ECO-PAGANISM?: Classical Liberal and classicist Helen Dale, who wrote the fascinating Kingdom of the Wicked books, looks at echoes of ancient pagan religion in modern societies at Law & Liberty. While she argues against progressivism itself as a reassertion of pagan morality, she is less sure about environmentalism:
Whether one scrutinizes James Lovelock’s historic Gaia Hypothesis or considers how activist outfit Extinction Rebellion advances autistic savant Greta Thunberg as a type of child seer, one perceives a blend of immanent pagan orientation with millenarian Christian eschatology. ‘Gaia’, incidentally, was a popular Roman girl’s name.
This is a fascinating topic, and Helen goes into more detail in her podcast.