Regarding "neopaganism", I think it was G.K. Chesterton who wrote "First you dabble with the demons and, in the end, the demons dabble with you."
I've been "dabbling" for around 15 years now. Still no demons.
snip...I think it was G.K. Chesterton who wrote "First you dabble with the demons and, in the end, the demons dabble with you.
That sounds like Chesterson. He was great at knocking charlatans and mountebanks off of their soap boxes.