Paganism was the predominate belief system embraced by the Greek gods as well as all ancient civilizations when we understand the true definition of Paganism as being one with nature. Literally Paganism translates into “country dweller”. The practice of revering and upholding the earth’s natural cycles and utilizing the mana, chi energy or aether in everyday life was undermined by the evolutionary rise of the human ego, hence, the gods. Humans began to personify the forces of nature and human characteristics in an attempt to understand their world. But by introducing the concept that the gods were at the top of the hierarchy, could only mean that the common man was beneath or separate from the numin or aether. Now those who claimed to be in the favor of the gods could be worshipped as gods themselves. And history reveals that the people with this privilege were from bloodlines or at least mindsets that have kept them in power to this day.

The Roman Empire adopted the Pagan gods but systematically dissolved it’s essence by injecting the egocentricities that are present in all religions. They called it Christianity. Ironically Christianity in its purest form is the oneness of all things, symmetry, at one with the source. This powerful religion had to be contained as it embraced Pagan principles and practices that liberated the individual from being subservient to a living god. Before adopting Christianity the Greeks followed the principle of “doing the right thing”. The Greeks had heard of Jesus and his teachings but by this time Constantine and the Roman Church were in full swing.

The Pagan gods were not just colorful deities that made for great story telling. Though they are presented as characters in parables and metaphors they were instrumental in preserving knowledge of the interconnectedness of nature, man and beast. Paganism was more science than a religion. It was the art of keeping time, growing crops, astronomy, healing practices and sexual freedom. This knowledge was available to all peoples of the earth in our early beginnings. This is an attractive enough reason to embrace it as a religion and a way of life.

The reason that most Greek gods were and still are Pagan gods is because they represent a common thread and an underground stream of consciousness that is truth to many. That we are all powerful spiritual beings searching for a way out of the labyrinth of chaos and back to the eternal source of creation that connects us all.