The First Neopagan Heretics
henever mind-altering drugs become common in a culture or subculture, one of the common social repercussions is a renewed interest in matters magical and mystical. I'm speaking of opiates and hallucinogens here, not alcohol, tobacco, caffeine or refined sugar, which most Americans pretend are not really drugs . Drugs of all these varieties are used in many tribal cultures to help train young magicians clergy, because they give the trainee a direct appreciation of the magical Law of Infinite...
Appendix A MicroGlossary
hese terms appear quite a bit in this work, so the following pages may prove helpful to the reader unfamiliar with how the meanings of these words have evolved over the centuries, and how modern Pagans may tend to use them. Paganism past usage The term Pagan comes originally from the Latin paganus, which appears to have had such meanings as villager, country dweller, or hick. The Roman army used it to refer to civilians and we know how fond career military men are of civilians . Polytheistic as...