I have always, from the days of my childhood, worshipped Gaea, and thought of her as my mother. I have worshipped the earth and air spirits as I have known and felt them to be, but never calling them by a name. I worship the sunshine and the rain, and all these beautiful things, but I have never classified myself into a religion. My parents referred to themselves as worshippers of the good earth. Then the other day someone called me a pagan, and that was a thought that never dawned on me in my twenty years of existence (and I always thought of myself as an extremely perceptive person). I always thought pagans were worshippers of many deities, and I don't consider myself to be that way. Does worshipping the spirits of the earth necessarily make me a pagan? I know I sound awfully naive, but I'd like some straightforward opinions on this. I always thought myself a spiritually educated person, but I now know I still have a lot to learn.
Ok some pagans worship many gods, some only one, some feel that the gods are real beings that we can interact with, others feel that they are archtypes that give us a deeper meaning into our life, others do not believe in any gods, just the sacred beauty and power of nature. your a pagan if it feels right for you, explore this subject further if you wish to adopt the lable of pagan then do so (from what you have said, it would certainly fit you well) if you don't wish to have a lable don't have one (When I use the term gods I don't attach any gender to the word)
Pagan is a wide open, general term for people that worship many Gods, the Earth, Nature in general, or some combination of the three. Don't worry about any kind of label for yourself. You could meet Pagans that have beliefs like your and other Pagans that your beliefs have nothing in common with.
well, it's technically true, since the term "pagan" pretty much came into usage to describ anyone not associated with the worship of the judeo/christian tradition.
