Polytheistic reconstructionism is an approach to modern paganism first emerging in the late 1960s to early 1970s, which gathered momentum starting in the 1990s. Reconstructionism attempts to re-establ
Nova Roma sacrifice to Concordia at Aquincum (Budapest), Floralia 2008
In early Christianity, paganism collectively referred to the diverse religious practices of all people who were polytheists. More specifically, it denoted anyone who did not adhere to an Abrahamic rel
Polytheistic reconstructionism
…re-establish genuine polytheistic religions in the modern world through a rediscovery of the rituals, practices and contextual worldviews of pre-Christian pagan religions. This method stands in contrast with other neopagan syncretic movements like Wicca, and ecstatic/esoteric movements like Germanic mysticism or Theosophy…
Engraving depicting two Roman women offering a ritual sacrifice to the pagan goddess Vesta, 1887
Reconstruction of the Parthenon, on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece
Men of Theth (Shala) practicing the gjâmë – the Albanian lamentation of the dead – in 1937. The earliest figurative representations of this practice in traditional Albanian-inhabited regions appear on Dardanian funerary stelae of classical antiquity.
The Pietas Comunità Gentile Celebrates the 2777th Natale di Roma at the Circus Maximus