The typically modernist error . . . In The Empty Self , Dr. Satinover explains the origin of this resurgence of paganism in our society.
Paganism is essentially poly-theism in the form of worship of human instincts.
For each type of person, there is a god among the many gods. Character flaws are then redefined as virtues by placing them within their own particular framework. Gratification of the instincts is soon identified with spiritual progress. Sexual license masquerades as spiritual superiority . The most profound examples of modern resymbolization, Dr. Satinover says, are the transformation of God into self, and of evil into wisdom.