{"id":81210,"date":"2019-05-07T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=81210"},"modified":"2019-05-07T08:34:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T12:34:19","slug":"catholic-herald-neo-paganism-is-at-the-dark-heart-of-the-alt-right-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=81210","title":{"rendered":"(Catholic Herald) Neo-paganism is at the dark heart of the alt-right movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katie McHugh, who gained fame as a provocateur of the white nationalist \u201calt-right,\u201d has left the movement. In a recent interview<\/a>, McHugh\u2019s message to alt-right friends is \u201cget out while you still can.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fascinating profile of her life took her down the rabbit hole of neo-paganism which lies at the dark heart of the movement. Like many lapsed Catholics, McHugh was attracted to aspects of the new paganism which has been steadily growing in post-Christian America. The new paganism is different from the old paganism in that it doesn\u2019t have a thousand functionary gods yet, but like the old paganism, it does have a sacralized view of the world \u2014 and man, not God, is the measure of it.<\/p>\n

A Catholic friend quoted in the profile reports that in 2014 McHugh had brought him neo-pagan reading materials while he was in the hospital. By some extraordinary grace, McHugh\u2019s friend had the insight to give McHugh St Augustine\u2019s devastating rebuttal of Roman paganism, The City of God Against the Pagans.<\/i><\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dang. @ccpecknold<\/a> picked up on what @DouthatNYT<\/a> called the buried lede in the #KatieMcHugh<\/a> piece. Christ against the gods, once again, only this time they’re in DC and their priests are wearing bowties. Guess who wins?https:\/\/t.co\/S49VwuTM88<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Susannah “Death Trampled Down by Death” Black (@suzania) May 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n