I recently doubted paganism for a while, because I saw cringe in the myths,
and considered the practicality of having a church everywhere. I started to
like the aesthetics of Ave Maria and the idea of peace and society. I then
took a walk in the woods, which changed my mind a little. I felt the
naturalness of paganism. It's a cringe term but we know what it means. You
don't really have intuitive practice in Christianity. Things people believe
from birth aren't present in Christianity, but things that people have
trouble believing, are. The European implementation of Christianity is
pleasant, but I believe that it's the European part of it that makes this
so.

Entering a church in Northern Europe imitates the feeling of a good piece
of nature. It doesn't have the same effect though. Standing on a mountain
staring down at the glory of creation is clearly superior to staring at a
cross while mumbling to a Jew who's supposed to save you from the horrors
of creation. 

The old Germanic (and I imagine other European) ways of life are superior
to modern society. As Tacitus describes, they lived in separate houses with
land around it. From his description, it must have looked very cozy. You
sometimes see the evolution of those Germanic houses into the medieval
times and it looks very warm. They built it near places they deemed
beautiful. Compare this to the rows of crammed concrete houses in
industrial wastelands or cities. This is not good. The old Germanic way is
preserved in rich neighborhoods here in the Netherlands, employing similar
roofs and beautiful space around the house in a forest like environment or
near the coast or both. That is the ideal.

Finally, things I believed to be cool and epic as a child, like
reincarnation, spirits, talking to the dead, burial mounds, epic stories,
heroes, Gods and stuff are present in paganism. Every intuitive belief or
feeling has a place in it, and it is completely logical. You don't need a
scholastic movement to try to cope.

-Bart