Paganism, Lucifer and Lies
Modern Paganism and Heathenry are often marketed as spiritual systems rooted in pre-Christian European traditions. This claim is structurally false.
Historically, no one identified themselves as "pagans."
The term "pagan" was typically used as an insult—dismissive, derogatory, and imposed by outsiders.
Ironically, many early Christians were labeled "pagans" by Roman authorities, further muddying the term’s historical application.
What Exists Today
What passes for Paganism or Heathenry in modern contexts is a synthetic patchwork:
Literary fragments taken out of context
Invented rituals with no historical precedent
Ideological overlays and fictionalized histories
Theatrical misuse of symbols and terminology
These systems lack:
Unbroken lineage
Preserved ritual frameworks
Doctrinal continuity
They are not revivals—they are modern constructs built on distortion.
Misrepresentation and Misuse
Most self-identified pagans or heathens are not malicious. They generally reject associations with Satanism or overt occultism. However, their adoption of these labels is often the result of:
Misrepresentation in popular culture
Overgeneralized terminology
Lazy, shoddy scholarship that perpetuates inaccuracies
Cultural Drift and Identity Confusion
Many adherents adopt these terms simply because they don’t know what else to call their beliefs. Often raised by parents steeped in "hippie mentality," they inherit vague ideas without critical examination. These parents, in turn, perpetuate the same misinformation—believing what they were told, never bothering to verify or accept contradictory facts.
Occultism, Rhetoric, and Deception
Nearly all foundational claims trace back to occultism rooted in nonsense:
Mystical rhetoric
Buzzwords with no definitional integrity
Submission to deceptive associations rather than factual origins
Most participants have no real understanding of the source or meaning of the terms they use. They fall prey to definitions by association, not by substance.
The Emotional Drive
At heart, these individuals seek to feel "special" or "more connected"—to nature, to community, to something larger than themselves. That desire is not inherently wrong. But when it’s built on fallacies and blatant deceit, it leads to a hollow, superficial path of interpretive arts masquerading as tradition.
Historical Usage of Paganus and Its Application to Christians
The Latin word paganus originally meant “civilian,” “villager,” “non-combatant,” “servant,” and “slave.” It was not a religious term in early Roman usage. It derived from pagus, was also used periodically to refer to a district or rural subdivision—not abstract land not the words for country or dweller which is linguistically false. The term was used to distinguish non-military personnel from soldiers predominately.
By the 4th century CE, paganus took on a religious connotation—used by Christians to label non-Christians, especially those who maintained traditional Greco-Roman polytheism. This inversion is documented in academic sources such as Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome (Cambridge University Press). Romans themselves did not use paganus as a religious label. The term was repurposed by Christians to define outsiders to their spiritual framework.
The label also carried social implications. Christians in rural regions were often bound to estates, without rights, and subject to servitude—functionally equivalent to slaves and peasants. In this context, to be a Christian was also to be a “pagan” in the original sense: bound, subordinate, and excluded from military or spiritual authority. In addition, Christianity, though not really defined as such and only adopted later, was considered the "mysticism of slaves" based in political and cultural rebellion and upheaval.
Etymology of Paganus, Pagus, and Page
Pagus referred to a district or rural subdivision in Roman administration. It did not mean “land” in the abstract. It stems from the Proto-Indo-European root peh₂ǵ-, meaning “to fasten” or “to fix.” This root gave rise to the Latin verb pangere (“to stake out, fix”), which informs the meaning of pagus as a bounded administrative unit.
From pagus, the adjective paganus emerged, meaning “of the district,” “civilian,” “non-combatant,” “servant,” and “slave.” It was not originally religious. The semantic shift occurred later, especially in Christian usage, where paganus became synonymous with heathen, non-Christian, or spiritually uninitiated. It traces back to pag- and pangere, it implies someone bound to a place, fixed within a rural context, or tied to servitude. This aligns with the historical status of peasants, pages, and non-military civilians. But was used as a pun of sorts as a basis behind the claim all others "remained" pagans (bound ones) in their paganism (state of bondage).
The word page (as servant) predates its use for paper. It comes from Old French page, derived from Medieval Latin pagius, meaning servant or youth in training to become a knight. This usage may trace to Greek paidion (“boy, child”), but Littré and the Century Dictionary argue it derives from Latin pagus, meaning a boy from the rural regions—a subordinate, land-bound servant. The paper-related meaning of page (from Latin pagina) came later and is also rooted in pangere, referring to sheets fastened into a book. Both meanings reflect the concept of binding—whether of a person to duty or of sheets to structure.
