What is a pagan

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Originally Posted by Elspode

More often than not, neither do I, for a specific working, meditation or ritual. But I do not strictly work within a single pantheon. I use 'em all.

Been there, tried that. As I think you're aware, like many NeoPagans I started out as a Wiccan but found a significant lack of depth in terms of spiritual, and particularly Shamanic workings, which weren't much covered in typical Wiccan practice. I have trained with a Native American Shaman who took me as a student knowing that I would be following my own faith-path, not hers. One of her best apprentices, incidentally, was a full-on Born Again Christian, and fueled all of his workings with Christ-Energy. It worked. For me, I find a deeper connection being able to work within one pantheon, rather that a one from Collum A, two from Collum B approach (that's a very clever pun rather than being a misspelling, btw).

Most statements about what Paganism is, or what being a Pagan means tend to end with "YMMV." So....

YMMV.