>>21405253I just don’t find his argument convincing and while I haven’t seen this podcast I’ve read his first book about drug use in ancient Greece Rome and found it very suspect.
To me he comes across as a guy who has his pet theory set in stone and just tries to worm out all the evidence for it wherever he can.
No different from some hack feminist writers who filter all of history through their particular lens.
My main beef with people like this guy, and all the wannabe pagans, is they don’t really offer a coherent alternative for anyone, thus they are just agents of destruction in my opinion.
In this regard, muslim evangelists for example are a much more positive force as they do have a creative aspect to them.
90% of online paganism falls flat for me because it’s just window dressing for racism.
I can be racist without the pretend play just fine.
