Editing Hellenism (modern religion) (section)

== Beliefs ==
Hellenism has historically been a pluralistic religion with beliefs ranging between [[polytheism]], [[animism]] and [[monism]], although a Hellenist may hold beliefs that fall into all of these categories. Additionally, there are other interpretations of divinity in line with Hellenistic philosophies, like [[Epicureanism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmO-s9qkrgA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pmO-s9qkrgA| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=On the Epicurean Gods|year=2020|publisher=Society of Friends of Epicurus}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Hellenism is, in practice, primarily centered around polytheistic and animistic worship.
 
Devotees worship the [[List of Greek deities|Greek gods]], which include [[Twelve Olympians]], divinities and spirits of nature (such as [[nymphs]]), underworld deities ([[chthonic]] gods) and [[Greek hero cult|heroes]]. Both physical and spiritual ancestors are greatly honored. The gods exhibit both universal and local qualities. For the Greeks, "their gods were at the same time universal, found everywhere and powerful over the whole world, and intensely local, manifesting themselves in particular places."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Osborne|first=Robin|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/987423652|title=The Oxford handbook of ancient Greek religion|date=2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=Esther Eidinow, Julia Kindt|isbn=978-0-19-881017-9|location=Oxford, United Kingdom|pages=13|oclc=987423652}}</ref>

Some Hellenists may also enrich their beliefs through metaphysical schools or frameworks of Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic world with developed cosmological systems.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Cosmology | url=https://www.hellenicfaith.com/cosmology | website=Hellenic Faith | date=12 August 2017 | access-date=2023-11-15}}</ref> Amongst the most prominent of these schools are [[neoplatonism]] and [[stoicism]].