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What does virtue mean to you?

What does virtue mean to you? What are the virtues that your spiritual tradition teaches? Heathenry has nine noble virtues (the list varies slightly from one tradition to another). The Wiccan text, “The Charge of the Goddess”, mentions eight virtues. Religio Romana has a list of many virtues. Buddhism has eight virtues. In many cultures…

Yvonne Aburrow

September 13, 2024

1–2 minutes

Pagan, Pagan Roots, Pagan theologies, Pagan theology, Paganism, religious identity, spiritual practices, virtue, Wicca

What does virtue mean to you? What are the virtues that your spiritual tradition teaches?

Heathenry has nine noble virtues (the list varies slightly from one tradition to another). The Wiccan text, “The Charge of the Goddess”, mentions eight virtues. Religio Romana has a list of many virtues. Buddhism has eight virtues. In many cultures and religions, hospitality is a sacred concept (a virtue), and both the host and the guest have obligations in the relationship. Kindness is a virtue in every culture.

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And therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honour and humility, mirth and reverence within you.

— Doreen Valiente, The Charge of the Goddess

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Pagan Roots: Reclaiming concepts of the sacred will be published by 1000Volt Press in January 2025 and available from all online stores.

Contemporary Paganism has sought to recover some concepts that were lost or rejected in past centuries, but has ignored or rejected others that were absorbed into Christian discourse. Can we reclaim some of these terms and recover their original meanings?