It is a common complaint among various pagans, Buddhists, Hindus, Wiccans, Muslims and New Agers that whenever the U.S. media mentions "religion" it always refers to Christianity as though that's all there is. Even the existence of other major religions has been erased from much of the public mind unless you count Muslim extremists, as a religious group.

It is a common complaint among pagans, Buddhists, Hindus and New Agers that whenever the U.S. media mentions "religion" it always refers to Christianity as though that's all there is. Even the existence of other religions has been erased from much of the public mind unless you count Muslim extremists, as a religious group.

Similarly when someone says "God" everybody thinks they know what is meant. But if you said "Goddess," those who weren't freaked out would say "Which goddess?" The existence of Goddess has been erased from the public mind. So when Dar' Shem, for example, is described as the "Reiki of Sophia" it is, to many people, a case of two unknowns in the same sentence.