It's also worth noting that pantheism / occultism really is one religion with different names for the different "elemental forces of creation", which are personalised as gods and goddesses for reference purposes. The names of the gods and goddesses change over the generations, but the underlying spiritual / demonic forces involved are the same. This is represented as the "tree of life" of Kaballah, or variants of it with different names, in all different occult traditions. There is an occultist in New Zealand (who after consideration I have decided not to link to) who has presented a modern pantheon for the current internet age, taking the ancient tree representation of occult forces and re-labelling it with modern iconography. He's even called one "Corona-chan". He's sort-of joking, but mostly serious, as his underlying point is that occultism is dealing with the elemental forces, and the names they are given is a secondary matter. He's written a whole book on how to use his new pantheon for witchcraft purposes.
So the old "gods" were representations of underlying forces, and both pantheism and occultism are attempts to channel these forces to control the world around you.
Many Christians use the argument that we have to wear a mask because of love for our neighbor. And I don't disagree. Asians like the Japanese, Koreans and Chinese have the tradition of wearing masks even when they have the flu. Only Westerners see a problem with this, because of the concept of "freedom".
This is a good illustration of how the propaganda works. It IS sensible to wear a mask when you are sick and around other people, to reduce the particles of spit / snot that you might otherwise infect them with. It is better to avoid being around other people, but on those brief times when you have to (e.g. during a doctor's visit) it is sensible to wear a mask, and for the doctor to wear one also. That's logical, and in the West we've done it for years.
Asians don't wear masks all the time for this reason. They wear masks because of air pollution in their big cities. But it does mean they're used to using masks for that reason also, so adopt wearing them for medical reasons a bit faster.
The Covid propaganda takes these two factual things - it's good to wear masks when sick, and photos of crowds of Asian people wearing masks - and blends them together into the myth that if healthy Western people all wear masks like Asians, that will prevent disease from spreading. This is not scientific - plenty of studies show this. So this is where it becomes a religious ritual. The masks do nothing much in this situation (as even Fauci told us a year ago), and can even make things worse (as "disposable" masks get reused). But they are a ritual that signals the wearer's compliance, and show who a believer in the religion and who is a heretic.
The purpose of the occult is to control the world around you. There is a very fuzzy line between occultism, behavioural science and propaganda. Those who are rising to power in the world, and controlling everyone to obey them, are masters of the occult and priests of a new pantheistic religion (whether they personally recognise that or not).
