Remember those boring holiday slide-shows from the 1970s?

"And this is us opening the Eastern quarter. And this is us opening the Southern Quarter. And... oh, look! There’s Mrs You-Know-Who! Died since then, poor dear. Dogging Accident. Shame.

Then What’s-His-Name read one of his pomes and everyone had a seizure. Fortunately Old-Fatty was on hand to shout one of his pomes at us, which was nice."

Blue Peter Paganism.

I’ve long held the view that the claims from some quarters to be reconstructing extinct pagan religions are a joke, but recent blogs elsewhere on shoe-box shrines and the public exposition of private, home-made rituals have led me to a startling conclusion regarding the true origins of the “reconstructed” paganisms. I wouldn’t be surprised if the "reconstructionists" start burying time capsules any time soon.

Contradiction (or; BBC Pagan admits to Epistemological Void at Heart of Paganism Shock).

"I have found, in the past, that most of the traditions represented here seen to have few specifics that can be used as a basis for discussion."