Paganism
<p ><b>Paganism</b> is a broad group of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_religion" title="Indigenous religion" class="mw-redirect" >indigenous</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytheism#Historical_polytheism" title="Polytheism" >historical polytheistic</a> religious traditions—primarily those of cultures known to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_world" title="Classical world" class="mw-redirect" >classical world</a>. In a wider sense, paganism has also been understood to include any<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic_religions" title="Abrahamic religions" >non-Abrahamic</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_religion" title="Folk religion" >folk</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_religion" title="Ethnic religion" >ethnic religion</a>.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_paganism" title="Modern paganism" >Contemporary or modern paganism</a>, also known as neopaganism, is a group of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement" title="New religious movement" >new religious movements</a>influenced by, or claiming to be derived from, the various <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_pagan" title="Historical pagan" class="mw-redirect" >historical pagan</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_belief" title="Religious belief" >beliefs</a> of pre-modern Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup> Contemporary pagan religious movements are diverse, sharing no single set of beliefs, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deities" title="Deities" class="mw-redirect" >deities</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed" title="Creed" >creed</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_practice" title="Ritual practice" class="mw-redirect" >ritual practices</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_text" title="Religious text" >texts</a>; nor do any claim to be absolutely authoritative. However, there is a great deal of overlap amongst pagan movements and there are a number of beliefs commonly shared by many pagans, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluralism_(philosophy)" title="Pluralism (philosophy)" >pluralism</a>, pantheism, polytheism, and a general belief that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinity" title="Divinity" >divinity</a> is found in mind and nature.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism#cite_note-3" >[3]</a></sup></p>