being a pagan doesn't mean to be an atheist, like some people believe here!
being heathen means to believe in something: in nature, in your inner strengh, in art, that deeply touches your soul, in a certain way of life!
when i'm walking through the ancient woods of my homecountry, passing by places of old, around which myths and fairytales are told then the pagan spirit touches me and i stand in awe before nature and the old secrets. i don't believe in wotan as a physical being but as a force of nature. and he touches me in such moments!
by the way, my avatar is also such a mythic place, very near from where i live! it's called the "urtelstein", an old place, where it's said that witches performed their rituals! it was also a place where the townmayor judged over outlaws!
even though i often visited this place, it wasn't until i took a picture of it and took a look, that i realized, that it actually looks like a giant head who drinks from the river, as you might notice!
quite spooky, isn't it?