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i think if you looked into the Ethiopian Orthodox church and you will find many things that traditional "western" Christianity could consider paganism. i have learned of spells, incantations, amulets, etc.
a culture continues to hold onto older customs when it adapts newer faiths - there is never any "pure" manifestation as some would sight it where the older just goes away completely and something new comes in its place.
that is why i think it is important to study the history of cultures rather than soley the outward manifestation of a claimed religion.
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