[UA] [UA]Goddess dicotomy

[Kali Magdalene]

Winged.Coyote at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Okay, how about this:
> 
> Actual old-style pagans - all dead. Sorry.

Well . . . I wouldn't bet on that horse.

> Mainstream new-age faky pagans - powerless. Individuals might be OU involved,
> not the religion itself.

See, I'd want to break that. The "fakey" pagan thing, and not just
because it's pretty offensive (along with the condescending "new age"
part). But because it's just the expectation. It's like you can have all
kinds of weird dubious magical practices in Unknown Armies (and the
dubious nature of doing magic by getting drunk is one of the cool things
about UA) but because y'all seem to have a thing about pagans in the
real world, there's little interest in trying to make them an
interesting part of the OU scene, except as exceptions and the like.

> New splinter group - acknowledges mainstream is bunk, practices it anyway.
> Call the Sleepers!

I see these as *part of* the pagan mainstream. it's harder to bring in
more people if they isolate themselves.

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