In Medieval Latin, the context expanded. Through French (pays), Spanish (país), and other Romance languages, the term evolved into the concept of the peasant—a person bound to land, without rights, and subject to servitude. Unlike modern workers, peasants had no legal protections, no mobility, and no autonomy. This servile condition was embedded in the original meaning of paganus. This also makes clear Christianity did not "steal" from "paganism" but was pagan originally. It was to Rome and other regions what Islam is to Christians and Jews.
The associations of Modern Paganism
Furthermore, much of the claims of the "Modern Pagan" movement began with those interested in the character of Lucifer who became the devil and mixed in various Gnostic concepts along the way, started in part from previous fictions reinventing the concept of "The Devil" rather than "a devil" along with a host of other theological fallacies.
The fact is that demon wasn't used much in various religious texts till well after the 1500s, something most tend to not know or choose to ignore when presented factually.
In fact:
Demon
Demon is often claimed to mean "Evil Spirit." This is wrong. It is in actuality a reduced from of dei-monos meaning shining one. Dei = deity but also akin to such things as Deva (masculine) and Devi (feminine), another concept that has been twisted and over generalized in Western countries. The base meaning of these words are Bright/Shining/Radiant. Monos literally means One and source of Mono. It is and was also spelled daimonos
Angel
Angel is often claimed to mean "Messenger." This is wrong. That's an association, not a definition either and not all "Angels" are associated with being messengers. In reality the name is a combination of An = no and without. Gelos = laughter (Risus in Latin). This was also a name of a minor daimon of laughter and festivity. The literal meaning is Without Humor implying a sense of stern severe seriousness. Thus, rather than "demons" being "fallen angels," angels are themselves a class of demons; something most are conditioned to reject out of ignorance.
Devil
Devil, not as a individual title but a generic identifier is composed of de = the and offal = fall off so that combined it becomes "the falled off." A term equated to cast out those inaccurate. This evolved into Old English: dēofol, Middle English: devel = The fallen, giving way to Modern English devil with this actual meaning obscured and claimed it was derived from Greek διάβολος (diábolos) and also claimed it means things like "slanderer" or "false accuser" or "blasphemer." Diá- is a prefix meaning "across" or "through" as in dia-meter (through measure). Bállō is verb meaning "to throw." Its actually "to throw across or throw out" in the sense of garbage or something abandoned or discarded. Do while similar, they are not the same in base meaning.
Satan
The word "Satan" was also not what is claimed often falsified. It does come from Hebrew which has a lot of words of Egyptian (Kemetic) origin. It was pronounced "shay-tawn." Sha corresponds to the Ancient Egyptian verb šꜣ, which means “to go,” “to move,” or “to proceed.” It’s a directional action, used in commands, travel, or ritual movement. Tan aligns with tꜣ, the noun for “land,” “earth,” or “region.” Combining sha + tan = “move across land” and metaphorically as "judgment upon the land." This is a literal compound. It describes directional motion toward a defined destination or directed towards as specific outcome. This naturally gets associated with a snake, as something that moves across land (including sandy regions like deserts) on his or her belly.
This includes testing, challenging, and even executing a command but this is not the definition of the word. This makes it originally an adverb as 'ha shatan" or the one(s) that move across the land which can be applied also to nomadic wanderers and criminal highway men.
The "name" combined these concepts with Old High German singular sat = Seed, as in "set in place" like sit, seat, sits, etc. The plural was satan, aslso spelled sadan and would mean seeds. This was combined into the associations with a name as Satan the one that "Seeds" discord.
Greek and Roman Deities Merged
There was a large push of association of the Greek Pan and Roman Faunus as "Nature's Deity" with so called "Pagan Heathens." In turn, there was a push for the concept of androgyny (both male and female) but became more commonly represented as both male and female in a form based on the Hermaphrodite.
To clarify the associated parts give their respective letters:
A = “Ruddy face, the force of heat in the world.”
B = “The power of celestial rays upon the sublunary realm.”
C = “Masculine elements.”
D = “Power over annual and all revolutions.”
E = “By its virtue, all things are sustained.”
F = “Dominion over the firmament, or the sphere of fixed stars.”
G = “Earth (feminine element), rough with plants, crops, and trees.”
H = “Water and the source of liquid (feminine element), making the earth fertile through irrigation.”
