Neo-paganism is not the same thing as paganism: when ancient patterns of ritual and myth work their way into the void left by Christianity, they come sapped of the manly vigor and tragic nobility that once made them what they were. Old forms of nature-worship that died long ago are being dragged out of their graves limp and mangled, in a desecration not just of Christianity but of the religions Christianity replaced. It’s what you might call Zombie Paganism.