A pagan manifesto

I found this while rummaging through some zip disks today.  It's as good today as it was 7 years ago...


We the pagans of the world unite as one voice to proclaim our manifesto to the world.  To promote our faith as a real and true religeon, to educate those who would come for such wisdom, and to inform the non-pagan public of our faith so that ignorance, lies and hate be dispelled between all our peoples pagan and non-pagan alike.

The pagans of the world must unite as one in this day in age.  While we are diverse in our many individual beliefs and traditions, we are united as we are all followers of a pagan path.   Unity is a goal we must all strive for as we are all sons and daughters of the Lord and Lady, weather we be Alexandrian, Gardinian,  Independant Coven or Solitary.  With unity comes strength.  Together we can prevent the return of the Burning times, separate we are more easily divided and conquored.  this does not mean one must give up ones individuality, it means one must not engage in conflict with ones brother or sister regardless of faith.  This goes true for all faiths, pagan and non-pagan alike.  We must make the strive for unity together within our community setting an example, then spread that to our world at large.

We must proclaim our faith as a real and true religeon.  Our faith has been mared by the image portrayed by the media and the publics view of all "New Age" faiths as little more than superstition and "trendy" popular culture.  We must be serious in our work for others to take us seriously.   One must promote the pagan path as a true and real religeon by speaking out against those who would defame our image, by electing officials who are educated in our path, and by public education and the media.  We have only scratched the surface as of Samhain 2000 but we must do more and as a united movement.  We are serious about or faith, and it is time to let the world know we are.

We must give aid to all who request it.  As we are non-evangelical we must never reject anyone who comes to the pagan path.  It is our responsibility as was those who were before us to teach the path to the next generations.  We must teach with patience and understanding for everyone on the path had to start somewhere.  We must do this to perpetuate our faith, for without the children our faith will surely die.

Fianly we must strive for peace, understanding and tolerance within ourselves and the world around us.  We must be tolerant of others as we would have them be tolerant of us.  We must not lash out against our oppressors, as that makes us no better than they who opress us.  We however will defend ourselves from such oppression, for the survival of self is justified, even if it means to take up arms against such oppression.

By these words do we hereby proclaim this manifesto.  May it be a guide and an ispiration to all on the pagan path to strive for unity, educate the public and those who come to our path, declare our faith a true religeon, and to always be tolerant of all humankind.

Arcanus Greywolf
Samhain 2000