I = “Fields, crops, and other vegetation.”
K = “Harmony of the seven planets.”
L = “Rough and uneven things indicate mountains.”
M = “Fecundating force.”
N = “Stable foundation.”
O = “Force of the winds, and swiftness in action.”
This would go on to develop in the more famous occult symbol of Baphomet by Eliphas Levi and later hijacked by Satanists and Satanism. Levi also often wrote the image combines associated concepts of several deities, some male deities and some female ones, into a goat headed and goat legged hermaphrodite.
Eliphas Lévi did not portray Baphomet as a devil. He defined it as a literal emblem of synthesis—where opposites converge and natural forces stabilize. The figure represents the “divine androgyne,” a union of spiritual and material realities. Its posture, gestures, and attributes are designed to illustrate balance: light and darkness, male and female, good and evil. The upward and downward gestures echo the alchemical maxim “as above, so below,” while the torch between the horns signifies intelligence and illumination bridging physical and metaphysical domains.
Core Attributes of Lévi’s Baphomet
Duality Embodied: Baphomet expresses the equilibrium of opposing forces, mercy and justice, human and animal, masculine and feminine, spirit and matter, as well as the Divine and Profane.
The Sabbatic Goat: Modeled after the Goat of Mendes, it symbolizes primal energy and the fusion of spiritual and material existence. It is also often associated with "the Scapegoat" known as the Kippur ritual and "Day of Attonement." This also becomes connected to Pan and Faunus.
Alchemical Function: The hand gestures—right hand upward (“solve”), left hand downward (“coagula”)—represent dissolution and coagulation, the two literal processes of transmutation. This also is connected tot he whole as above, so below applied concepts of "what is abound above is bound below as well."
The Female Breasts: Specifically connected to Aphrodite and Venus associated with concepts of love, beauty, pleasure, desire, lust, jealousy and procreation, as well as civic order, warfare, and fertility, and especially of prostitutes and courtesans.
Torch of Intelligence: Positioned between the horns, the flame signifies universal balance and awareness, revelation of secrets and the soul’s enlightenment, often expressed metaphorically as illumination.
The Scales: This is connected with water associations and particularly such characters as Poseidon and Neptune, with Neptune originally a minor deity of springs and fresh water.
Mediation Associations: The Caduceus of Hermes/Mercury and the Ring of Prometheus. The association of Hermes represents duality as well because his associations with carrying messages, trade, travelers, eloquence, thievery, athletic contests, and as a guide for souls to the underworld, often depicted with winged sandals and a caduceus, twin serpents placed on a staff and placed in a manner to suggest and erect penis. Behind this is the ring of Prometheus because was required by Zeus (after being freed by Hercules) to wear a ring containing a fragment of the rock to forever commemorate his punishment, a symbol of both his enduring suffering and his defiance.
Universal Agent: Lévi saw Baphomet as a literal representation of nature’s inherent force—a stabilizing principle underlying all equilibrium and all deities as depaprtments of those relaities rather than truly individual or distinct beings. This also leads to some of the pantheistic claims that all deities are also one deity expressed in many aspects, and so several methods to impose such views have since been perpetuated.
Misinterpretations and Later Misuse
Not a Devil: Lévi’s Baphomet was never intended as a satanic figure. It was a doctrinal symbol of balance, not malevolence.
Modern Misappropriation: The association with Satanism emerged in the 20th century, primarily through the Church of Satan and other occult groups that repurposed the image for ideological branding.
Aside from all the various idiotic bits, the real source of the word that has come to be Baphomet (originally pronounced baff-o-mae) is a combination of two words, and more or less fits what self named Eliphas Levi concluded or what he intended to apply all along.
Baphē (βαφή)
Root: From the Greek verb baptō (to dip).
Literal meaning: “Dipping,” “immersion,” or “act of dyeing.”
Classical usage: Refers to the physical act of submerging—whether in water, dye, or other liquids.
Figurative extension: In esoteric or philosophical contexts, it can imply initiation—a transformative immersion into knowledge, ritual, or altered state.
Metis (Μῆτις)
Root: Proto-Indo-European me- (“to measure”), evolving into Greek mētis.
Literal meaning: “Wisdom,” “counsel,” “skill,” or “cunning intelligence.”
Mythological embodiment: Metis is the Titaness of wisdom, first wife of Zeus, and mother of Athena. She personifies strategic thought, foresight, and the fusion of intellect with adaptability.
