I would really caution, as I have before, about making direct comparisons between Christian and pagan or non-Christian religious phenomena. There will always be parallels between Christian and non-Christian practices, but this does not create a chain of influence. In other words, it does not mean that one practice is derived from the other. World religions all share a whole bank of underlying religious manifestations. You cannot pick out one expression of religious faith in Christianity and directly parallel it with something which looks similar in another faith system and then make a direct link. There are so many other factors involved. It is too simplistic to say that because pagans practise ecstatic dance and some Christians do, then they are both the same thing. I say all this while still holding that what is going on in Lakeland is lunacy, but we have to discern its origins correctly and respect the evidence and the facts. Michael