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The Pagan Pride Project is a non-profit organization. The primary purposes of this corporation shall be the advancement of religion and elimination of prejudice and discrimination based on religious beliefs.
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Pagan Pride Project is to foster pride in Pagan identity through education, activism, charity and community.
Defining the Mission Statement:
We try to keep our purpose balanced through the inspirations of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth:
- Air: Education
We're striving to give the public accurate information about what we do and do not do, in order to be able to openly practice our beliefs.
- Fire: Activism
People aren't necessarily going to go out of their way to find out what Pagans really do. Having the courage to act on our convictions and do what we need to do will help people to feel comfortable enough to ask.
- Water: Charity
When we share our own abundance, we show that we trust the Gods to share abundance with us in return. We need offer compassion to our communities where it is needed.
- Earth: Community
We need to weave networking webs in our cities, in our towns, in our rural areas. Support systems like this will show those who would restrict our practice that we are not just a few isolated whackos, but are a growing congregation of people who adhere to a faith that, while different, is as valid as their own.
History
Read a history of the Pagan Pride Project
What is a Pagan?
The following definition is for the purposes of the Pagan Pride Project. Others may define themselves or their group in different ways, and that's OK. Some groups that fit the categories we list may not call themselves Pagan, and that's ok too - that's why we say that first and foremost the definition of a Pagan is someone who self-identifies as a Pagan. But the following was created in order to have a functional definition to help educate the public about the spiritual paths we cover:
Definition:
A Pagan or NeoPagan is someone who self-identifies as a Pagan, and whose spiritual or religious practice or belief fits into one or more of the following categories:
- Honoring, revering, or worshipping a Deity or Deities found in pre-Christian, classical, aboriginal, or tribal mythology; and/or
- Practicing religion or spirituality based upon shamanism, shamanic, or magickal practices; and/or
- Creating new religion based on past Pagan religions and/or futuristic views of society, community, and/or ecology; and/or
Focusing religious or spiritual attention primarily on the Divine Feminine.
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