Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
14. Do Pagans Have a Holy Book Like the Bible?
Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
Denise Cush [+]
Bath Spa University
Denise Cush is professor emerita in religion and education at Bath Spa University. She has published on Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, and Pagan traditions as well as pluralist religious education. From childhood, she has loved books about witches or magic and myths and legends from all traditions.
Description
Pagan religions differ from “religions of the book” like Judaism, Christianity and Islam as they do not adhere to a sacred text. Instead, Pagans draw spiritual guidance from various sources, including writings by influential figures, historical texts, and even modern literature. The Wiccan "Book of Shadows" is an influential text within a specific Pagan path. Central to Pagan belief is personal experience and nature, often viewed as a divine text.