the hands of ordinary people by assholes and demagogs any day!

intaier:

glitchedpup:

so thats why i get whiffs of incense out of nowhere.. O_O

I remember smelling very nice scent in the Louvre museum. There’s a hall with big statue of Amun; and a white votive stela for Djehuty near it. I thought about some kind of Presence there in this hall, but guessed that there might be a mundane reason such as french lady with a strong perfume passing by, recently :)
Anyway, this was the hall in Louvre where I felt most reverence, even more than in the hall where the kar-shrines (naoi) of different Netjeru are collected.

morganna-pagan-raine:

Oh most definitely! 
That’s what I do, I sing and dance for Apollo too. Little acts of devotion, can go along way.
Especially if you find it difficult to do big gestures or can’t have an active altar.
By learning and growing as a person, you are doing what they want you to do.  
If it helps, when you have learnt about something new or read a book. You can say a thanks out loud or in your head. Just think of either Deity you follow or all 3. 
They are always watching over *in a good way*

Hope this helps :)

nerdypagan:

still worship Zeus - Documentary on Modern Hellenic Polytheism

The stories of Hellenic Pagans in modern Greece, from archaeologists to clergy, families, native Greeks and ex patriots. They describe their their relationships with the Gods, and provide an inside look at modern temples and reconstructed rites. The film also discusses the discrimination and legal challenges they face from the Greek Orthodox Church and Greek government.