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The Multilevel Bankruptcy of Christianity and Hellenism’s proposal for the Future

Fragment from the 2hour lecture “The Multilevel Bankruptcy of Christianity and Hellenism’s Proposal for the Future” by the Greek author and historian scholar Vlassis G. Rassias at the “Bohemian Hall” (Astoria NY) on November 13, “2010”.
The lecture was organized by The Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes (U.S.).

Απόσπασμα της ομιλίας του Βλάση Γ. Ρασσιά με τίτλο «Η Πολυεπίπεδη Χρεωκοπία του Χριστιανισμού και η Πρόταση του Ελληνισμού για το Μέλλον», που δόθηκε στην Νέα Υόρκη στις 13 Νοεμβρίου 2010 στο Bohemian Hall υπό την αιγίδα του ΥΣΕΕ Η.Π.Α

 

Die Ethik des Alt-Heidentums

Wenn man die alte Religion der Vorfahren aus den nicht so reichlichen Quellen rekonstruiert, dann steht man irgendwann vor dem Problem, daß zu einer Religion, die dem einzelnen Menschen auch Anleitungen für ein richtiges, also den Göttern gefälliges Handeln geben soll, eine ausgearbeitete ethische Lehre dazugehört. Leider ist es aber bei den germanischen Überlieferungen so, daß ethische Regeln nur indirekt zu finden sind und es daher viel Mühe braucht, um daraus wieder eine vollständige ethische Lehre zu entwickeln. Continue reading Die Ethik des Alt-Heidentums

ETHICS OF BALTIC RELIGION

By Jonas Trinkūnas

The Lithuanians’ ancient religion is inseparable from homeland, ancestors’ land, language; it takes its root in high antiquity and our ancestors are its originators. The ancestors pass on their most sacred knowledge to us as a traditional culture with its customs, morality, folk songs, etc. The religion itself formed as an expression of the sacrality of cultural traditions, closely related with the moral outlook. Continue reading ETHICS OF BALTIC RELIGION

THREE BASES FOR A PAGAN TRADITIONAL ETHIC IN THE PRESENT WORLD

At the ECER congress, Bologna 26-29th August 2010 c.e.

Warning: In these pages I make a wide use of the words “Pagan” and “Paganism”, even though I know that these words aren’t adopted or approved by every group here. But since I’m going to talk about some general principles that should be common to several ancient non-monotheistic traditions and since here in Italy we are used to hear many people saying that Italian tradition is only catholic tradition, I’ve decided to use the word “pagan” only to mean a tradition coming from these ancient non-monotheistic religions. Continue reading THREE BASES FOR A PAGAN TRADITIONAL ETHIC IN THE PRESENT WORLD

Ethics, moral and virtue in the context of the germanic pagan folks

By Frank Wilke

The term ethics (old Greek ethos) designates the habit, custom, usages and kind of sense of a folk. Thus the ethics is the science of correct or wrong acting and wanting (of an individual, a folk or a society) and struggles for the attempt of a clarifying of the elementary question, what good and bad is. Additionally that central, most-discussed subsection of philosophy, which concerns practically each humans, includes the terms of the individual human freedom, the social standards, the morality and the moral itself in general.   Continue reading Ethics, moral and virtue in the context of the germanic pagan folks

Bologne ECER Declaration-2, 29th of August, 2010

Bologne ECER Declaration-2,  29th of August, 2010

The WCER delegates who gathered in Bologna, Italy (2010.08. 26-29) at our yearly conference came to the decision that from now on our name should be changed to European Congress of Ethnic Religions. The word “World” should be “European” instead. Why did we decide to focus only on Europe? Thirteen years have passed since the creation of the Congress in 1998 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Every year, conferences were organized in various European countries and it turned out that that the Congress actually unites only people of European indigenous traditions, even though the congress is open to all other traditions. Continue reading Bologne ECER Declaration-2, 29th of August, 2010

Third International Conference and Gathering of Elders Renaissance of Ancient Traditions: Challenges and Solutions

31st Jan to 5th Feb. 2009, Nagpur, India

ICCS (International Center for Cultural Studies) is organizing this conference in collaboration with the World Congress of Ethnic religions (wcer.org), the National Council of Elders Mayas, Xinca and Garifuna of Guatemala. Continue reading Third International Conference and Gathering of Elders Renaissance of Ancient Traditions: Challenges and Solutions