McGrath - I can't remember exactly how the idea the whole pagan thing was possibly orchestrated by Lord Summerisle was put over in the book, but I realise that was the point in the film, although the whole thing was pretty ambiguous I thought.

Time to get my Directot's Cut version out and watch again!

Interestingly, there are surviving celtic pagan traditions in communities in the Peak District of England that goes beyond mere folk customs, and these have been well documented with in depth studies of one of the communities still following the old ways. The excellent book Twilight of the Celtic Gods explores this subject, and there was an equally brilliant BBC Everyman programme on which I have on VHS, from about 20 years ago which covers the same subject brilliantly.

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