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Secret paganism?
Thus the battle against Christianity continued well after the official Christianization of Lithuania. Within their homes and deep in the forests the old worship continued well into the 17th and even 18th centuries. The oppressive system and vehement, albeit passive resistance, left a deep mark on the national mentality of Lithuanians. It is characterized by deep mistrust in officials and dualistic behaviour – one official, one real. There are numerous records witnessing that the Church understood this attitude and was bemoaning the situation.
Johannes Poliander, a priest from Konigsberg, writes the following in 1535: “At first many of them (Prussians) reluctantly gave in to the Pope, and today they accept the evangel, yet they continue to keep their old wicked customs in secret”. Jacob Lawinski, a jesuit from Lithuania, describes local people in 1583: “Those people were always drawn to religion. But bad faith and fallacies have spoilt them so much that they differed little from pagans”.
In Latvia in 1636, an evangelical Lutheran priest, criticizes too moderate, in his view, attempts to draw people away from their wicked habits:
“People were and remain idolaters, because Jesuits did little else but forced people to listen to their masses and to cry out for the saints … hardheaded idolaters were tricking them because, when before their eyes, they played sincere Catholics, would listen to their sermons with great piety, and would kneel down with sheer humility. But once the priest would go, they would return to full paganism. Priests did not understand anything, and people would laugh at them.”
Even in 1775 G.Ostermeier in his “Critical Observations on the History of the Ancient Prussian Religion” writes of Lithuanians: “This is the most superstitious nation among all Christians. They are so persistent that no measures bring desired fruits”.
Thus the old pagan tradition was carried almost to this day. Jonas Trinkunas in his book The Path of the Ancient Religion of Lithuanians mentions that the last adherent of the ancient religion died as recently as 1908. Up to this day neighbouring nations would call Lithuanians pagan, because of the remaining traces of ancient customs in daily life. But meaning it is of course a gross exaggeration. However, the contemporary mentality retains the strong impression that the heydays of this country were in the pagan past.
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http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/christianization-lithuania.html
I have seen elderly Lithuanian and Latvian pagans in documentaries, and they are passing it down to their children and grandchildren. It never really died.