The Guardian suddenly discovers paganism

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/22/paganism-stonehenge-environmentalism-witchcraft

quote: 'Everyone's a pagan now'

From morris dancers in mirror shades to green activists getting in
touch with their spiritual side, paganism is going mainstream. Cole
Moreton reports on a new national faith

Look out, here come the pagans. It's late May in central London and a
man dressed as a tree, a witch in a velvet robe and a woman pretending
to be a raven with a long black beak are dancing through the streets
of Holborn, with several hundred others, moving to the rhythm of a
dozen loud drums. They could wake the god of thunder with their noise
but it's OK, the people at the back with the broadswords and shields
are followers of Thor. This is a parade to celebrate pagan pride, and
it would be wise not to get in the way.

end quote.

If he was writing about trekkies in a similar manner this would be the
sort of thing that would be in the "as others see us" section of
Ansible.

I quite liked the bit about the number of members of various
religions.

Not sure about "Once in, you presumably become as vulnerable to
exploitation as any other member of a closed religious group whose
initiated members are taught secret information by a caste of
self-elected priests."

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