Paganism is ultimately a subset of Satanism, as it is one of the religions of the world that is absent God. It is man’s instincts when not guided by God’s word. One of man’s instincts is to be his own god.
It isn’t. We will have agree to disagree. Mans basic needs is to have a God. We make them out of everything and anything, Hero’s, money, Politicians and Pop stars. Man is in a constant search for someone to save him and if not grounded in a strong faith will create them with earthly folks and lifestyles.
Anybody with an ounce of awareness would not want to be their own God. That’s how you wind up where we are. We create Him in our own image, even in Christianity. We preach a loving God to each other and wish a vengeful one on our enemies. It’s weird.