"a knowledge of something far older which gave us a real sense of belonging to the land and each other"
"being open to the natural powers of the weather and those locked in the landscape"

Also read this book and found it strange that such thinking still existed. But the religious expression to be found in new paganism probably reflects this need to go back to open spaces and the solid comfort of earth and rock. As our modern society becomes more and more rootless, driven further afield by economic necessity, we experience feelings of insecurity and a need to get back to the hearth or fire that our ancestors enjoyed. Theres probably not a lot that separates us from distant peoples except the trappings of technology which demand a slavish existence on our part. Religion is an escape, in whatever form it takes, ceremony be it May day or Beltane is an act of disobedience against the conformity of dull lives....