These Beings can be either defined by persona, such as a particular Goddess or God, or by attribute, such as an Elemental Being, i.e. Water. It has been proposed by some that for a religion to be Pagan, the hallmark is the inclusion of the practice of Magick, not a Polytheistic Pantheon. I disagree for the simple reason that the three Abrahamic religions all include the practice of Magick, but call it by another name. Let me explain a little. For them, thought and action are one and the same.
Some people work their whole lives trying to get back to that simple yet elusive ability.
Mr. Watts was using this example as a lesson on how to use our minds instead of our brains. Your mind is a fragment of THE mind. The Divine Mind. You are a cell in a huge organism, just as there are cells in the organism that makes up your physical body. Gaia and the rest of the universe dictate to YOU how YOU are going to be.