Paganism’s Traditions and Paths

Traditions and Paths found in Contemporary Paganism:

This list is by no means comprehensive, nor meant to be athouritative…it is meant just to illustrate the diversity of contemporary Pagan traditions.

Wicca
British Traditional Witchcraft
Gardnerian Wicca
Alexandrian Wicca
Blue Star Wicca
Georgian Wicca
Correllian Wicca
Dianic/Femenist Wicca
Seax-Wicca*
Faery Wicca
Tameran Wicca*
Celtic Wicca*
Norse Wicca*
Eclectic Wicca

Other Paganisms*
Hellenic Reconstruction**
Roman Paganism*
Roman Reconstruction (Religio Romana)
Christo-Paganism
Thelema (Ceremonial Magic)
Golden Dawn (Ceremonial Magic)
Eclectic Paganism
Unitarian Universalist Pagan
Mesopotamian Traditions such as Canaanite Polytheism
Celtic Paganism*
Celtic Reconstruction**
Druidry/Druidism
Norse/Germanic Paganisms*
Heathenry
Asatru
Odinism
Egyptian Paganism*
Neos Alexandria (egyptian-greek syncretic)
Kemetic Reconstruction
Kemetic Orthodoxy

Syncretic African Traditions**
Cadomble
Santeria
Vodoun
Hoodoo
Yoruba (West African indigenous religion)**
Shamanism***
Neoshamanism
Peruvian/Andean Shamanism
Huna (Hawaiian)
Reclaiming
Feriferia

Satire Traditions****
Discordianism
Subgenius
FSM
Witchcraft Traditions
Green Witchcraft
Hedge Witchcraft
Kitchen Witchcraft
Italian Witchcraft (Strega/Stregaria)
Pow-Wow
Appalacian Granny Magic

Religions that are not a contemporary Pagan path, but are sometimes included under the Pagan umbrella
Taoism
Confucianism
Shinto
Hinduism
Buddhism

*Eclcetic traditions that predominantly incorporate a particular culture or pantheon
**practitioners may choose not to self-identify as Pagan, but some will
***various cultues have their own types of shamanism
****this is a personal categorization, not an official one, but it works
***** This is formed from a fusion of a few paths, or is syncretic

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