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One can convert to the major, organized religions or to a school of ethics, but one cannot convert to Paganism. One simply belongs to it.

— Christopher Gérard Pagan Power in Modern Europe (1999)

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I was motivated not so much by belief, as by loyalty to my Pagan ancestors, who were loyal to their Gods, worshiping underground, always resisting, and who punctuate our history.

Pagan Power in Modern Europe (1999)

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