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Integrational Polytheism is a form of polytheism where you believe in the existence of not several, but of all the gods ever described. It has also been known as Eclectic Polytheism, but this article is in reference to the religion set down by Calum Carlyle (website listed below).
Of course it is impossible to serve (or to know about!) every god, so an Integrational Polytheist can choose which god(s) s/he follows, while simply acknowledging the rest. Because Integrational Polytheists believe in all gods, they must respect other beliefs, unless those beliefs criticise or repress another belief (eg, they don't need to respect a homophobe's beliefs as those are damaging to homosexual people). Integrational Polytheists believe that all religions have equivalent importance to each other.
Integrational Polytheism gives the person much freedom to make their own beliefs, but there are still a few basic rules to follow:
These three basic rules have a higher priority for Integrational Polytheists than individual rules of a certain religion.
For more information and detail on the origins of Integrational Polytheism, please visit Calum Carlyle's website about Integrational Polytheism listed below.
Calum Carlyle's webpage www.polytheism.org.uk
Integrational Polytheism www.polytheism.org.uk/ip/
Integrational Polytheism Discussion Boards www.polytheism.org.uk/bbs