“I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.” – St. Patrick

Atheism
Pre-Christian
A system of thought opposed to theism (the belief in God) and modern day religions.1
Hedonism
Pre-Christian
A system of ethics that teaches that pleasure and happiness are the goals of our conduct, and anything that increases this pleasure and happiness is right and anything that denies it is wrong.1
Occultism
Pre-Christian
The practice of magic, astrology, divination and idolatry.1
Witchcraft
Pre-Christian
Paganism
Pre-Christian
Every religion other than Christianity, Judaism and Islam.1
Polytheism
Pre-Christian
The belief and worship of many gods.1
Rationalism
17th century
The claim that human reason is the “sole source and final test” of what is true.1
Neopaganism
18th century
The revival of paganism from historically Christian, Jewish or Muslim cultures.1
Relativism
18th century
The claim that there are no absolute universal values and that there are no universal truths.1
Shamanism
18th century
A practice of violent magic.1
Anarchism
19th century
A social and political doctrine that proposes to do away with government and to organize society in a way that does not need it; it assumes that we are entitled to satisfy all our desires and that any external restraint is tyranny.1
Bolshevism
19th century
Communism
19th century
A social system where all the means of production and all consumed goods are owned by the community and not by any individual.1
Leninism
19th century
A social and political agenda to make Marxism a reality; an agenda whereby a revolutionary party, known as a vanguard party, is created (where its members are bound by policies decided in the party) to lead the working class into a conflict with capitalists leading to a revolution, an overthrow, and the establishment of socialism.1
Marxism
19th century
Scientism
19th century
Secularism
19th century
Socialism
19th century
A social system where all means of production are owned by the community and not by any individual.1
Theosophism
19th century
The study of divine wisdom received, not by revelation from God (theology), not by human reasoning (philosophy), but by direct intuition of the divine essence.1
Wiccanism
19th century
A modern practice of witchcraft.1