Jiang distinguishes modern neopaganism, which may mix many traditions, from most historical pagan life, where the urgent religious concern was not to upset the gods.
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"So just to preface this, I am neo -pagan. So some of my idealizations of paganism might be, well, idealized. But what I think..."
"OK, so this is confusing because neopaganism, the modern pagan world, it embraces many different traditions, including Judaism, animism. But throughout most of human..."
"Why? Well, because you can't not upset the gods."
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