Update on progress for Pro-European Pro-West history-culture magazine, Europa Sun, hoping to launch in August! https://t.co/OTr7X0RPXd pic.twitter.com/m1K0kZDMa0 — Volkish Folklorist (@CarolynEmerick) June 24, 2017 Over several years of studying indigenous European belief (paganism, mythology), and then studying the folk tradition (folklore, folk customs, holiday traditions, witch trial records), I began to realize that the idea that paganism died out after conversion to Christianity was simply preposterous. Native European spirituality remained an incredibly powerful force in the consciousness of the European people well into the modern era.  Popular Religion: A Hybrid Belief System The topic of what scholars call "popular religion" comes up a great deal in my work. I discussed it in more…