Combined, Baphē + Metis could be interpreted—if deliberately constructed—as “immersion into wisdom” or “initiation through cunning intelligence.” It would have been his own more modern esoteric synthesis of his time, not a classical Greek compound. However, this itself was inspired by a 1098 letter from Anselm of Ribemont during the Siege of Antioch, where he described the Muslim forces as having evoked:
Sequenti die aurora apparente, altis vocibus Baphometh invocaverunt...
If indeed it was a written or misheard one it was a serious error, or it was likely distorted on purpose for whatever reason. It also clears up a lot about what the Knights Templar were really being accused of.
Converting to Islam. However, lots of people are stupid and its nothing new (unfortunately) so its rather silly to be all that concerned as Levi made clear his intended meaning of usage. He also claimed it represented the totality of all deities in one entity and echoing certain pantheistic concepts.
Understand this is not defense of one religion or an accusation against another, but rather as a historical explanation based in facts and pointing out things most today simply cannot and are not able to handle or deal with. That's on them. SO let's explore this further.
1. Historical Misrepresentation:
Fabricated Lineage and Source Corruption
Most Norse and Germanic mythologies used today stem from 13th-century Icelandic texts like the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, compiled long after Christianization. These texts reflect Roman Catholic editorial influence—not preserved tribal doctrine.
Rituals such as blóts and sumbels are reconstructed using 19th-century romantic nationalism and 20th-century occultism. They bear no verified resemblance to actual tribal practice.
Deities are cherry-picked across centuries and cultures—e.g., merging Odin with Wotan which are also represented differently, or inserting Celtic figures into Germanic frameworks and African or North American tribal cultures—creating synthetic pantheons that never existed in any historical community.
2. Ideological Contamination:
Leftist Overlays and Theatrical Misuse
Gender theory, intersectionality, and decolonization rhetoric are injected into tribal lore. These frameworks are structurally incompatible with the hierarchical, warrior-based ethos of Norse and Germanic systems.
Masculine archetypes like Odin, Thor, and Tyr are sanitized or reframed as toxic. Their roles as sacrificers, war leaders, and enforcers are stripped and replaced with symbolic reinterpretations.
Rituals are repurposed for political theater—e.g., “Queer Blóts,” “Decolonial Sumbels”—turning sacred rites into ideological performances.
3. Lexical Fraud:
Misuse of “Pagan” and “Heathen”
Pagan originates from Latin paganus, derived from pagus—a district or rural boundary. The root pag- means “to fix” or “to bind,” as in pangere (“to fasten”). It also produced page, meaning a bound servant. Through Old French, paganus became païen, then “peasant”—a term for land-bound laborers under feudal control.
Heathen derives from Old English hæþen, linked to hæþ—uncultivated shrubland with poor soil. It marked geographic exclusion, not religious identity.
The compound “pagan heathens” was used by Roman and later Roman Catholic authorities to classify rural slaves and outsiders—not spiritual practitioners. It was a tool of control, not a badge of belief.
Dictionary definitions created post-18th century are associative glosses—not historical usage. They were invented to support ideological agendas and romanticized reconstructions.
4. False Victimhood
Pathological Activist Proxy Rage
Many modern practitioners claim inherited trauma from ancient religious conflict—despite having no direct lineage, personal experience, or cultural continuity.
This proxy rage is used to justify hostility toward Roman Catholic and other Christian authorities, while ignoring the fact that historical coexistence was common. Families often included both native and Christianized members.
The true source of division was institutional authority—royal decrees, church mandates, and political campaigns—not organic community hostility.
Claiming victimhood through ancestral suffering without direct relation is fiction. It is not remembrance—it is exploitation. It turns historical tragedy into ideological theater.
5. Appropriation Hypocrisy
Theatrical Religious Idiocy
Pagan and Heathen factions accuse Roman Catholic systems of appropriation—claims that are often speculative or false. Meanwhile, they engage in rampant appropriation themselves:
Combining Norse gods with Celtic festivals, Egyptian symbols, and Hindu mantras.
Using Native American smudging alongside Germanic rune casting and invoking Greek deities in Wiccan circles.
This is not cultural merging—it is ideological scavenging. These systems were never connected historically, geographically, or linguistically.
The behavior resembles a sideshow act, where adults perform rituals with no understanding of origin, function, or context. It reflects an inability to separate reality from make-believe.
