/lit/ - Literature

>>18928774
The Sacred and the Profane, by Mircea Eliade
Hammer of the Gods: Anglo-Saxon Paganism in Modern Times, by Swain Wodening
Summoning the Gods, by Collin Cleary
The Asatru Edda, by the Norroena Society
Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship, by Labrys
Essays on a Polytheistic Philosophy of Religion, by Edward P. Butler
Temple of the Cosmos, by Jeremy Naydler
Wights and Ancestors, by Jenny Blain

>>18806781
Very based. I started with Plato after being introduced to the problem of universals and went basically the same way as you, but with Anglo-Saxon rather than Roman particulars.

>>18807015
Historical pagans didn't sacrifice bulls (or large animals in general unless they were slaughtering them to eat) at their home altars. They usually made libations of alcohol and offerings of sweet baked goods, and occasionally small animals like geese or chickens on special occasions or as thanks for miracles. The sacrifice of large animals like bulls and horses was done as part of public civic religious rites officiated by an elite priestly class or political leaders.