Some of these so-called universalist Pagans really puzzle me. I can think of at least one who claimed in one place their system was universal (and they openly borrowed from all sorts of different traditions), then in another talked about encountering someone else’s Gods and those particular Gods staring at them and wondering why they had approached them in the first place. So, which is it? Claims of Pagan universalism seem to be found amongst those who are interested in other traditions and don’t want to worry or feel remorse about borrowing and appropriating that which isn’t theirs in the first place. I’ve always been interested in other religions and cultures and so on, but I’m also a heritage-oriented person. I’m just hardwired that way. What’s yours is beautiful and fascinating and worthy, but it’s not mine.