But we should ask, what comes next, as far as any organized movement of recognizing and venerating the Holy Powers?
Gilbert Murray has an interesting note on this in The Five Stages of Greek Religion: religions live or die not by their theology, but by their effect upon birth rates. (Even mighty Jupiter is at the mercy of Cupid, is He not?)
As you note, neopaganism tied itself to progressivism; and progressivism tends to consider children evil, since children get in the way of hedonism. Given this, I suspect the future of both neopaganism and progressivism generally will be quite short.
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Date: 2022-04-03 11:59 am (UTC)Gilbert Murray has an interesting note on this in The Five Stages of Greek Religion: religions live or die not by their theology, but by their effect upon birth rates. (Even mighty Jupiter is at the mercy of Cupid, is He not?)
As you note, neopaganism tied itself to progressivism; and progressivism tends to consider children evil, since children get in the way of hedonism. Given this, I suspect the future of both neopaganism and progressivism generally will be quite short.