6. False Disassociation from Satanism
Many factions claim they have “nothing to do with Satanism,” yet replicate its aesthetics and structure:
Horned deities from Greek, Roman, and Babylonian systems are falsely claimed to have “become the Devil,” despite no historical continuity. These claims are lifted from medieval Roman Catholic propaganda—not tribal lore.
Symbols like inverted pentagrams, blood rites, and black altars are lifted directly from the invented Satanism of medieval authorities—fabricated to define opposition.
Philosophical Satanism openly embraces inversion. Pagan factions deny the connection while replicating the same structure: rebellion, theatrical defiance, and parasitic identity.
Some “open” Pagan systems resemble Scientology—not in celebrity branding, but in structure: invented cosmology, hierarchical initiation, and self-reinforcing belief loops. The result is not spiritual discipline—it is performance.
7. Tolerance Inversion:
Behavioral Collapse
Despite claiming to be inclusive and open-minded, many Pagan and Heathen factions demonstrate lower tolerance than Christian communities:
Aggressive gatekeeping based on ideological purity.
Hostility toward dissenting views, historical correction, or doctrinal discipline.
Public shaming of anyone who questions fabricated lore or ritual misuse.
The intolerance is often masked as “protecting tradition,” while the traditions themselves are invented, misrepresented, or structurally incoherent.
8. Structural Enforcement:
Correction Protocol
All texts must be classified by origin, date, and editorial bias. Rituals must be grounded in archaeological and linguistic evidence.
Remove all activist overlays, symbolic reinterpretations, and theatrical contamination.
Lore must be tied to specific tribes, regions, and time periods. No cross-cultural blending. No universalist overlays.
Masculine archetypes must be restored. No sanitation. No re-framing.
False victim-hood, proxy rage, and inherited grievance must be rejected. No one may claim suffering they did not experience.
Symbols and aesthetics lifted from invented Satanism must be filtered out. Emotional defiance is not doctrine. Symbolic rebellion is not structure.
Performative Ignorance:
Misuse of “Warlock” and “Witch” and the Collapse of Linguistic Discipline
Finally, when all is said and done, if you ask any self-identified Pagan or Heathen what warlock or witch actually mean—based on historical usage, not pop culture—they will have no clue. And even when provided with the correction, most will reject it. This rejection is not based on evidence—it’s based on emotional resistance to being wrong. That is childish.
1. Etymological Reality
Warlock derives from Old English wǣrloga, meaning “oath-breaker,” “traitor,” or “deceiver.” It was applied to those who had broken baptismal vows or were accused of making pacts with the devil2. It was not a neutral term for a male magic user—it was a condemnation.
Witch has broader roots, often linked to wicce (female) and wicca (male) in Old English, but its usage was overwhelmingly gendered and pejorative in early modern Europe. It was tied to accusations of heresy, sorcery, and social deviance—not spiritual empowerment.
The imposition of gender-neutral reinterpretations onto these terms is structurally invalid. These words were never neutral, never interchangeable, and never used as self-identifiers by historical practitioners.
2. Question and Answer Enforcement
Q: Can modern practitioners accurately define the words they claim as identities?
A: They can’t—because they haven’t done real research. They’re playing dress-up.
You cannot claim to be something if you don’t even know what the word means. You cannot demand respect for an identity built on linguistic fiction. And if you impose gender neutrality onto structurally gendered terms without historical basis, you cannot be taken seriously
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3. Cognitive Distortion:
Over generalization and Emotional Dysfunction
Over generalization is a cognitive distortion where individuals draw broad conclusions from limited experiences, often using absolute terms like “always,” “never,” or “everyone”.
This distortion leads to negative self-perception, avoidance of correction, and exaggerated hostility. It is linked to psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety, and amplifies emotional distress while limiting personal growth.
When individuals reject correction, cling to invented definitions, and use emotionally charged language to defend fiction, they are not preserving tradition—they are performing dysfunction.
4. Structural Consequence
Misusing words like warlock and witch without understanding their origin is not spiritual—it is linguistic vandalism.
Overgeneralizing historical conflict to justify modern hostility is not empowerment—it is distortion.
Refusing correction is not strength—it is weakness. And those who build their identity on fiction do a disservice to themselves and everyone around them.
If people do not stop pretending and continue to follow fictions and lies and engage in the very same things they condemn, all freedoms will be gone and extinction will befall us all, not by some divine judgment, but our own collective insanity. It's that simple regardless what you want to believe.
