ABSTRACT
Greek neo-Paganism forms an especially interesting movement for the study of religion. Neo-Paganism, under its diverse forms and, especially that of polytheism, forms one of the new religions that flourished in the middle of the seventies. Representatives from Greek neo-Pagan groups took part in the first World Council of Ethnic Religions, which was organized in Lithuania in 1999, having as a central theme: Unity in Difference. In the setting of postmodern relativism and after the withdrawal of political ideologies a new phenomenon emerges in Greek reality: the vision of 'real Hellenism' which is set within the universal tendency to return to particular ethnic and religious traditions. The most fundamental pivot of the admiration of ancient Greek culture is the idea that Greece is the 'cradle of civilization'. Another pivot of the Hellenocentric movement is the view on the communication of ancient Greek civilization with extraterrestrial gods and with lost civilizations.
