The religion of the future

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[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

To my knowledge, certain groups of pagan revivalists have already been experimenting with this for a while. Some Rodnovery organisations have made the Slavic pantheon and Vedantic philosophy and metaphysics the core of their efforts at reconstruction. You could look for more information on this if you are interested. Personally, if I were to take Hinduism as the basis for religious revival in Europe, I would do something similar and borrow the metaphysics and the esoteric practices, which would be by far the most helpful and important. These, in my opinion, are also the elements which best preserve the ancient dignity and character of Hinduism today. Realistically though, I think Buddhism would be a more appropriate alternative to take, because it would be a lot more effective in the present climate.

[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I've heard of this with Eastern European Pagans where they do the same Homa rituals as in Vedic Hinduism and even bring over Brahmins to officiate marriages and such. I think while that might be a good way of somewhat approximating how your ancestors worshipped, I doubt it's something you could really bring the masses into. I could be wrong though.

[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is why I think Buddhism would make for a better option, since there's more room for personal agency. With the pagan revivalism stuff, you'd first need to figure out how to create an authentic priesthood and functional methods of worship, and even then I think paganism would at best be able to act in a vanguard role. If the goal is conversion of the entire population, I think that would take at least a century of pagan government.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Those rituals have honestly become larp as their original meaning and purpose have been lost. We have little existing knowledge in regards to the old faiths.

[–]Ponderer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

IMO some LARP can be interesting, but it is better to give people free reign to discover something new and more relevant to them, rather than constrain them with practices ancient people may or may not have done. If it is truly important, it can be rediscovered.

[–]JuliusCaesar225Nationalist + Socialist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Buddhism emphasizes too much asceticism and has too much rejection of this life imo.

[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I shared my position on this in a response to Caspar. I partially agree that it may be too demanding for most people, although I think that is offset by the fact that the basic Buddhist meditative practices can help improve secular life as well, and do not require any special interest in spirituality.