Michael York (2)

I was disappointed in this book. The first part, considering generic paganism as a world religion, is excellent, and brings out the main differences in world views between monotheist and polytheistic religions. The second part of the book, and the longest, deals with pagan behavior survivals in major world religions. It is basically a travelog of the authors visit to India and a description of the transformation of Hinduism from an Indo-Aryan paganism to a monotheist brahmin cult - with a description of Buddhism as a "Protestant" version of Hinduism! A couple of pages are devoted to pagan survivals in Christianity and Islam. The third part purportedly on pagan theology itself is the shortest, and basically consists of decrying neo-fascist tendencies in some modern pagan revivals. Well deserved, I might add, but having nothing to do with the subject at hand.
In short, he could have quit after part one. If you read this, you may find it profitable to do so as well.… (altro)