It is becoming clear to me that the "new polytheists" are part of a sociological-historical phenomenon reasonably distinct from occult revival (Renaissance or Victorian hermetism), völkisch romanticism (ariosophy, theodism) or neopaganism (wicca, thelema). 1/6

There is a rupture between the "new polytheists" with these movements on both a ritual and theological-philosophical level. 2/6

In the ritual case there is a strongly devotional posture, which understands the Deity as a divine person, and consequently we have a theology that refuses to carry out a kind of metaphysical undermining of that divine personality. 3/6

There is also another way of dealing with one's religious identity. The "new polytheists" tend to prefer to dialogue with native, African or Eastern non-Christian traditions than with the Western esoteric tradition. 4/6

I also see the absence of several tropes that are usually present in the other movements mentioned. There are no "lost civilizations", apocalyptic prophecies, romanticized past or future, mysterious lineages and all sorts of fantastic narratives. 5/6

The "supernatural" of the new polytheists is the devotional experience with the Deity. 6/6