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Zalmoxianism ( Romanian: Zalmoxianism) or Zamolxianism [1] (Romanian: Zamolxianism) is a Neopagan movement in Romania which promotes the rebuilding of an ethnic religion and spirituality of the Romanians through a process of reconnection to their ancient Dacian and Thracian roots. [2] The religion takes its name from Zalmoxis or Zamolxe, at the same time the name of the primordial god and the archetype of the enlightened man in Paleo-Balkan mythology. Scholars Bakó and Hubbes (2011) have defined Zalmoxianism, like the other ethnic religious revivals of Europe, as a reconstructionist ethno-paganism. [3]
The reconstruction of ancient Dacian and Thracian religion and mythology has been strictly connected with the field of dacology. [4] Amongst contemporary supporters of Zalmoxianism, the emigrant dacologist Octavian Sărbătoare even proposed to make it the official religion of Romania. [5]
The "Gebeleizis Society" ( Romanian: Societatea Gebeleizis), though far from being the only Zalmoxian group in Romania, has been the most studied formation. [6] It has 500 members split into 15 branches. [7] The core values of the organisation are expressed by its motto "One Family, One Nation, One Territory" ( Romanian: O Familie, Un Neam, Un Teritoriu); [8] for the ideas promoted, the Gebeleizis Society has been subject of media scandal, and accused of extremism. [9]
Another group is the Zamolxe, based in Bucharest, whose high priest is Alexandru Mihail. They worship the old Thraco-Dacian pantheon of gods, and claim that the name "Zalmoxis" comes from zamol, meaning "earth". [10]
( Romanian: Frontul Păgân de Răsărit), the purpose of this group consists in the investigation, research and recovery of old traditions, of authentic Thracian-Dacian values, their knowledge and the raising of new generations of ethnic Romanians in the spirit of Zalmoxianism. https://t.me/frontulpaganderasarit