[pagan/heathen] Traditions, Religions, and Pantheons (I)

Hopefully this will be a series of articles/essays about the oddities of neopagan/paleopagan/heathen cross-fertilization.

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I was discussing the existence of "dual-trad" pagans/heathens with a fellow pagan/heathen today. Now, when I was starting out as a pagan, "trad-hopping" was considered an indication of inability to focus and learn any tradition, and generally was characterized as flightiness at best, insincerity and laziness at worst. Yet many of the people I respect most in the community have studied, in depth and/or lightly, at least two or three trads. ( Read more... )